Ever heard of Patterson Guitars in Chicago?

[reentune]

Well, have any of you?
I haven't, except on an H-C ad.
I was just wondering if any of you ever played one.
Any Chicago folks out there with info?
Thanks.

 

[elambo]

I'm in Chicago, but have never heard of Patterson. No ads... nothin'.

 

[larrylover]

Sorry. Never heard of it.

 

[boog204]

reentune---

i saw the same hc ad you did. i contacted the guy and never heard back. did you try contacting him?

brian

 

[angelo]

I get to a lot of stores in the western / southern burbs. City too. Never heard of it.

 

[reentune]

I did contact him and got pics.
Shortscale 7 with a high A.
Kinda weird. Could be great, but I don't feel like taking a chance.
The fellow said he was currently teaching at a summer jazz camp in Wisc or Mich or somewhere.
I best just stick to more traditional stuff—like Heatleys!

 

[edgarallanpoe]

Shortscale 7 with a high A.

IIRC, both ESP and Hamer did this as well. I remember George Lynch playing the ESP. The Hamer is called a Maestro and is an *uber* rare beast. I would bet that no more than a handful of these were made. The Hamer was made around the same time as their Virtuoso which had 36 frets!! LOL!!!

 

[matte]

Originally posted by edgarallanpoe
IIRC, both ESP and Hamer did this as well. I remember George Lynch playing the ESP. The Hamer is called a Maestro and is an *uber* rare beast. I would bet that no more than a handful of these were made. The Hamer was made around the same time as their Virtuoso which had 36 frets!! LOL!!!

I had one of the Maestro's Hamer 7's back in the late "80s. It had a solid Curly Western Maple body , 3 Duncan Hot Rails, 24 frets and a Pau Ferro board. I had to take the neck off every time I needed to adjuest the Truss rod. I did a shitload of recording with that guitar.

 

[boog204]

yeah i did get pics back eventually... definitely an odd sorta piece in a cool way. i passed as well tho.

 

[pleasure bomber]

fellow chicagoan here..

never heard of 'em.