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Hamer Guitars was an American electric guitar manufacturer founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig.The company's early instruments featured guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer (The Standard) and Gibson Flying V (Vector), before adding more traditional Gibson-inspired designs such as the Sunburst.
For the E/2 Explorer, Gibson optioned them with various different parts. The biggest difference was the curved/contoured body. Some came with "dirty fingers" pickups where some are cream and black-colored (Zebra) or all black. Most had the standard stop-bar tailpiece, but some E/2's did come with a TP6 tailpiece.
He brought the idea to his manufacturer (Hamer Guitars) to build. The original design sought by Nielsen was a circular guitar allowing him to spin the guitar from neck to neck. This design was scrapped by Hamer due to weight and logistical issues. Nielsen and Bobby Demonic both have employed several five-necks over the years.
The EGF-1800 (flametop), EGF-1200 (flametop) and EG-1000C (custom) models from the 1980 and 1981 catalogues (as well as very early 1982 models) featured "Dry Z" pickups (PAF-like pickups made by Nisshin Onpa ). The type of pickups varied depending on the guitars original selling price and the Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) made "Dry Z" or Fuji-Gen Gakki ...
At the request of Kaman, Dantzig returned to Hamer as Technical Director in 1997 when the facility was moved to Connecticut. Dantzig was charged with the task of breaking down Hamer's Arlington Heights factory, shipping everything and reassembling the factory in New Hartford, Connecticut. Hamer was acquired by Fender Musical Instruments in 2008.
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick.He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar.
In 2013, Gibson and Epiphone both released the Slash "Rosso Corsa" Les Paul Standard, [67] [68] and also the Gibson USA's Slash "Vermillion" Les Paul Standard. In the year of 2017, Gibson released Slash "Anaconda Burst" Les Paul, which consist of both a Plain Top, as well as a Flame Top. An Epiphone version of the guitar was released as well. [69]
Reverend Musical Instruments, commonly known as Reverend Guitars, is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.The company was established in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan [1] by noted guitar and amplifier technician Joe Naylor, a graduate of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery.