Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

[eagleman]

I know of a local music store that has one. It's abuot a 8 out of 10 condition. Guitar has a mirrord pickguard and kahler term. Any Idea on the going rate? the place is asking 650.00

Thanks!

[txcharvel]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

Just let me know where it is and I'll let you know [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Seriously, that sounds pretty good. They are pretty rare so it's kinda hard to come up with a price.

If you don't get it would you mind passing along the info?

Thanks,
[email protected]

[442w30]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

I do believe that is a good deal on a USA hamer, even if it wasn't the rare Phantom GT.
I have never seen one in person.
Is it black with a maple fretboard/block inlay? Sounds like a great deal.
Please get the info out on it, even if you aren't picking it up.

[No Use]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

for the idiot who doesn;t know (me), is this GT the warrior looking thing he had in the new GW, or his inverted star model?

[442w30]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

It's the one Glenn (on the right in this pic) is holding.

[eagleman]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

It has a rosewood fret board with dot inlays. I am going to stop by and snap a picture. I am not interested in the guitar, but I already told Txcharvel I would get the info for him. I will post a picture Monday night.

Thanks,

Alex

[No Use]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

442w30- thanks bro. the new GW article talked about the GT and i didn;t know if it was that SG shape, or the warrior one in the article, or what.

thanks bro!

[Jerry From Ghana]

Re: Hamer Phantom GT Glen Tipton Model

here's a better picture of a production Phantom GT



The Phantom A5 (as in Andy Summers of the Police) is my #1 guitar. So many different tones at the flip of a switch + i love the look. So 1982.

[No Use]

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Hot damn, those are Nice , Jerry! that looks killer, man, wow. i originally thought the phantoms were offset SGs with longer cutaways, but this definitely puts it in a new light.

now, i want it too, darnit. haha. well, go get 'em txcharvel!

[Jerry From Ghana]

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they are cool as heck. that stupid long upper horn is the bomb.

here's one more of GT's, taken this year.

[No Use]

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DAMN jerry, I'm Really G.A.S.in' now! i thought the production Gt's didn;t have the 2nd humbucker though?

and what are the two plugged holes? like, what did they do before they were plugged? like a coil tap and something else?

[Jerry From Ghana]

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I believe the black guitar was actually an A5 that got converted to GT.. the mirror pickguard is not stock. GT's have a single hum and a single volume pot.

On the A5 model (the white one), the lower one is a two way switch that selects either the humbucker or the single coil inside the 'triple bucker'. the upper switch is a three way selecting between bridge and neck. I actually much prefer this method to the five way rotary switch they used on the reissues in the late nineties.

here's some more info.
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/proto2.html

As far as GT's guitar goes, I don't know if the neck pickup was a mod, but as you can tell by the fretboard, his guitar was not identical to the GT production model. Doubt the EMG's are original too.

[No Use]

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yeah, that Andy summers, the triple humbucker, i recognize that from the hamer prototype, yes/

and according to jol dantzig, yeah the GT's (or Tipton;s new one anyways) are supposed to have a special wound Seymour Duncan, but some of his other guitars have EMG's now too, which i find strange.

jerry, since you're the Man, and i love you long time, wanna hook me up with other info on priest guitars? haha. mainly kk's vector k.k. i can;t find anything on that, other than the general appearance. are his other v's custom? and totally different than the v k.k.?

[Jerry From Ghana]

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dude, sign up on the hamerfanclub.com board.. you'll get a lot more info from real knowledgeable dudes.

the only thing that i know about the vector kk is that it's a full size vee w/ a hum and a kahler.. KK Downing used one with short horns and studs (which I think looks like ass). i think the one in the picture above with the priest logo headstock is a recent hamer custom. check out this month's guitar world, there's a feature on them.

there's a sweet KK on the bay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

[No Use]

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lol, sorry jerry. i do appreciate all the help dude, and i'll certainly sign up on the hamerclub board. i've been gettoing more and more into them anyways.

yeah, i have the ozzfest issue. i heard that the red V was an ESP, though those split diamond inlays give it the air of a Gibson. but yeah, i'd watch the guitar feature they do on the judaspriest.com, but my realplayer is fuct up.

and i share your view on the studded shorthorn, haha. he's got an esp shorthorn too. but i love vee's so, i still like 'em enough, haha. thanks bro!