Traditional vs r8 or r9 vs Hamer korina

[Capulin Overdrive]

would you rather have Ebony or a Rosewood board with the Korina?

 

[Digital Jams]

I LOVE Hamer stuff......but most any Hamer owner would trade their's for a nice Gibson LesPaul immediately if offered. (even if they deny it on replies following this one!)

Sure, because they could trade, sell off the Gibson then buy two Hamers that were better.

Seriously there are some nice Gibsons out there - even some of the cheaper ones are nice guitars! But you really have to dig for them and play several. I went through over a dozen SGs before I bought my faded, and I wanted to buy a standard. Couldn't find a standard that didn't have some issues, so I bought a faded that was in all aspects a better guitar. Ditto for my explorer - checked out several, picked the best one.

Every Hamer I've owned has been at least a really good guitar. They just have a higher 'good guitar' percentage in my opinion than Gibson does - comparing USA for USA, of course.

Pete

Check out Jol's latest project and look at that neck binding and read how Hamer installs electronics.................no way would I trade my Hamer for a LP

Next, Todd hand wired the electrical components, all of which have been specially sourced to our specifications. Old-school cloth covered wire, custom-taper potentiometers by CTS, and the Sprague "orange drop" capacitor get hooked up inside the control cavity using lead-free solder. The whole deal is sprayed with a nickel based shielding paint that we import from Belgium—it's the best there is. After sealing things up with our anodized aluminum back plate door, Todd cut the nut and strung it up.

 

[J.B.]

would you rather have Ebony or a Rosewood board with the Korina?

Rosewood for me. No question. And I voted Hamer.

 

[Les Zombie]

I owned the traditional lp and it was nice but I also own a couple R9 I love and it took me sometime to find some that I was happy with but it was worth it.
The R8 is a nice guitar too and so is the R7 goldtop, i would rather spend 2k on a used R7 or R8 than spend it on the traditional. There's alot of nice R9 used for a little over 3k too.
I love the sound of a Gibson Les Paul and I like the feel. I know they aren't perfect all the time but when u find a good one it's a keeper. If your not buying used I think they are too expensive but if you buy used they are nice and you won't lose anything on them.