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FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

Clearly based on the theme and body shape of the 1958-60 double cut Les Paul Special, the Hamer Artist Korina was introduced at Summer NAMM in 2000. At its introduction, the prototype was called the Hamer Vanguard, but the name was changed to Artist Korina by the time production started. Unlike the Les Paul Special which it resembles, the Artist Korina is semi-hollow and made from korina (African limba wood). Because large pieces of korina are scare, Hamer had to carefully bookmatch the spreads used to build the Artist Korina. In addition, the top is hand-carved!

HAMER ARTIST KORINA (2002)


 Body:  Semi-hollow, 2-piece korina back and top

 Finish:  Natural, polyurethane

 Neck:  3-piece korina, set-in

 Fingerboard:  Indian rosewood; mother of pearl dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  None

 Bridge:  Tune-a-matic with stop bar tailpiece, chrome

 Nut:  Bone

 Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic, chrome

 Pickups:  Two, Seymour Duncan P-90 single coil with adjustable pole pieces

 Controls:  Volume for each pickup, mster tone, 3-way pickup selector

 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  13 inches

 Body Depth:  2 inches

 Weight:  n/a




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