Product: Hamer Flamed Archtop
Price Paid: # 369 (sterling)
Submitted
10/06/2002
at
07:38am
by
Nick
Email: nick at nickt<dot>plus<dot>com
Features
:
6
made in Korea, mahogany body, 2x duncan designed humbuckers, purple flame finish. master volume& master tone.
Sound
:
1
I play classic rock covers, using a Vox valvetronix AD60VT.
bought this to "replace" a Les Paul being sold for financial reasons.
Took it to a rehearsal, first night getting it home. Oh dear....pickups are so microphonic, you can sing thru them. Guitar sounds muddy, no clarity from the pick ups at all. Tone control has very little effect.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
2
This guitar looks great, very PRS looking, and the main reason for buying it.
BUT! the neck might as well be made of paper! No sooner do you fret chords, the thing is out of tune. This isn't a neck, it's a whammy bar! Seriously poor design in my opinion. Apart from that the guitar had quite a nice action.
Reliability/Durability
:
1
I would not gig with this thing in a million years. It's gone straight back to the store, for a Santana SE that I should have bought in the first place.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
3
I really wanted to like this guitar, it looks great, and could pass for a #2000 plus axe...until you play it. It has proved to me that if anything seems too cheap, it probably is.
Respect to Mike at Soho Soundhouse who swapped it with no fuss for a Santana SE (more expensive, but well worth it).
