Shockwave Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Hey guys. Just bought this off the 'bay. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=260428089428"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260428089428[/url] Its a early 80's Hamer USA Blitz bass. With a set neck, i got a very good price on it! It has patent applied for Dimazios. So obviously very very early ones! Anyway this post is a pre-emptive feeler just in case i dont get on with it! I had said to myself to never buy a pointy bass again but i just couldnt help it when i saw the Zebra finish! If i sold it on i will sell it for the price i paid of 200 picked up! More pics when i recieve it! Rick Savage played one in the Def leppard video "Foolin" [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSD_TOSQjQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSD_TOSQjQ[/url] To keep you going with this thread here are some pictures of other Blitz basses! Quote
steve-soar Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 That's fantastic, great price, I'd love one, I'd play it upside down (lefty), only problem would be the controls. Quote
RhysP Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 (edited) There was some discussion about that bass on the Hamer forum a month or so ago. Hamers records show that bass to have left the factory as plain black, so the zebra finish was done outside the factory. The Dimarzios aren't particularly old - they were made with the smooth black covers specifically for the Blitz basses. I absolutely love Hamer guitars - IMO they're the best you can get. I've got a couple of beautiful Hamer guitars & I used to have a 12 string bass too. (Hamer serial numbers are pretty easy to date - let me know if you want to know when it was built). Edited June 15, 2009 by RhysP Quote
MacDaddy Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='cetera' post='514720' date='Jun 15 2009, 08:43 PM']If you pass it on, please give me first dibs [/quote] 2nd dibs if Cetera passes! Quote
Shockwave Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='cetera' post='514720' date='Jun 15 2009, 08:43 PM']If you pass it on, please give me first dibs [/quote] [quote name='MacDaddy' post='514816' date='Jun 15 2009, 10:12 PM']2nd dibs if Cetera passes! [/quote] Now it'll get interesting. Who wants to pick her up from bristol cause i dont like posting ;-) haha. Quote
cetera Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='Shockwave' post='515155' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:04 PM']Now it'll get interesting. Who wants to pick her up from bristol cause i dont like posting ;-) haha.[/quote] I'll get a mate to do that.... Quote
Shockwave Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Hmm, this is quite annoying, bought and paid for it on Saturday, i have had no word from the seller at all even after repeated emails. I'll have to raise the issue tommorow if i dont here from him. Rob. Quote
cetera Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Maybe he was at Download for the weekend watching Crue and is still recovering? Quote
Merton Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 3rd dibs please, assuming it ever arrives. Lovely! I still want a Scarab Quote
MacDaddy Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 well I couldn't afford it, as in 5 weeks time I will be jobless and homeless, but I've always loved Hamer's since buying a Chaparral guitar in the early 90's, but it is now mine It's also a good job I haven't quite got over the 80's Gigged her last night. Lovely sound, plenty of low end, lots of adjustment to technique for finger style though. Quote
cetera Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Glad you got it MacDaddy! Couldn't go for it in the end as got something much more expensive arriving later this year.... yikes! Quote
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