Hamer Monaco Super Pro

I really like the longer 25 and half inch scale, also the neck shape is like a refined historic Les Paul( slightly smaller).The notes have more top and bottom. I ended up swapping out the Duncan pick-ups for a set of Rio Grandes (texas&BBque). Both sets sounded very good,just like the Rio Grandes a little better(a little fatter sounding).

Very versatile, can cover almost any style of music. The only sound that I can`t get is a Strat clean sound. As far as the feedback issue,it`s only a problem if you play at very loud levels( twin on 8)

The best period.

The only other guitar that I take to the gig is a Parker Classic, It`s able to get the fender sound in the middle position. I recently have tried Baker`s,McInturff`s,Suhr,Anderson PRS,and have owned more than 400 Gibsons &Fenders old &new and both the Hamer &Parker I feel are 2 of the finest instruments available at any price or time period.

U.S. made in 2002.Nice maple top with flame throughout.Two buckers.The rest has been previously covered.

I play jazz/rock so I figured this would be a good choice with the hollow tone chambers. It sounded really good with distortion and notes sustained will with good thick bucker tone. Clean was a different story. I didn't like it. Notes were not well defined and sounded muddy. I TRIED to make myself dig it but I couldn't.

O.K.... I sent the guitar back under the return policy. LOVED the overdriven tones BUT hated the clean tones. ALSO: Quality was a disappointment. I was expecting PRS type quality but the stain where the fretboard binding meets the wood was SLOPPY and looked like a kid did it. File marks on the fretboard were also very obvious. A good guitar, but not impressed with Hamer quality.

Sturdy, nice case.

Indoor storm. They are reputable.

Q.A. at Hamer under par for a top maker. Sorry, it's the truth.

I agree with everything that the prevous rater said about the Superpro features except the pickups on the guitar are a custom and a custom-custom.Not a Pearly Gates.Also,the weight is probably closer to between 7 and 8 lbs.
The guitar has all the features it needs.
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I've only been playing a year and a half but I buy and sell guitars and have played about a hundred.NOTHING compares to the Superpro except for the Hamer Monaco Elite!
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Better than a Gibson Custom Shop.
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I have NO doubts about it!
I am selling my LP Premium Plus and my Les Paul Classic!HEY,GIBSON....TAKE NOTES!!

Haven't had to deal with them

I pay to insure it against theft,loss,or damage.
I have owned 6 Gibsons,a Fender Strat,a Gretsch White Falcon,2 Paul Reed Smith McCarty's,a PRS Hollowbody II,a Yamaha AES 1500.
There are NONE better than the Hamer Monaco Series.\HEY,GIBSON....TAKE NOTES!!

This guitar is from the new Monaco line from Hamer USA. The Super Pro is a single cutaway design with a carved maple top and Honduran mahogany body. Its sligthly larger than a Les Paul and slightly smaller than a Gibson 335. What makes it unique is the solid maple top on a guitar with large sound chambered wings and a solid center semi-hollow body design with no F holes (the standard Monaco has a spruce top with F holes). My guitar has a stunning book matched quilted top in Aztec Gold. I don't have an accurate scale, but this guitar is way under 7 pounds and lighter than my '61 ash bodied strat. It is a featherweight for sure.

The fingerboard is rosewood and the inlay a new Hamer "victory" design. The Super Pro has a tune-o-matic style bridge and a stop tail peice, a master tone knob and two pick-up volume knobs. It has a three way pick selector on the upper bout and Seymor Duncan humbucking pick ups, a Pearly Gates in the bridge position and a Custom design at the neck.

The scale length is 25 1/2 inches, the nut 1 5/8", the board radius is 14" and the tuners chrome Schallers. The guitar body, neck and headstock is bound in a very nice ivoroid binding. The workmanship, set up, finish quality and components are as nice as any guitar I've ever owned (Gison, Fender, Suhr, McInturff, PRS, yada, yada...).

I guess the most striking feature of this guitar's sound may be its acoustic volume. It could be literally be miked like an acoustic its so loud and resonant. Plugged into a Carr Rambler or a Z-28 it goes from woody jazz to wailing overdriven blues and rock. Its a brighter guitar than a typical humbucker PRS, McInturff or Gibson. I'd say with better note definition as a result. The Duncan pickups have plenty of output to push even the clean Carr tone into blissfull break-up and the guitar's volume controls allow fine gradations of distortion to clean as desired. It can get very close to a P-90 sound with a little dialing.

What it doesn't do is feed-back wildly like a guitar with F holes. At max volume, a very neat and controlable feedback can be generated, but only if you get positioned close to the amp.

I don't really have a style, per se. Most of what I play is blues oriented.

Most of this has been covered above. Absolutely superb fit and finish. Perfect intonation and set-up. You'd have to go to the custom shop of most manufacturers to get this quality.

Too new to tell.

I haven't dealt directly with Hamer. I will say that the folks at Willcutt Guitar Shoppe in Lexington, Ky. are extremely knowledgable about Hamer guitars and have a great selection. Not only do they sell them, they play them as well which says a lot given the quality of their inventory. Eric at Willcutt is the best person I've dealt with buying gear in the 35 years I've been doing it.

These guitars are a terriffic value, and offer some neat features that aren't generally available. The maple topped semi-hollow design creates some unique sounds and is a blast to play.