Hammett H780 'Black Pearl' 2022 Black-Burst / ES-330 / Harmony H77

THE H780 ‘BLACK PEARL’ IS A FULLY PRESSED, LAMINATED, ARCH-TOP SEMI-HOLLOW GUITAR. IT HAS THE SAME LOWER AND UPPER BOUTS AS THE ES-330/335, EXCEPT THAT IT HAS A SLIGHTLY THICKER BODY FOR GREATER MICROPHONIC RESPONSE. AVERAGE WEIGHT IS 2.5KGS

From The Hammett Guitar Co. -

Introducing the Hammett Guitar Co. H782 ‘Black Pearl’ hollow-body electric guitar.

Styled on and in homage to the Harmony H77/78/ Silvertone 1446 and Keith Richards original black 59’ Es355

The ‘H782 ‘Black Pearl’ is a guitar that’s inspiration comes from the iconic electric guitar shapes of the 50’s and 60’s – those symmetrical electric-Spanish guitars favoured by the forefathers of the electric blues & jazz era - a bloodline that was as prevalent back then as it is today.

The full bi-convex 7-ply pressed hollow-body construction allows for a plethora of microphonics to be sculpted by the dual MOJO ‘Foil Tron’ gold foil pickups. Each pickup has an individual volume and tone control wired identically to the Es330 controls resulting in a limitless tonal range. The body features mahogany tone bars and a mahogany bridge post stiffening the body cavity and giving the guitar a wonderful airy tone with sharp response when attacked. This is a guitar that will wrench you back to an electrified guitar era of old, however this instrument should not be confined to blues style guitarist alone. The tight ABM floating bridge + trapeze arrangement responds with sharp clarity to perfectly suit delicate jazz players too.

The ultra-thin heritage nitro-cellulose black finish allow the timbers to ring out and the quilted wood grain to delicately show through the top and back, the combination of which gives a light relic-look without strangling the tone of the materials used in its construction.

The body, neck and headstock have been accented with white pearloid 3-ply binding and accompanied by a matching pickguard.

Hand carved Honduran Mahogany neck w/ Gabon Ebony fretboard and matching rear neck skunk-stripe, white Mother-of-Pearl Inlays, Honduran mahogany head + tail and bridge block, steam-bent Sycamore body rims, hand-made Ebony/ Maple/ Pearloid art-deco bridge base. The pick-ups on this guitar are faithfully hand-wound recreations of the Harmony ‘Gold Foil’ pickups, hand produced by Mojo pickups out of the UK - specific to this guitar model and voiced true to the period with which the guitar hails from.

Each model is unique and varies. Hand-crafted in the UK -

- MAPLE STEAM BENT BODY RIMS

- PRESSED 7-PLY TOP+BACK WITH RIPPLED ‘SYCAMORE’ SKIN (TYPICAL MAKE UP BEING OF CHERRY+MAHOGANY ALTERNATING)

- MAHOGANY NECK, TAIL, BRIDGE BLOCK AND TONE BARS

- QUARTERSAWN MAHOGANY NECK

- 24.75” SCALE LENGTH, 23 FRETS

- BOLT-ON STRAIGHT OR MORTISED NECK JOINT

- VINTAGE PEARLOID 3 PLY BINDING THROUGHOUT

- MATCHING FRETBOARD AND HEADSTOCK OVERLAY.

- MEDIUM FRETWIRE

- BONE NUT

- EBONY 12” RADIUS FINGERBOARD + MATCHING REAR NECK‘SKUNK STRIPE’

- WIDTH AT NUT IS 1.625”, 2.2” AT END OF FINGERBOARD

STANDARD HARDWARE

- KLUSON CLOSED-BACK BUTTER BEAN TUNERS

- ABM OR DUESENBERG NICKEL TRAPEZE TAIL PIECE

- TONEPROS AVR 2 BRIDGE

- CUSTOM PEARLOID PICKGUARD WITH MATCHING T-ROD COVER

- 3 WAY TOGGLE SWITCH

- 2 VOLUME/ 2 MASTER TONE WITH 'ORANGE SPRANGUE' CAP

- Es330 CONTROL LAYOUT WITH SWITCHCRAFT & CTS COMPONENTS

- HARAMIS HARDWARE IVOROID MATCHING KNOBS + STRAP BUTTON

- GATOR HARDSHELL CASE