It has a flame maple top, mahogany neck and body, double cut-away, it is a flat-top as opposed to the carved top, stop tail bridge, '59 and JB pups (could be 2 '59 Duncans- not sure- sounds AWESOME though), 3 way switch and 3 knobs, set neck, real pearl dot inlays and schaller tuners. I was told it is a USA Studio but the flat top is throwing me off as i can't find info on the flat top version. Everything i see is a carved top with binding - this one has no binding but you can see the maple cap is over a 1/2' thick. The fit and finish makes me think it is a real USA version. The serial # is 646013 - which i think is a '96. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks for the response Frank. The serial # is stamped into the wood and the headstock does say 'Hamer' with 'USA' in small letters behind the logo. The neck is more of a 60's slim taper style like a Les Paul.
I think it is definitely a USA guitar - it is just a little odd that i can find no info to be sure that it is a Studio model. The guitar is super nice and very well built. I read a rant somewhere on the high quality of Hamer USA guitars and came across this one - very impressive quality and tone for days. The pups are exactly the 'organic' sound i am looking for. I plan to put the same or similar configuration in the Jem77JPM custom you made for me.
Yeah, small font 'USA' next to logo - cool - it is good to know this stuff. The only models i saw on eBay said they were studio models but had archtops so i have been confused it doesn't have f-holes (what did you call me!!). That is what i love about this site - there are so many people that know these things! You guys/girls ROCK!!! I plan to buy it from a guy i sold it to him in the first place from the store i work at. The guitar is a '96 that sat in the back room in a box for almost 4 years - the staff didn't have any info other than they believed it to be a Studio model but i didn't trust their info as it had been there sooo long all the specs and lit from Hamer had long since dissapeared.
I will buy it w/ a coffin case for $650 - he will let me use it and pay him when i get a chance - probably sometime in late Sept. I am falling in love with this guitar! It has tone, playability and looks. I give two thumbs up! She is in 9/10 condition conservatively rated of course.
This guitar is making me reconsider the want for a Gibson DC Std Plus. You can read my rant in this NON-Ibanez section under 'Gibson=Quality?' About part of the reason - besides the fact that Hamer KNOWS quality control and is proud to put their name on their guitars - not because of their history like Gibson, but because of what is coming off the line today.
Hamer Info - The Hamer Guitar Addict. With either a five or six digit serial number. The first digit indicates the year that the instrument was built. The next four or five digits are sequentially stamped in order of production. For example, serial number 7 0001 was built in 1977 and was the first production model guitar built. Mar 2, 2018 - Make/Model: Hamer Sunburst Arch Top Guitar Year: Not Sure Serial Number: 7033401 Location of Manufacture: Korea Scale Length: 25'Nut.
The Hamer special FMs are smokin!! I had a 1995 in the sickest `59 Burst ever with Chevron flame, neaded money and sold it I now have a 1993 Special in natural mahogany that has taken the pain away thank god. I love Hamers, especially the Specials and Chapparel Customs. Just be carefull with anything before late 1993, they have very thin necks, unless it is a Chapp Custom or Standard or Blitz or Vector. The thin necks are on early Specials and before that Sunmbursts and the like.
I use this guitar fairly regularly on stage and i truley love the neck feel and overall quality of it. I hope to keep this guitar for life. If i was to buy another Hamer guitar, it would have to be a Standard - as i'm digging the Explorer style shape and the quality is leaps and bounds above the Gibson. I did put the first real mark on the Hamer recently. I was picking it up from the stand that was sitting very intimately with the drum hardware and stands (the stage was sooo small) and it nicked the edge down to the wood. I'm glad to get it out of the way so i'm not freaking with 'the first mark'. It doesn't look bad and is hardly noticable - but it is there.
It is about the size of an eraser head - maybe a touch smaller. Life goes on.
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