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Another -"What guitar is Norm Hamlet playing here?"

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I think Norm played a Rusler guitar for quite a while, but the guitar he's playing here is not a rusler.. Pic is too blurry for me to make a guess... bob
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46:39

It is not in focus. The sound caught my eye. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKMnH6ygi4
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It looks pretty shallow in depth, and looks like an aluminum rear apron. I can't make out the decal myself. I'm guessing this is somewhere around when he switched to the U12s, but before he went to the GFI?
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That looks very much like an Excel.
Might be the one from this ad:
viewtopic.php?p=2324447&hilit=Hamlet+excel#p2324447
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From Norm himself: viewtopic.php?t=88195
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There it is. That thing (with him on it) sounded great.
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