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Premier Guitar is On Location in New Hartford, CT, checking out how Hamer Guitars are made. In this segment, Jol Dantzig shows us an R&D Talladega that you've never seen before and the Talladega Pro. We also see how inlay work is done, learn what goes into making the back of a neck smooth and comfortable and we take close look at one of the higher-end, rare appointments that Hamer offers: ivory nuts. Remember, for your gear fix go to www.premierguitar.com

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Chris Interrante
on 12/27/2010

I have wondered the same thing about the wraparound. The long scale on this guitar may be a tad more forgiving of intonation errors, but this seems to put even more pressure on the builder to get things lined up just right the first time.

Kerry Kruger, miami
on 09/25/2008

Two things, I've noticed the one-piece wraparound bridges on more Hamers lately, and I'm wondering how in the world an
owner could intonate them properly? I do setups for a few people and am intimately aware of how little of a turn on on a bridge adjustment can make an audible difference (as well as throwing out the strobe reading), so even with the better maufacturing these days of parts and the CNC in bodies, how does this work? Are the bridges compensated in some way?
The other thing is a tip, if you've waited too long to set those inlays into a neck-rout (or a hole of any kind is too tight by a hair), try tossing the insert-piece in the freezer for a while, it'll shrink up a bit and slip right in, I've done that on Tele ferrules and it works like a charm! Sure beats chipping up a Nitro finish.

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