Hamer Guitars are considered by some to be the first American ‘boutique’ guitar company set up specifically to cater to professional musicians. Starting up in 1974, their most popular designs were based rather adventurously on the angular Gibson Explorer and Flying V models. ...more

More and more modern rock songs these days utilise dropped tunings to tap into the power and aggressive tone they provide. Typically the only option for performing guitarists who want to play in dropped keys is to have a guitar for every tuning they intend using, especially where balanced tremolo systems are in use as they are notoriously slow and fiddly to tune. ...more