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I was just wondering if anyone knew if Hamer ever put out a K.K. Downing model. If so does anyone have any pics?
I was just wondering if anyone knew if Hamer ever put out a K.K. Downing model. If so does anyone have any pics?
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I think that they just did custom instruments for him. I don't believe that they ever had a produciton model. -
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I have seen people with a Vector KK, like the one he used in the 'Freewheel Burning' video.
Basically it is a Hamer V like a gibson with a pickguard, one hum. Red and white. Also, I have seen another aqua one like it that was supposedly production.
The Small V that he used later was never in production and is considered by most to be his signature V. Personally, I like the Gibby style looks and not the mini-v.
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What's the model name of that Glenn guitar? I always thought the access on that was just begging for 24 (or more) frets.please don't put it into words, 'cause I fear what you're thinkingComment
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I think that they just did custom instruments for him. I don't believe that they ever had a produciton model.
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I was looking for the same info a couple weeks ago, and that's about what I came up with. I could be very wrong though. I think at one point they would make you copies through their CS, though.Comment
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ive wanted one of those V since i was a kid they are hard to findComment
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What's the model name of that Glenn guitar? I always thought the access on that was just begging for 24 (or more) frets.
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I forget the name offhand, but I think he had a couple different ones, one with a neck pup, and at least one that had 24 frets.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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Glenn's is the phantom GT link based on the 'Phantom A5'. Glenn's other pointy star thing is sometimes called a scarab though the scarab is really not the same thing at all - maybe it's a 'Scarab GT'? I do not think they produced consumer versions of Glenn's pointy guitar either.When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off. - Ace FrehleyComment
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Found this info:
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Speaking of guitars, both K.K. and Glenn had new custom non-production model guitars made for the Fuel For Life tour by Hamer. K.K.'s is called the KK Mini V and Glenn's is the GT Custom (often mistakenly called a Scarab GT, though it is not a Scarab model at all).
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From the Judas Priest info pages HEREWhen you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off. - Ace FrehleyComment
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The Scarab was a Mini-Explorer/Kelly.
Glenn's Strat-shaped thing above was the Phantom GT, and his pointy inverted Star was not a production model (wish it was!)
I've seen very few Phantom GTs on Ebay in the past few years - probably just the same one changing hands.
They did make a mini-V similar to KKs but it didn't have the metal pyramids going down the side. There was one on Ebay a couple of years ago but it went very high.
It was black with red bevels, and there was a matching Scarab a year before that on Ebay that belonged to Sambora.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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I don't think Glen ever played a Scarab. They just reintroduced it to their lineup. Rick Savage used to play a Scarab bass all the time, and I think David Vincent from Morbid Angel did as well.
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Anyone remember Rob Lane's Jackson KK mini v? Those things look tiny.Comment
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No wait, I'm thinking Sceptre - that was the mini-Kelly thingy. The Scarab was the PopTop lookin thingy - Paul Stanley had one with a cracked mirror top - I think in the Lick It Up video.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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Yes they did. I was in a band in '86-87 with a guitar player who had a Hamer KK Downing V. It had a down-sized body, with flip-flop paint that usually looked red but would reveal a violet hue when you moved it. Very nice axe. Our other guitar player had a Gibson MSG (Black & White) V.Comment
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Paul Stanley had the scarab in the Heavens on fire video (it wasn't actually a mirror but some holographic print on the top)
I read in some magazine that Gibson will be issuing a KK and Tipton model in a limited edition (probably a V and an SG I guess)Comment
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