Any Vs fans over here?

Hey,

I just got this nice Hamer Vector Flametop yesterday evening. Am I the only V fan here? They somehow feel surprisingly comfortable to me, and I just love the look. The first cardboard guitar I made when I was a kid was a V :lol:

So, I saw this one pop up in a local ad, and I just couldn't pass on it. It's in near mint condition, with just a small scuff on the finish.



The original tuners were changed for Grovers, but they don't look like the Grovers I'm used to see. They feel kinda cheap, but they manage to get the job done. The guitar stays pretty well in tune.



The pickups are Duncan Designed. I like the neck pickup, but I'm not sold on the bridge pickup yet. A JB would be a good upgrade there.

Gotta go, the V is calling me... :lol:

J-F

Pwal said:

Am I the only V fan here?

J-F

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No sir.

Dred has a way kewl V acoustic! 8)

I had a Jackson entry level V (also with Duncan Designed pups). Used a DOD Death Metal Distortion with it to make sweet Cannibal Corpse music. :lol:

Yeah, I keep it tuned one step down to play heavier stuff (like Mastodon, The Sword...). :twisted:

I used to love Vs, but I dont play standing up anymore, so the only V I have left is one of the original Rhoads Vs..........

Pwal said:

Yeah, I keep it tuned one step down to play heavier stuff (like Mastodon, The Sword...). :twisted:

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I'm not a fan of V's myself (see my signature) but you did good! Glad you found a new git!

Now, if you wanna talk stoner rock on the other hand...


My Marshall head isn't the best for it but the '74 S-100 dropped a whole step is sah-weeeet.

I like Vee's, used to have an Epiphone "58 styled" one, would absolutely love to have a Gibson Lonnie Mack Vee some day (the one with the Bigsby)!!

I built this myself years ago when I was 18, and still living at my parents place. Dad had a lot of woodworking tools. I couldn't come up with any African Korina wood, but Bill Lewis Music in Vancouver could get me some African Walnut, so I used that. Gibson pickups, bridge, and tuners. At the time I was very much musically influenced by Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, who played a 60's V. I liked the look of the V's played by J Geils, and Albert King, so I tried to make it look a bit like theirs.




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Ah, Albert. One of those giants that I was able to see before they passed.

Albert King, one of my heroes. Big man, even bigger tone. 8)

This cat can coax a nice sound out of his Flying V.