EBMM construction questions:

[dannymusic]

I have beaucoup experience with HAMERUSA and OVATIONUSA after being at their factory tour. My current #1 is a HamerUSA 25th anniversary LTD. I now am officially entering the same reahlm with EBMM.
Hope y'all don't mind a couple inquiries:

- How do they put the frets in? one by one? by hand? all at once?
- Finish what kind/how much?
- who makes the pups?
- what's the wait time for an order?

thanks all!

 

[mbgreene]

1 - How do they put the frets in? one by one? by hand? all at once?
2 - Finish what kind/how much?
3 - who makes the pups?
4 - what's the wait time for an order?

thanks all!

1 - one by one based on what I saw at the factory tour. there were two men working on frets and , if I remember correctly, one was work a hand operated machine and one an automated one. Both were checking and finishing by hand. Don't know if that is the full compliment of fret installers but it looked impressive when I watched.

2 - 4 coats of poly if I remember correctly.

3 - depends on the guitar. there are Dimarzios, Duncans and their own MM90's which are wound on site. Check the MM part of the website for the models.

4 - typically 3 months give or take

 

[dannymusic]

SUPERB.

are there links to articles or threads that describe the EBMM mfg process? I would have loved to been at the tour.

Glad to hear that there's alot of human interface involved in my new RAD RED PET!

 

[SteveB]

Danny,

There's an awful lot of human handiwork in every EBMM instrument. You wouldn't believe how many folks are there just sanding things by hand!

 

[dannymusic]

when I went to the Hamer factory tour someone told me: "It costs you the price of a guitar to go to the tour, but it makes your other Hamers more valuable to you".

 

[MikeVt]

when I went to the Hamer factory tour someone told me: "It costs you the price of a guitar to go to the tour, but it makes your other Hamers more valuable to you".

Hehe - ding ding ding! And that's where Ernie Ball wins. They paid for our tour - all 145 of us!!!

Incidentally, I never actually priced a Hamer, but it sounds like that was either a very expensive tour, or Hamer makes very inexpensive guitars...

Mike

 

[blackspy]

I'm guessing they meant travel/accomodation. Not an actual charge to go on the factory tour.

 

[dannymusic]

I'm guessing they meant travel/accomodation. Not an actual charge to go on the factory tour.

75 people and there wasn't quite as much star power. I'm thinkin' we had just as much fun though. THere's been 7 years of those. They we're one of the first.

 

[MikeVt]

I'm guessing they meant travel/accomodation. Not an actual charge to go on the factory tour.

Hehe...ok. The quote still sounded funny.

Mike