Product: Hamer Californian CX4Q
Price Paid: USD 160 USED
Submitted
07/29/2008
at
07:11am
by
Circio
Features
:
10
Beautiful quilted top - mine's the purple/red which is not the most popular color. Bought it cheap as a floor model in perfect condition.
Basswood body. 3 single coil PUPs. 5-way switching. 24 frets. Bound neck. Sealed tuners. Vintage trem. One vol one tone. Black hardware.
Sound
:
10
Sounds better than most middle and higher end Strat style guitars including Fender. All the classic Fender tones with 24 frets! The PUPs are very,very quiet and well balanced in output.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Excellent quality guitar. The frets were polished and feel like medium size. The vintage trem needs the usual adjusting to play in tune. I replaced the nut with a graphite one. I got the action fast with minimal buzzing and access to the higher frets a breeze.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Very well built and almost too pretty to haul around. I keep mine in a hardcase in my studio.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I'm a pro guitar tech, so I very rarely need support. No problems, so I don't know.
Overall Rating
:
10
These guitars are no longer in production (I think), so if you find a mint one on Ebay - go for it. They still sell for just under $400 brand new - so search around. If you want a Fender sound with 24 frets - these are the ones!
