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[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1357055227' post='1916850'] I find it strange that they are not able to sustain a small on-demand production line for Hamer. Fender have got all the tools and materials to build whatever guitar they want. They are big enough so that they can centralize all support functions. If the Hamer guitars are built in the Fender factory, it's pretty much about applying a different decal at the end of the process. They could keep the brand running without throwing money down the drain, provided they showed restrain on marketing, artist relations, etc... shame really. [/quote] But doing that would do away with everything that made Hamer such superb instruments - they'd just become another range of fender mass produced questionable quality sh*t.
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Glockenklang Heart Core 400 watt head - £350.00 collected
RhysP replied to RhysP's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
I'm going to be away between January 6th -13th & will not have any internet access, so if anybody is interested in this amp I won't be able to reply to you or be available for the amp to be picked up during these dates. Ta! -
[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1357047074' post='1916678'] ...but the original guys that started the company left one by one to start other careers and when that happens it is usually the case that the brand loses some of it's direction . [/quote] This isn't correct. Only Paul Hamer left, Jol Dantzig & Frank Untermyer both remained with Hamer (Dantzig left for a brief period between 1993-97). Jol Dantzig was ousted by Fender in 2010. Frank Untermyer became something pretty high up in Kamen but retained links to Hamer until the end.
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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1356983772' post='1916142'] Look at Tobias and Steinberger who were bought by Gibson - both great brands that have now disappeared . [/quote] And Oberheim, SWR & Trace Elliott - all their once excellent products went down the crapper quality-wise when Gibson bought them out. I think these big companies do it on purpose to be honest, like when Martin bought out the Levin guitar company - the Levin Goliath was regarded as one of the best acoustic guitars you could buy, so Martin bought out the company & effectively closed them down. It's all about eradicating the opposition.
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The XT range are one of the Hamer cheapy import lines, some of which are quite good for the money, but they ain't "proper" Hamers.......
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I have replied!
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Really bad news. Hamers are up there with the very best instruments available - I've owned quite a few Hamer guitars (and a 12 string bass) & they've all been superb. It angers me that a peddler of substandard mass produced crap like Fender can close down a legendary company like Hamer.
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[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1356959363' post='1915574'] My view echoes some of the others.... Try a new type of music. [/quote] I'm going to fly in the face of popular opinion here and say that making yourself learn other types of music can end up having a negative effect on you if you don't like that particular genre. I found learning Mowtown, reggae, ska & blues stuff to be an incredibly miserable & unrewarding experience because I really can't stand these genres. I hated it so much it put me off playing covers for life. If it's a type of music you have no intention of ever playing then why waste your time learning how to play it?
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If i had the money I'd certainly have more basses, but I'm in a situation now where I just cannot afford to have more than one bass, and to be honest it's starting to look like that might have to go before long as it just doesn't get played enough to justify keeping it.
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I've only got one bass now. I had a couple of Zon Legacys sitting in their cases under the bed not getting used so I sold them & now just have a Spector Euro 5LX. When I was gigging I only took one bass 99% of the time. The few times I took a back up it was never needed so I just stopped taking it.
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The Gary Willis Ear Training book is meant to be very good. I've had a copy for years but have never used* it so I can't comment on it's effectiveness unfortunately. [size=2]*See also: Pretty much every music theory book I've ever bought.[/size]
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is this a good deal? for a good bass??
RhysP replied to clashcityrocker's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Japanese Fenders are (in my experience) the best quality, certainly the most consistent, Fenders you can buy. By the time you've added on your VAT, Import duties & other courier costs it won't work out much cheaper than the price of a similar Japanese Jazz bass in the UK to be honest. -
I bought this a few weeks ago in a moment of "Superb amp at a bargain price" madness (the madness being I don't really play bass anymore & I don't even have a cab to put it through) & it has been sat under the table in my bedroom ever since. It's a 400 watt (into 4ohm) 3 rack unit size amp head & I'm asking £380.00 collected from Cardiff please. I will also now post this if anyone is interested, but you'll have to give me time to look for some suitable packaging materials. Postage will probably be quite expensive though. Here's a link to Blenji's original "For Sale" thread that I bought it from: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/193143-pending-glockenklang-heart-core/page__p__1885432__hl__glockenklang__fromsearch__1#entry1885432"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1885432[/url]
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[quote name='geddyfender' timestamp='1356800710' post='1913768'] .......i have a bass skill level of 6/10.... [/quote] Just out of curiosity could you let me know how exactly this number was arrived at?
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WD40 works fine.
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Bump with price reductions.
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Rotosound rounds as far as I know.
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OUT: Zon Legacy Elite four string. Zon Legacy Elite four string fretless. Bogart SKC five string. EBS Gorm combo. IN: Spector Euro 5LX. Glockenklang Hart Core amplifier
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[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1355947293' post='1904962'] Is super-low action just for the billy sheehan wannabies.... [/quote] It might be for the wannabies but it's certainly not for Billy himself - most people who play with low actions would really struggle with Billys basses as he sets his action pretty high.
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Bump.
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Some nice deals at Guitarcenter if you're traveling to the US...
RhysP replied to tredders's topic in General Discussion
Don't forget the approx. 24% in VAT & import duty you'll have to pay bringing it in to the country too. You might get lucky & not get stopped by customs but it's very likely you will. -
The Thorns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxszfw-Sm-o Their album is one of my all-time favourites, great songs & killer vocal harmonies!
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Easily Broken sh*t. Glad to see you got an email response from them - shame they're not so obliging when it comes to matters to do with their warranties.......
