Next Custom Is Coming Along

[shredmonster]

Hamer does not make Californians (USA custom) so........... had to find me someone that would.......... so far so good.............

[Flatpicker]

Whose making it?
Looks nice.

[Rupe]

Looks cool but it's missing the angled fretboard and last three frets if you truly wanted a Californian clone. This build is more of a Soloist.

[shredmonster]

Made by a single guy over in England who makes guitars for some of the local bands.

No I don't want a 24 fretter. I am having it made so that the access is the same up to the 24th fret as if it were a 27 fretter. I want 24 frets cause you get a better sounding guitar with the placement of the humbucker and bigger body.

Hamer made some custom 24 fret Calis.

[Rupe]

Hamer made some custom 24 fret Calis.

Cool, I never knew that. 27 frets essentially eliminates a neck pickup...it becomes more of a middle pickup. If you truly want the best sound out of a neck pickup, it needs to go were the 24th fret would be, as it is on 21/22 fret guitars. That said, you can certainly get a decent tone out of neck pickup on a 24 fret guitar.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[Jack The Riffer]

Looks nice. Are you going to have any inlays put in? What color are you going to go with?

[shredmonster]

No inlays on the neck. My last 3 or 4 guitars have had none. I don't like the looks of most of them on maple boards.

Color is going to be...

[Jason1212]

Nice. Is that a build you are doing or is someone doing it for you?

[Trem]

Hell yeah, that will be sweet, i loved the old Hamers.
I have a snakeskin but the headstock broke (was stepped on) a few decades ago, i glued it back, but meh, it's been sitting for ages, it's about worthy of a clock at best anymore.

[RobRR]

Looks great, but the trem rout looks WAY too big for the Gotoh trem... is it just there for mock up?

[quiksilver]

Cool. I love the Calis, too. I wish Hamer would offer a USA Cali again. I think it would be a hit for them - and I know I would love it!

[shredmonster]

Trem rout just there for the mock up.

Alder body w/1/8" maple cap. More maple might be too bright on alder.

R5 nut. .875" neck width at 12th fret so its not the typical super thin neck - a little bit slimmer than a PC1.

WB Custom pick ups.

Birds Eye fingerboard.

Scallops have not been carved in the horn cavities yet but they will be very sleek.

[Robert Burns]

Damn !! That is stunning! Needs gold hardware imo...

[shredmonster]

It will have GOLD hardware!

One volume knob and a coil splitter. No tone knob.

[4koa]

hey shred .....can you PM more info on this builder

name?... link to a website ? ( if he has one)

thanks