Hamer Robbin Crosby Firebird

[QuantumRider]

Saw this in Tokyo yesterday.






The headstock has "Robbin Crosby" under the Hamer USA logo, like the other two Hamer Firebirds up on robbincrosby.net

[Newc]

He used Hamers?

And I have to say - that "allen wrench through the strings" scares the crap outta me


Love how the pickup is butted against the trem, too.


Sully, is this your doing?

[jacksoncsplayer]

That thing is kick ass! Robbin had some of the coolest guitars ever.

[triplehold]

That is so cool, probably one of the rarest Hamer guitars ever, right up there with Tipton's, K.K.'s and Rick Nielson's.

[shreddermon]

That's pretty damn cool looking.

[SEEGERMANY]

Semi-hijack. Why is it necessary to have a string tree after a locking nut?

[Hellraiser6502]

Firechicken

The guitar belongs to Tak Yonemochi...correct QR?

[Axewielder]

Semi-hijack. Why is it necessary to have a string tree after a locking nut?

So when you lock the nut, the strings don't pull down and go sharp. I used to wonder that myself.

[QuantumRider]

He used Hamers?

Love how the pickup is butted against the trem, too.

According to robbincrosby.net (Sully and Curt's site), Hamer made some custom Firebirds for him.

That pickup is a Jackson 95c, according to the current owner.

The guitar belongs to Tak Yonemochi...correct QR?

Yup. Tak is a friend of a friend, and I was invited to go to his studio yesterday.

He was a Charvel Japan endorsee, then endorsed by Caparison, and is currently a Yamaha endorsee. So after he showed us dozens of prototypes and one-off's that the above companies made just for him, he pulled out the Firebird, saying

"This is one of three guitars that I own that I will NEVER sell..."

[Gartron]

So when you lock the nut, the strings don't pull down and go sharp. I used to wonder that myself.

What a great idea!!!..time to get thr drill out

[Johnnyryche]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[dogueboy]

That is incredible!!!!

[shreddermon]

Semi-hijack. Why is it necessary to have a string tree after a locking nut?

So when you lock the nut, the strings don't pull down and go sharp. I used to wonder that myself.

Correctamundo.

Clarifying note: a string bar is only necessary for a Floyd nut when the headstock design isn't angled back far enough to pull the strings flush on that side by its own. That's why we don't see them on pointyhead Jacksons (steep headstock angle) but do see them on stratheads (not angled at all), ESPs, this Hamer, etc (angle not steep enough).

[neilli]

Looks really sweet - thanks for sharing the pics!

[youthinkyourfish]

Nice piece of history there. Thanks for sharing.


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