Properly Documented Hm Ultra

[mrfist9]

[shadow=red,left,300]HM ULTRA[/shadow]
Well we finally got ourselves a HM Guitar.
Was the one that showed up on Craigslist
Went saw the guitar played it and left. Turns out the owner searched for the guitar for awhile and uploaded a few photos to Harmony Central. About the only Hm ultra pictures you find when googling Hm Ultra
Without Further Ado
DRUM ROLL PLEASE
Also do note that this guitar is mostly rust free and has only one chip on the headstock this guitar is in amazing shape

[stratznhatz]

Congrats on scoring that, she's a beauty!

[mrfist9]

Indeed it is I still don't believe the amazing shape it is in.

[nickwellings]

How does it sound?

Very interested in the Blue Silver Red combo.

Looks awesome too, love the colour.

[heem6]

Nicely done, Mr. Fist. Nicely done.

[lbeast]

As if my 3 HM Ultras were improperly documented. The Nerve. LOL

Hey Fist did you pay the $1,000.00 asking price on Craigslist?

[Bodaggit23]

Sweet dude...very nice score.

I'm curious also, what you'd paid for it.

Don't feel bad if you paid "too much". What's it worth to you to have this small slice of history?

So, that's a Kahler OFR eh beast? Is that what came on the later models?

I thought Fender dissolved their partnership with Kahler by the time these later models came out.?

[lbeast]

That's it. I believe the Fender quit buying from Kahler in late 1990 and Fender partnered with FR in early 1991, as I have a Fender Frontline from Spring 1991 which states "Floyd joins Fender" on the cover. That is the Frontline I got the FRII pictures from a while back during what I refer to as "Pot Metal Gate". LOL

I think the Kahler "Steeler" as it is known was only put on the HM Ultra in the HM Series. It showed up on some other Fender models around late 1990 as well, like the HRR model. You can also find it on other boutique and high end guitar company models like ZION and I think Tom Anderson.

[lbeast]

I guess Fist finally reached his zenith with the HM Ultra and either commited suicide knowing he could never do any better than the Ultra....

...Or, he hasn't stopped playing it after he posted this mssage long enough to type a response to the "How much did you pay for it?" question.

Fist...Come in Fist! This is HM Ground Control. Fist...Can you hear us!

[mrfist9]

We have a buzz in the radio ElBeast!!!! I think were going down!!!!!!!!!
....................I have Returned.......................
We decided to pay the full $1000 due to the quality it is in.
The only damage is the chip on the headstock. Once in a life time opportunity. What blows my mind is there is NO RUST. My Peavey and every other HM strat I have seen is riddled with Rust. The only Rust on his is bubbling on the Neck Plate. In the case there was a Desi Pack those things work wonders. My mind has been in other places and I am now making my Valiant Return.

Also another delay has been the fact that lightning has been ejecting from my fingertips since playing this guitar causing 87 computers to fry. The Solution a rubber keyboard

[lbeast]

Yeah "The Clinched One" is back with a vengeance.

I paid $827.00 for my blue Ultra in 2004. Given inflation and the price of eggs in China, the price you paid seems about right. If it is true that Fender only made 1,000 examples of the HMUs, you are in an exclusive club. Seems like you have had problems with rusty HMs. All three of my Ultras were completely rust free. In fact, they were so rust free I had to add rust to them just to make them seem normal.

P.S. That rubber keyboard will come in handy with your daily 15 MOP as well. LOL

[mrfist9]

Only complaint I have with this guitar is it requires a new input jack. I'm just to lazy to go fix it.