![]() It's a wonderful thing, tonally it's super bright. The only things I didn't like was the chrome, so I did swap out the bridge and machines with the Schaller equivalents (I still own the original hardware) I put a reversed black Strat jack-socket on it to aid easier right-angled jack plugs. Everything seemed fine, so I pulled the trigger. There seemed to be scant imagery online, the best I could do was to find a photo of Nikki Sixx playing one. I actually had one of those moments where I did this strange doubletake I couldn't actually believe there was one up for sale and for such a ridiculously stupidly low price too. Some years later, early on a Sunday morning, I was perusing eBay and found an FBIV on sale for £375. I'd coveted a Hamer Cruisebass for a long, long time, but my first feeler for Hamer was during my (cough) metal period (cough) I owned a white Hamer Scarab, but when that passed I let it go. What is your story, was there a player who drew you in, I only knew about Jeff Ament and Tom Petersson at the time? Was it that gorgeous lady holding that blue Cruise bass? Hamer Bass Players are a select group, we are refined and discriminating and full of shit, so let me hear it, I am seriously thinking about adding another even though I don’t need it, I just have an urge, but I want to hear from you all first. I have never wanted another bass, this thing is an extension of me and I have never had a moment of disappointment (Thank you Mike Sherman), it has out lasted every relationship I have had and its still here making music with me… So, to land this plane, after trying to find it to play it, I called Hamer and the nice lady on the phone, first laughed and then said oh my, I really don’t know where any of those are at but if anyone would, this guy in northern California might, so I called him and he had one on the wall and after some wringing of hands for buying without playing I bought it. Rewind a bit… I had been trying to find “my” bass for a while, I thought it was a Fender Jazz, but after I played a few I was kind of blah about Fender but kept searching and then I saw that beautiful piece of wood or maybe twelve pieces of wood or so and somehow, some way I knew that one was the one. I bought my Impact (Neck-Thru) in 94ish, after over a year of searching for it, yes, I found out later they only made eleven of them, but I didn’t know that at the time and when I saw it in the catalog I knew it was supposed to be mine… no I really did. First here is my story of what brought me to Hamer and then I would ask that you take it from there. I have been thinking for a while to add to my very small, very select collection and I am interested in the thoughts of the other bass players out there in HFC land. So, I decided to start a thread here and see where it goes. I have been wondering for some time now, like twenty-five years why there aren’t more Hamer Bass players.
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