What about a Hamer thread?

[NancyJohnson]

I dug out my FBIV yesterday, primarily for a quick service/set up. Man alive.  It's been in the case for about a year.  Still in tune.

 

Plays as beautifully now as it did when it went away.

 

[Rayman]

STOP……..

 

 

 

………Hamer time.

 

 

Nice bass indeed. 

[bigthumb]

4 minutes ago, Rayman said:

 

 

 

Nice bass indeed. 

 

 

But you can't touch it! 

[Owen]

46 minutes ago, Rayman said:

STOP……..

 

 

 

………Hamer time.

 

 

Nice bass indeed. 

 

41 minutes ago, bigthumb said:

 

 

But you can't touch it! 

I see what you did there!

[12stringbassist]

I'll play...

 

Excalibur.

 

 

 

 

[Chienmortbb]

The trouble is that if you only have a Hamer, everything looks like a Nial.

[Baloney Balderdash]

18 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

The trouble is that if you only have a Hamer, everything looks like a Nial.

You hit the nail right on the head there and totally nailed it! 🔨

 

Time to get hammered! 🍺

 

Edited January 2, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[zbigniew]

 

Hi, I got this Hamer Chaparral 1991 last year and it's a very good bass.  I'm not playing out much so I haven't tried it yet with a band.  The pickups are not original, it was like this when I got it.

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[NancyJohnson]

 

My Cruise bass.  Yummy.

 

I was thinking about moving this one on, but it's just too nice.

[zbigniew]

10 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

My Cruise bass.  Yummy.

 

I was thinking about moving this one on, but it's just too nice.

 

That one is lovely 

[Doctor J]

Another 91 Chaparral here. Fabulous thing altogether.

 

[NancyJohnson]

I remember someone selling one of the B12 12-string basses on here years ago, kind of Jeff Ament spec (matte black).  I just didn't have the money, it was bonkers cheap at something like £1.7K.  I think about it quite often and wonder where it ended up.

[cetera]

Oh go on then, I'll play 😉

 

I have a Hamer Scarab, white and just like the one Rick Savage played with Def Leppard around the Hysteria time....

 

I also have 3 (yes, three!) incredibly rare Hamer Impact basses. These were designed with Kip Winger and are amazing looking and sounding instruments...

One in black marble, one in red and one in copper....

 

Love them all!

Edited January 3, 2024 by cetera

[Misdee]

I've never owned one, but I remember when the original Cruise Bass came out in the very early '80s and it got rave reviews. I longed for one at the time but alas it was way out of my price range in those days.

[Brian18242]

Always loved the old hamer 4 string, Dug Pinnick played. Would love to get a reverse headstock bass with a p pickup.

Edited January 2, 2024 by Brian18242

[LowB_FTW]

2 hours ago, cetera said:

Oh go on then, I'll play 😉

 

I have a Hamer Impact, white and just like the one Rick Savage played with Def Leppard around the Hysteria time....

 

 

That would be the Hamer Scarab. This was the bass that got me into bass.

I would dearly love one of these but for two reasons 1) far too expensive (and scarce) these days, 2) I only play 5-strings now.

I still very much have a soft spot for these basses.

 

Mark

[cetera]

Yep, that's what I meant.... I was already thinking about the Impact basses while typing about the Scarab. I've edited my original post....

Edited January 3, 2024 by cetera

[NancyJohnson]

I owned this Scarab too.

 

[police squad]

I had a scarab once. It played really nice but I never got on with the sound. I'd love to try it again now, now I understand things better (I'd only been playing about 7 years, I was gigging 4 times a week in those days but didn't really understand what made things sound different)

[MacDaddy]

My old Hamer Blitz bass. Sounded like a Precision on steroids and looked as cool AF 😎

It was just too big for me 😔

 

 

[Gnermo]

I own a fretless Hamer, not sure which model

[AndyTravis]

51 minutes ago, Gnermo said:

I own a fretless Hamer, not sure which model

Mk1 Cruise Bass

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Gnermo said:

I own a fretless Hamer, not sure which model

Can I ask where you're located?  I was trying to get a scratchplate cut for my Cruisebass; no intention of screwing it in, just double-sided tape.

 

I've not been able to facilitate a schematic of the plate.

[Merton]

On 02/01/2024 at 21:04, cetera said:

Oh go on then, I'll play 😉

 

I have a Hamer Scarab, white and just like the one Rick Savage played with Def Leppard around the Hysteria time....

 

I also have 3 (yes, three!) incredibly rare Hamer Impact basses. These were designed with Kip Winger and are amazing looking and sounding instruments...

One in black marble, one in red and one in copper....

 

Love them all!

That white Scarab…. One day I will have enough money to persuade you to part with it 😄

[lee650]

On 02/01/2024 at 14:36, NancyJohnson said:

 

My Cruise bass.  Yummy.

 

I was thinking about moving this one on, but it's just too nice.

I love that bass!