Regardless, the 62-foot Hamer Standard – which is also going to measure 38-feet wide – will be mighty impressive. It won’t be the tallest Hard Rock guitar replica ever, though.

A new Hard Rock casino set to open in Rockford, Illinois, will honor hometown hero Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick with a 62-foot replica of his Hamer Standard checkerboard guitar. The giant monument will ...

A new Hard Rock casino set to open in Rockford, Illinois, will honor hometown hero Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick with a 62-foot replica of his Hamer Standard checkerboard guitar.

Nielsen’s iconic, checkerboard Hamer Standard guitar will welcome visitors to the new casino, which opens Thursday, August 29th. “The number one most asked question in two years has […] ...