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Never have, never will. Cookie cutter, low QC. Buy a Hamer

 

 

Hamer guitars are indeed awesome.

 

That's why it took me years to buy another Gibson. I played hundreds of the till I found "the one" and bought it. It's still better than any of the rest I've played, regardless of price.

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I got a Faber kit , Aluminum tail with locking studs for her and popped it on yesterday . It's now locked 'n loaded

 

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Before

 

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during ( screw trick bushing removal )

 

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out

 

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ground in the hole

 

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done

 

so yeah it's locked down like a beatch and sounds fantastic

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just finished the Faber ABR conversion

At first strum it sounds way more natural , organic and authoritative . A perfect continuation from the tail install. Simply fantastic and I couldn't be happier . Now for the install process , on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being the easier it's a 1 , so easy to do it's silly . The original bushing came out by hand , once I saw this I was determined to procede . So lets go..

 

first the original as it sits on the original post

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now the ABRN as it sits on the original posts

 

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notice the wee bit of extra space on top of the post , the ABRN is a hair thicker than stock , though also more narrow

 

 

 

the INsert kit comes with a bolt to extract the original bushings

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screwed in by hand it came right out

 

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now in goes the new insert/post , I pressed it in maybe 1/4" by hand , it's very snug perhaps just a hair larger than the original bushing , which is good or otherwise it would be loose like the original

 

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the INsert kit comes with a plastic tube that fit over the post so you can tap it in with a rubber hammer

 

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tap tap tap...

 

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and done

 

 

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I did actually flip a few saddles around to match the saddles on the original and it intonated perfectly . Cheers !

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