Guitar Collector Forum

As mentioned in another thread, I just failed to buy this British made Hayman 1010 electric guitar on eBay - I thought my max bid of £393.33 was fairly generous, but was outbid at the last second by £10! Interesting looking guitar, with sycamore body and maple neck. I wish I'd bid more (always ).

I hadn't heard of the Hayman guitars before, but they sound very interesting - especially for british collectors.

In 1969 JIM BURNS was asked by IVOR ARBITER to develop the HAYMAN instrument range. He was joined by ex VOX man BOB PEARSON. Woodwork was supplied by JACK GOLDER. When HAYMAN closed JACK GOLDER and BOB PEARSON re engineered the Hayman range as SHERGOLD.

The HAYMAN 1010 was released in the early 70's. It features three Superflux pick ups. The instrument had a vibrasonic tone chamber in the body, so it sounds good unplugged. The sycamore body is hightly grained. The strings go through the body in a similar fashion to a Tele.



PS: If the new owner reads this, please let us know how you get on with it!

Apparently, according to the seller, "The person who bought the Hayman has 7 Haymans".

We would love to hear more about this Hayman collection.

Hello, it was me who bought the Hayman - The seller forwarded me the forum details, so I thought I would join.
My collection is now:
Natural single coil 1010 with plain body (non orignal knobs)
Natural single coil 1010 with very nice flame body (handmade Hayman insert)
Black humbucker 1010
Red sunburst 3030
Red sunburst 4040 bass
Black 5050 semi bass
Only 6 rather than 7 - but waiting for a 2020 !

Hi Mark, nice to hear from you, welcome to the forum.

You lucky man, with al those Haymans! Sounds like a great little collection, how did you get into Haymans in the first place? Have you been building up the collection over decades, or is it a more recent thing?

I really like the look of the 1010 you recently got from eBay, the Sycamore body is very unusual.

What's the Vibrasonic Tone Chamber all about? Does it make much difference to the sound?

It would be great to see some photos of your collection when you have time.

Paul

PS: you're welcome to put up a Wanted ad (free) for a Hayman 2020 if you're looking for one as the 'missing link' in your Hayman collection - you never know, a seller might contact you. I got a good response to my "Ovation Breadwinner Wanted" ad, but haven't gone ahead with it (yet!). See here: viewforum.php?f=15

Hi Paul,
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I started collecting Hayman guitars about 2 year ago. First interest came from the brief mention in the Pearls and Crazy Diamonds book on Burns guitars. Yes the recent guitar is unusual but actually a twin of the other one I have though without the flame in the wood - I will post some pictures when I get around to taking them. No idea what the tone chamber is all about - guitar feels quite heavy so probably just hollowed out a bit - can't tell any difference from the other ones so perhaps they all have it.
Cheers
Mark

Ive got a Hayman 1010 its sounds amazing. When I got it its was unplayable : the bridge was held up by plastic and the wiring was screwed.
So I sent it in to the repair shop they then had it for 6 months and they then lost it. It was later found in the sister shop and was returned to me fully funtional.
Well worth the wait.

Guess how much I payed for it ......


-$0.00

these don't come up too often. Got any pictures please?

I have a Hayman 1010 that I am prepared to sell if anyone is interested. Post a reply, or email me (gareth at pitt-nash.com)

Hi Gareth, I might be interested if you are in UK... can you post details and photos? How much are you asking?
Paul

Hi Paul,

I have tried attaching pictures to this post, I hope it's worked.

Have a look and see what you think, I'd like £450.

I am living in Southampton at the moment, soon to be moving to South Wales.

Gareth.