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Post by heem6 on Aug 18, 2009 9:47:26 GMT -5
 Played one of these vintage Hamer Californian Deluxes at guitar store the other day. Sweet axe. Build quality superb and felt frikken solid! Stock pickups were amazing. Hamer says that Seymour Duncan made them to Hamer's specs. Ibony fretboard and I think solid maple body. Pretty thick neck, but comfortable 1 5/8" wide. Really, really liked this guitar. I think they can be had relatively cheap ($300) on the used market. Quite a deal for Made in USA axe this good. |
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Post by kdee on Aug 18, 2009 12:01:19 GMT -5
I saw a couple of Calis,few months ago on feebay and their BIN price was above 2 Gs..They're very expensive axes..
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Post by halo71 on Aug 22, 2009 15:24:04 GMT -5
Jim, if you can find a Hamer Cali for $300. You'd better snap it up! Those are not cheap guitars bro! The one in the pic does not have "USA" after the Hamer logo either. That one may be a copy?!?
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Post by heem6 on Aug 24, 2009 12:41:01 GMT -5
I don't know a lot about them, but I get a sense there were a lot of different models of the Hamer Californian. They still make one today, but it doesn't seem nearly as cool as this one.
I wish I had the money to snap it up right now!
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Post by nickwellings on Sept 1, 2009 12:34:00 GMT -5
I've always heard the brand and model name bandied about on shred guitar forums and posts...about how great they were. They certainly LOOK cool. Probably an all out amazing shred machine.
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Post by heem6 on Sept 2, 2009 21:35:53 GMT -5
Oh, I guarantee they were. I found out later this is the Deluxe version - all maple body, made in Korea. It rocked! It had a curiously fat C-Shaped neck, but it wasn't all that uncomfortable. Definitely would've gotten a shave if I owned it, though! hahaha.
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Post by nickwellings on Sept 4, 2009 16:54:25 GMT -5
I was stoked to see an Hamer Cali pop up on Ebay near me for super cheap...but it must be one of the modern ones Jim mentioned...looked nothing like the one above, or the ones I've seen before. A more modern cash in on the name.
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