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=Introduction=
 
=Introduction=
[[Andy Summers]] used this guitar in the promotional video for [[Can't Stand Losing You (video) | Can't Stand Losing You]] promotional videos, which was shot at London's [[Lyceum]] on [[1979-06-17]]. [[The Police]] had received new instruments on [[1979-06-15]] and this guitar might have been one of those new instruments.
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[[Andy Summers]] used this guitar in the promotional video for [[Can't Stand Losing You (video) | Can't Stand Losing You]] that was shot at London's [[Lyceum]] on [[1979-06-17]].  
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He's already using it in the dressing room at the [[1979-06-01]] concert in Edinburgh.
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In Sounds from September 1, [[1979]] Andy explained that the guitar's pick-ups were incredibly microphonic. He gave the guitar to expert Roger Griffin to solve that problem.
  
 
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* [[1979-06-01]]
 
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* [https://www.hamerfanclub.com/the-hamer-standard/ Hamer Standard history]
  
 
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sources:  video; photos; Sounds - September 1, [[1979]]
  
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 14 November 2021


Hamer Standard
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The Hamer Standard
Artist: Andy Summers
Band or ensemble: The Police
Time gear used: YYYY - YYYY

Introduction

Andy Summers used this guitar in the promotional video for Can't Stand Losing You that was shot at London's Lyceum on 1979-06-17.

He's already using it in the dressing room at the 1979-06-01 concert in Edinburgh.

In Sounds from September 1, 1979 Andy explained that the guitar's pick-ups were incredibly microphonic. He gave the guitar to expert Roger Griffin to solve that problem.

Gear breakdown

This section needs more information.

Quotations and trivia

This section needs more information. Include any quotes of interest from the artist on the use of this gear or anything else of relevance.

See also

External links

References and footnotes

sources: video; photos; Sounds - September 1, 1979