Stacked Purfling Guitar Ready

We've been documenting the progress of the Korina Artist guitar with stacked purfling for a while now; and at last it's ready. Todd did a wonderful job on the leveling and buffing—the guitar is as flat as a sheet of glass. I love the way the hardware is reflected in the lacquer. The changing grain of the ivoroid is apparent in this shot.

The bookmatched limba top is joined in a tasteful chevron pattern and subtly carved into an arch. You can see the little details like the inset strap button. There's a rubber shock washer under the button to prevent the finish from being damaged by pull from the strap. From this angle you can also see the interior ivoroid purfling stripe inside the F-hole.

One place where we don't skimp on the effort is the tip of the headstock, or "scroll" as we call it. With the grained ivoroid showing here it's doubly important to level and buff the finish properly too. This is one of the things that separates our workshop from production shops and factories. Next time you're in a guitar store, take a look at this area to see how much care the builder puts into the places people don't usually look.

Schaller tuners mix fine German engineering with vintage style. With most of the other "famous" brands being built in China now, these are some of the last tuners being made to a high standard. They're extremely consistent and we rarely see one fail.

In this shot you can see the way the jazzburst color goes perfectly with the tortoise shell binding. Below you can clearly see the side purfling grain as well as the F-hole detail. The guys in the shop have taken the concept and added their own twist to go beyond what was asked of them—again.

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Kudos to the boys in the shop. They NAILED our very specific instructions, and excelled at the attention to detail.

Next time I'm up, boys, a round is on me!

[Jef Veatch]

Jol and crew:

Thank you SO MUCH for your excellent work and attention to detail! It was an honor and a thrill to watch the progress of this custom build on the blog.

When i approached Greg at BCR with my thoughts on this custom order, the main goal visually was to make the guitar VERY subtle - no boastful bling from afar, but when you look from up close - Bam! :) The way the tort binding blends with the Jazzburst is perfect, and exactly what i was looking for. From a distance, one casually might not even notice it has binding, but ivoroid really makes it pop to show the detail.

Likewise on the inlay. Victory inlays are great, but i really wanted this guitar to be more subtle. However, dots were also not an option as i wanted the inlays to be special. The inner portion of the vic inlays is distinct and subtle: Perfect. THANK YOU for doing this!

Jol, you, your guys in the shop, and Greg at BCR were all OUTSTANDING on this order. It came out better than i expected! The fact that the guys in your shop pulled off getting the lower multi-ply on the f-hole is mind-boggling. These guys are the best in the business!

I'm one happy customer.

Highest regards:

-Jef Veatch

[Rod]

Jef, Greg, Jol and everyone at Hamer.
You all have come together to make the finest guitar I have seen in a long long time. This Artist needs to go in the next catalog/calendar. Stunning, gorgeous. Heck words don't do it justice. Pats on the back all around!

[Sammie]

Jol and crew... your taste and skill have pulled it off again! Thanks for having the patience to build guitars like this and the resolve to guide your customers to the right decisions. I know that if I had the money for one of your awesome creations I'd give you free reign and watch the magic unfold.

[Dave Orban]

Beautiful!

[Jon Fobes]

Got to be one of the most beautiful guitars ever made. Wow!

[Jim Falco]

A new benchmark has now been set for ALL guitar builders to surpass.

The efforts of Greg at BCR and the skill of the builders at Hamer have created a D'Angelico of the modern Rock-n-Roll era.

[Jol Dantzig]

Thank you to all the people who have said nice things about this build, we really had fun doing it. This is the kind of project that makes it all worthwhile. So often we're approached to build something crass that we wouldn't want our name associated with, and those people get turned away. This one was so solidly down our alley that we not only did it with zeal, but actually added details that the customer did not ask for. Jef, I think you know what I mean about that—or maybe you just haven't found them yet! Enjoy.

Jol

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THIS should be a Hamer model.

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[Professor BB]

Best F hole detailing I have ever seen on a guitar. Kudos to the creativity and skill of the crew.

[David B.]

Hey Jol, whatever happened to that Frank Untermyer guy who used to work for you? He was nice enough to give me a tour of the Arlinton Heights shop back in the 80's. He was a little fruity and kept touching himself... he was crackin' me up. He didn't seem to know too much about guitars but he was very proud of your company and said that he was in charge of sales for Europe.

[Bass Guy Dave]

Mind-numbing...

This guitar seems much more like the result of courtship than construction. Kudos to Hamer and everyone involved!

I'm sure the sound was just a passionately cared for, as well.

[Music Love]

Apart from playing guitar music its designing and maintaining is an essential and important task to take into consideration.