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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

1026.0. "Rick Nielsen's 5 neck Hamer" by SRFSUP::MORRIS (You're one in a million) Mon Dec 19 1988 14:06

    As Tom Petty would say, "I need to know."  Rick Nielsen of Cheap
    trick has a 5-neck prototype Hamer.  What are the differences between
    the 5 guitars?
    
    Ashley in Tundraland
    
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1026.1uuuhhhmmm!WOODRO::JTAYLORMon Dec 19 1988 17:542
    i believe they are[ 2] 6 strings,[1]12 string[1]frettless 6string
    [1]bass[1]6 string de-tuned....just my 2 cents JT
1026.2Just a novelty - nothing practical about itDREGS::BLICKSTEINYo!Mon Dec 19 1988 19:226
    I have a pretty strong recollection that they were all identical
    6-string necks and that it was just "for show".
    
    But I could be wrong.
    
    	db
1026.3Yet Another Useless OpinionAQUA::ROSTMarshall rules but Fender controlsMon Dec 19 1988 19:306
    
    Re: .1, .2
    
    One was definitely fretless, and I think one was a 12-string.  I
    don't recall a bass neck.
    
1026.4SRFSUP::MORRISYou're one in a millionMon Dec 19 1988 20:4713
    I thought he had
    
    1	12 string
    1	6 string fretless
    1	6 string w/3 single coils
    1	6 string w/2 humbuckers
    1	slide tuned w/2 humbuckers
    
    
    I'm positive about the first 2, iffy about the 2nd 2, and am taking
    a shot in the dark w/ the fifth.
    
    Ashley
1026.5the answer is...RICKS::CALCAGNITue Dec 20 1988 12:1511
    I've got a picture of the beast right in front of me (GP, 5/81).
    It has five necks:
    			2 six string
    			1 six string with whammy
    			1 six string fretless
    			1 twelve string
    
    Each "neck" has two humbuckers and is fully functional.  How much
    does it weigh?  As Rick says "only my chiropractor knows for sure".

    /rick