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- From: sarisky@a.chem.upenn.edu (Mark J. Sarisky)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: new guitar recommendations
- Message-ID: <106286@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 16:18:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.155909.8134@chpc.utexas.edu> ezad133@chpc.utexas.edu (Jim A. Andrews) writes:
- >Jeez, you can spend up to $1000 and you can't figure out what
- >to get? Why not something that's gonna hold its value (which
- >the Carvin won't and probably not the Hamer either). For that
- >kind of money you can get a GREAT Les Paul/Strat/etc that will
- >be (or is) a collector's item.
-
- I love this sort of thing. This keeps the overpriced, vintage guitar dealers
- in business. Remember, something is only worth $1000 if someone will hand
- you $1000 in cash for it. I'd pay $1000 for a 1978-81 Hamer Sunburst is good
- condition in a heartbeat. A new one runs $1450. Of course, I don't have to.
- $400 for a fine, handmade, Les Paul Special feeling, Sunburst is common used.
- If you collect guitars, fine. I play them. Carvin and Hamer offer good
- quality, handmade instruments that are working musician axes. They both
- have a reputation of using fine quality woods, real craftsmanship and the
- legacy of guitar making from the days when all Gibson and Fender axes were fine
- quality guitars. Hamer was founded by a couple of guys who ran a vintage
- restoration shop. After seeing how much money people were paying for LP Jrs
- and Specials, why not just make a guitar they way they used to, by hand, using
- the best sounding woods available, at a price that isn't outrageous.
-
- >I'm sure that there are so-called
- >metal guitars that are really fine instruments, perhaps the ones
- >you suggested, but at least around here you can get them for
- >dirt, new or used.
-
- Cool, when you see any Hamer Specials, Sunbursts, or Blitz (Explorer type)
- guitars around for dirt, drop me a line. Can't get enough!
-
- >Of course, the real answer to your question is to get the
- >one that makes your blood race. If you love that Carvin, and
- >you just can't keep your hands off of it and end up practicing it
- >four hours a day, you'll be a lot better off than if you get my
- >fantasy-Strat and it sits in the corner. HOWEVER, in general,
- >the brands you're talking about will probably not resell real
- >well. Caveat emptor, and all that.
-
- Very good point. I find myself playing more for the pure fun of it on the axes
- that I really love to play. On others it seems like just going through the
- motions, remember those piano lessons mom MADE you take? Resale value is only
- important if you are going to want to sell it. None of my guitars are for sale
- because I buy them to play and I spend the time to make sure I know what gets
- me off in a guitar. The best advice upon selecting a guitar is spend a good
- amount of time playing those that interest you and then make a decision. For
- some people, a thousand may not be a lot of money, but it is to me. If a store
- won't give you the time to really check out the axe, blow out of that store and
- find one that cares.
-
- Off the SB.
-
- Mark
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