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Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« on: October 18, 2008, 05:54:29 PM »



According to Jol Dantzig's weblog, this cool white custom number is called the "Night Falcon" and it has a 32' scale neck with an ebony board, Kahler bridge (non vibrato obviously...) and two active EMG HB pickups.
http://www.guitarguru.typepad.com/my_weblog/page/2/
Scroll down to find out more about this one.

Boy, what a cool bass that is.

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2008, 07:52:00 PM »
Now that is sharp.

Upper register access looks to be limited but maybe he doesn't need it.

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2008, 08:37:12 PM »
That looks killer. I'll take one in passive, with a 34" scale and chrome hardware please.  :mrgreen:

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2008, 10:27:52 PM »
Thats very nice!! I'm never crazy about gold harware, but I could live with it on that bass!
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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2008, 02:56:07 AM »
+1 on the chrome hardware. Nice bass though!

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2008, 06:43:00 AM »
when blades was in rubicon, pre night ranger, he was quite the slap guy. i guess he came to his senses. :mrgreen:

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2008, 02:18:54 AM »
 I was never a Night Ranger fan but man Jack always had some cool Hamers.
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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2008, 12:21:42 AM »
Thats a cool one except for the gold, I was never much of a fan either but my first Hamer back in the middle 80's was a medium scale double cut that was made for him. I was hooked as soon as I played it.
I sold the one made for Jack a few years back but have ordered 3 custom double cuts and an 8 string short scale VBass since that time. Best basses I've ever had the pleasure to play.

You better be ready to lay down some cash for one of those. Which of course I would do if I thought I had it to spend. They only make 4 string basses on a custom order basis but their medium scale solid body double cuts are killer. And the Night Falcon has the look of a EB2 even though the body's smaller.

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2008, 04:08:29 AM »
Don't tell me you love ...


... that bass!

I like it too (now that I own an almost-Hamer myself!). And I even like Night Ranger. I saw them in concert in 1982/3 in a Florida club when "Don't tell me ..." was just hitting the airwaves. They smoked and were hungry. Watson and Gillis were a great team with their hugely different styles. I think as AOR bands go, they are certainly in the upper quarter.

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Re: Cool new Custom Hamer bass for Night Ranger bassist Jack Blades
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2008, 12:26:48 PM »
I could not BELIEVE it when I found out he was the guy from Rubincon. I remember seeing them on a broadcast of the California Jam II or something like that. He was RIPPIN it up slap style.