"Pinky" NR 8 String Back Up For Sale

[leftybass]

Just received a live recording of an old band of mine from 1982. I was playing my first 8-string, a Hondo, sounds good. I remember that bass receiving quite a lot of attention back then.

[Bionic-Joe]

Let me know if Jeff Gives you any Feedback or recording or pics!

[saltymonkey]

Let me know if Jeff Gives you any Feedback or recording or pics!

I will Baz. He sent me a note saying he was looking forward to playing it and hope it sounded as good as it looks. I haven't heard from him since it arrived but they are touring so he may not have seen it yet.

[Bionic-Joe]

Thanks!!

[godofthunder]

Baz playing in the big leagues...................again! Your work is amazing bro keep at it.

[TBird1958]

Had a look around Google didn't see any of Jeff with the Pinky yet......

But, I did get to see this one (of MANY) at the shop not too long ago at Mike's shop.

[Bionic-Joe]

Thanks guys...Haven't had any work lately which means NO Money...but...One of these days...I'm going to Git back to building...I have to...I have that 200 watt Hiwatt Monster rig!!!

[mc2NY]

Baz does GREAT work.....I've had SIX of his builds!!!!

And Jeff has, three Hamer 12vers, I believe. A one-off DuoTone Bass version. That's the Hamer guitar model with a piezo bridge and a hum buckler, so you can switch between electic/acoustic or combine them. Jeff had a bass version made but I heard it was with mixed results.

He also had his B12A "Jeff Ament" model. Plus I sold him another one that I had that had a pao ferro fingerboard.

He also had a Hamer 8-string B8A that he did his own custom graphic on and then, I believe Hamer clear coated.

Plus he has that oversized TBird body that Mile Lull made, with a bolt-on Hamer 12ver neck.

When he had that one made, he told me that he still had his Hamers.

Hamer really DOES make the best 12ver necks hands down!!!! Stable dual-truss necks with decent neck profiles. It's a shame Hamer wouldn't make those necks separately and we have to keep destroying complete Hamer 8- and 12vers to steal the necks and hardware....but I've never liked their Chaparral,body shape, so sticking them onto exact copies of Hamer TBird bodies is a definite improvement IMO. Hamer "improved" on the TBird design by moving the neck joint out a couple of frets and then thickening up the body for a little more weight, for better balance. I think the cutaway is slightly larger for easier access as well. They had a prior relationship with Gibson, so they didn't get sued back when they were making them, like so many other companies did who made Gibson-ish designs.

[Bionic-Joe]

Thank you, Jon!! I appreciate your compliments as well as your, Scott!! I know Shark Loved my basses, as did Mark and then Tom P. I can only hope that I can acquire money and inspiration to build more!

[Shark]

Thank you, Jon!! I appreciate your compliments as well as your, Scott!! I know Shark Loved my basses, as did Mark and then Tom P. I can only hope that I can acquire money and inspiration to build more!

Sorry for hi-jacking this older thread but Shark still loves your basses ... 

[Bionic-Joe]

WHOA!!! I've seen the one on the left and the one in the middle but where the heck did that white one come from??
I thought I was the only guy to have a HAMER factory original Hamer T bird 8???
And also today I found this???

[Shark]

WHOA!!! I've seen the one on the left and the one in the middle but where the heck did that white one come from??
I thought I was the only guy to have a HAMER factory original Hamer T bird 8???
And also today I found this???

White FB is one of last custom orders from the HAMER factory. That CAR FB was born
a couple of month later ... very cool tumbling boomers ...

[Bionic-Joe]

I thought Hamer was shut down...finished...only making Guild Guitars?? Man..YEARS ago...i tried to get them to build me another Thunderbird 8 string...they flat out refused.....even though I had a record deal at the time!!!!

[Shark]

I thought Hamer was shut down...finished...only making Guild Guitars?? Man..YEARS ago...i tried to get them to build me another Thunderbird 8 string...they flat out refused.....even though I had a record deal at the time!!!!

The White Bird was completed end November 2012. Waited nearly TWO years for it.
The CAR Bird came up on the HFC a couple of month later. Seems like someone else had a Thunderbird 8 String vision either ....

[Dave W]

Time to move this thread since it stopped being a For Sale post a few months ago.

AFAIK Hamer production is still suspended.