Incoming Hamer...Slammer

dadagoboi · August 31, 2015, 04:53:46 AM

Quote from: Dave W on August 30, 2015, 09:43:59 PM
Not to mention tuna spotting towers in Sicliy.

GUILTY!

mc2NY · September 01, 2015, 06:00:38 PM

uwe · September 02, 2015, 07:04:37 AM

Quote from: Psycho Bass Guy on August 29, 2015, 05:05:19 AM
...and any University of Florida Gators fans will LOVE that color scheme:

And even though I live in Knoxville, I'm not a frothing Vols fan. I LIKE the colors and the pickups; they probably add enough weight to that SG body to make it almost playable for me.

Ha, I was never aware of that, thanks!

Pilgrim · September 02, 2015, 07:28:17 AM

There's another contender....

dadagoboi · September 04, 2015, 09:34:10 AM

Arrived...
Looks better in person: neck straight, action incredibly high, rubber band strings. Lowered the action and tone improvement was impressive. Frets are level. Very good fit and finish.

Played 'All Right Now' high riff...WTF? Neck joins the body at the 16th fret instead of the 17+ on my '60. That makes it difficult to hit high D on the G. I guess Hamer figured it was easier to just move the neck in than extend the body under the heel for the bolt on neck. Now I know why there is so much space between the end of the headstock and the length of the case.

But all in all a pretty sweet bass for the money.

The '60 fits in the case like it was made for it. TKL makes great ones in Canada. The Epi Made in China whatevers are poor imitations.

uwe · September 04, 2015, 11:09:59 AM

I just knew it was gonna stay in the household!!!

dadagoboi · September 04, 2015, 11:50:27 AM

Quote from: uwe on September 04, 2015, 11:09:59 AM
I just knew it was gonna stay in the household!!!

The case, definitely. The bass, probably not.

chromium · September 04, 2015, 12:05:22 PM

Those cases are great. There was a guy selling a bunch of NOS Hamer cases on Ebay for something like $60 shipped, but they were for the Monaco (long scale). I have one like that that - lotta extra real estate up there by the head when the short and medium scales are in it.

That one is a nice fit with your EB0.

Quote from: dadagoboi on September 04, 2015, 09:34:10 AM
Neck joins the body at the 16th fret instead of the 17+ on my '60. That makes it difficult to hit high D on the G.

I never realized that, but this is probably why the Slammer feels so tiny next to my short scale B4S. Looks like on the USA basses they set the neck a lot more like the Gibson... joins at the 18th fret on the short scales, and the 17-ish fret on the medium scale.

Speaking of munchkins... I snapped a pic of the shortie getting dwarfed next to the beast you helped me chrome out!

dadagoboi · September 04, 2015, 12:50:40 PM

Quote from: chromium on September 04, 2015, 12:05:22 PM
Those cases are great. There was a guy selling a bunch of NOS Hamer cases on Ebay for something like $60 shipped, but they were for the Monaco (long scale). I have one like that that - lotta extra real estate up there by the head when the short and medium scales are in it.

That one is a nice fit with your EB0.

I never realized that, but this is probably why the Slammer feels so tiny next to my short scale B4S. Looks like on the USA basses they set the neck a lot more like the Gibson... joins at the 18th fret on the short scales, and the 17-ish fret on the medium scale.

Speaking of munchkins... I snapped a pic of the shortie getting dwarfed next to the beast you helped me chrome out!

That Standard looks SHARP! The B4s isn't bad, either!

Dave W · September 04, 2015, 08:43:25 PM

Nice case. No reason to keep the bass, get some of your money back.