Thanks all!
Nice one! I've been looking at that one for a while but with my track record for Hamer 8 string basses I've stayed away from it. I'm still waiting on him to cut loose a 4 string version myself. I've been waiting at least 10 years, He's a cool guy with a lot of cool Hamers.
Compared to that odd Ebay experience with the 12ver, this deal was much more relaxed!
Once I realized who the seller was, his track record, etc.. I felt a lot more comfortable about it. Great guy to deal with. I wasn't going to go for it at first, but I ended up listing a couple things, waiting it out, and I figured if they sold... then it was meant to be. I've been glued to that 12 string, and curiosity about the 8 just got the better of me.
I'm still making incremental tweaks and playing it/getting a feel for it, but it seems to be setting up and settling in nicely so far. The necks and rods are working overtime in these no doubt, but I've still been able to get them dialed in to my liking. Hopefully they'll hang in there!
By the way, I think the 1980 date might be incorrect on the B8. This one is not in the registry, but neighboring S/Ns seem to indicate that it might be from '81.
