NBD - '84 Hamer Blitz

Highlander · October 11, 2017, 02:35:54 PM

I might have pics of him playing that...

uwe · October 11, 2017, 02:52:24 PM

It was his live weapon of choice for the latter half of the 70ies/early 80ies, you didn't see him with his TBird anymore. That only got resurrected much later. The Hamer ended up with truss rod issues and was sold to some fan.

Highlander · October 11, 2017, 03:34:33 PM

Saw them a number of times during that era...

uwe · October 11, 2017, 03:59:00 PM

They have a 32-disc retrospective due. For those of us who just can't get enough of harmony guitars in seconds, major and minor thirds, quarters, diminished and undiminished fifths, major and minor sixths, major and minor sevenths and octaves.

Highlander · October 12, 2017, 12:30:06 PM

Time-out...!

gearHed289 · March 27, 2018, 07:25:39 AM

So Paul Hamer was here in my office yesterday, and he was nice enough to sign the inside of my control cavity cover. Very cool guy with some good stories!

westen44 · March 27, 2018, 07:54:46 AM

Nice signature.

Dave W · March 27, 2018, 12:03:40 PM

Very cool. Is he in a music-related business at all these days?

Highlander · March 27, 2018, 12:52:04 PM

V

wellREDman · March 27, 2018, 01:50:47 PM

Quote from: uwe on October 06, 2017, 09:19:49 AM
That is sort of the budget version of what the Def Leppard guy played, Rick Savage, right?

I never know what to do when a thread throws up a band I worked with, tell the story and seem like I'm being big headed, or just scroll on and maybe not have shared something that one of you might have found interesting ...

westen44 · March 27, 2018, 03:21:25 PM

Quote from: wellREDman on March 27, 2018, 01:50:47 PM
I never know what to do when a thread throws up a band I worked with, tell the story and seem like I'm being big headed, or just scroll on and maybe not have shared something that one of you might have found interesting ...

I would say whatever I felt might be relevant. Besides that, several people here have told about direct encounters with famous musicians. Usually, something like that is valuable to someone at least.

gearHed289 · March 28, 2018, 07:56:26 AM

Quote from: Dave W on March 27, 2018, 12:03:40 PM
Very cool. Is he in a music-related business at all these days?

He's been making these really funky guitars under the name "H". We're doing 2 cases for those, and 1 for a guitar shaped like the subject of this thread.

gearHed289 · March 28, 2018, 07:57:01 AM

Quote from: wellREDman on March 27, 2018, 01:50:47 PM
I never know what to do when a thread throws up a band I worked with, tell the story and seem like I'm being big headed, or just scroll on and maybe not have shared something that one of you might have found interesting ...

Spill it!

Dave W · March 28, 2018, 01:07:46 PM

Good to know that he's back in the guitar business. I don't know about that headstock angle though!

Highlander · March 28, 2018, 01:36:59 PM

Sort of lute-like...