How do you pronounce Hamer?

[Carbuff]

Well according to Paul Hamer it's "Hay mer" A friend of mine knows is friends with Paul at eh time when Kaman bought him out. btw thats pronounced Kuh man. lol not Kayman. :P Every since Kaman bought out Paul out of his own company that he built from his basement in Arlington heights Il. The Hamer plant was moved to Connecticut where Kamans factory is. The old USA Hamers are killer guitars. I still miss my californian. damn that thing was nice. Id put it on par with Jackson Charvel for quality control etc.. when Jackson is at its best that is. :P But yeah It's Hay mer.
Gil

This is what I was looking for. I was looking for a link to Paul, figuring he still might be in the guitar business somehow. Came up with nothing. So, if Paul says Hamer is Haymer then so be it. Well, that was fun.

[El_Kabong]

I still laugh at the guy guy that called my Charvell a Char/ville. Yup, they are named so, after a little mining town that almost completely burned to the ground after the great bourbon fire of 1806, so they renamed it. Wayne Char/ville's grand pappy was the founder.

[RacerX]

Kabong, you been hitting the drugs for like, the last couple months or something?

[El_Kabong]

Other than my typing and spelling going to hell, I am the most soberestistest in the room.

[Snoogans]

You say Hay-mer, I say Hammer
You say Kay-ler, I say Kah-ler...

[shredmonster]

The old USA Hamers are killer guitars. I still miss my californian. damn that thing was nice. Id put it on par with Jackson Charvel for quality control etc.. when Jackson is at its best that is. :P But yeah It's Hay mer.
Gil

I had a Cali. Was not bad. I would equate it to a Robin Medley in vibe and feel. I have both guitars.

Honestly though, both the Hamer Cali and the Robin Medley have a very "light" feel to me. Great necks - flat, fast with great upper fret access. I can't get either guitar to growl like I can my Jackson bolt ons. Their tone is more "sterile." The Hamer is mahogany with EMG's and the Robin is Swamp Ash with Rio Grandes.

It could be the woods. Both my Jacksons are heavy guitars with thick maple tops and mohagony bodies, maple necks and fingerboards.

I have not tried similar body wood combinations in the Hamer or Robin.

The frets on both are a little flatter feeling than my Jackson PC1 or Demon. I prefer the bigger frets. The Demon feels almost like its scalloped. I love it.
Neither the Hamer or Robin come close in tone to my Jacksons when A/B'd. I think its due to the fact that Jackson uses a pretty thick maple top on their mahogany guitars and they have a thicker maple neck profile which I think gives the guitar a better tone.

I also A/B'd the PC1 with the Hamer Standard set neck and the PC1 had a deeper and richer tone.

[JACKSONFREAK]

My 89 Cali. was an Elite. Maybe it was just a bit better QC on those. mine would growl and snear all day long. The Guitar was my go too guitar when i had it. It just felt "right". Harmonics would jump off the frets. the tone was sweet and hot but still had clearity and deffinition. I want to try to find another one some day. Hopefully the same one. Since it had a unique graphic on it I'll know it when i see it

[wulfe13]

I always pronounced it as "Hah mer"...

[Firebird V]

Egg-zakt-lee.

heh heh heh...

Hamer = Heymer

The hammer slammer... That sounds funny...


How about Heymaw.. lol

[FusionFarmer]

Its Hamer (Hay Mer), and this thead is lamer (Lay Mer) than a flamer (Flay Mer) maybe a little tamer (Tay Mer) than a gamer (Gay Mer), see a pattern here

[Carbuff]

This just in from the people at Hamer.

Hi
It is pronounced HAY-MER
the Slammer series rhymes with Hammer but no such luck with HAY-MER
have a good day.


They seem like nice folks.

[Top Jimmy B]

You all better now, dude?

[Firebird V]

maybe they shohuld have called it the lamer series....

[Carbuff]

You all better now, dude?

Im getting there. These things take time. :ROTF: