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.

Music Trades Magazine - The Leading Journal of the Music Industry - Music Industry Data. Kaman marketed a lower-priced line of Asian-built instruments called the Hamer XT Series and Slammer by Hamer, which was discontinued in 2009. Production Models: Production models are stamped (initially with ink, later into the wood, on the back of the peghead) with either a five or six digit serial number.

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. 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. 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. Epic Voter Id Card Download Telangana.

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.

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Select Category HAMER Instruments previously produced in Arlington Heights, IL between 1974 and 1996 and in New Hartford, CT between 1997 and 2012. Import instruments were produced in Korea, China, and Indonesia between circa 1990 and 2012. Hamer USA was distributed by KMC Music in Bloomfield, CT, and the Hamer XT Series was distributed by Musicorp in North Charleston, SC. Hamer Guitars was co-founded by Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig in 1976. Military Times Guide To Military Installations Worldwide Golf there. In the early 1970s, the two were partners in Northern Prairie Music, a Chicago-based store that specialized in stringed instrument repair and used guitars.

The repair section had been ordering so many supplies and parts from the Gibson facilities that the two were invited to a tour of the Kalamazoo plant. Later, Northern Prairie was made the first American Gibson authorized warranty repair shop. Hamer, a regular gigging musician at the time, built a Les Paul-shaped short scale bass with Gibson parts that attracted enough attention for custom orders. By 1973, the shop was taking orders from some professional musicians as well. Hamer and Dantzig were both Gibson enthusiasts. Their early custom guitars were Flying V-based in design, and then later they branched out in Explorer-styled guitars. These early models were basically prototypes for the later production guitars, and featured Gibson hardware, Larry DiMarzio-wound pickups, figured tops, and lacquer finishes.

In the mid-1970s, the prices of used (beginning to be vintage) Fenders and Gibsons began to rise. The instruments offered by those same companies was perceived as being of lesser quality (and at higher prices). Hamer and Dantzig saw a market that was ignored by the major companies, so they incorporated Hamer USA. The first shop was set up in Palatine, Illinois. The first Hamer catalog from Fall 1975 shows only an Explorer-shaped guitar dubbed The Hamer Guitar (later, it became the Standard model) for the retail list price of $799. Hamer USA built perhaps fifty Standards between 1975 and 1978, an amount estimated to be ten to fifteen a year. In contrast, Gibson reissued the Explorer from 1976 to 1978 and shipped 3,300 of them!

In 1978, Hamer debuted their second model, the Les Paul-ish Sunburst. While the Standard had jumped up to a retail price of $1,199, the Sunburst´s lower price created new demands. In 1980, the company expanded into larger facilities in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Paul Hamer left Hamer USA in 1987. A year later, Hamer was acquired by the Kaman Music Corporation.

In March of 1997, Hamer production was shifted to new facilities in New Hartford, Connecticut. The Hamer company was given their own workspace, re-installed their same machinery (moved in from Illinois), and they operate their own finishing booth. The Hamer company was first to offer black chrome hardware and double locking tremolos (right from Floyd Rose's basement!) on production guitars.

During the 1980s, customized Hamer guitars sported LED position markers, built-in wireless transmitters, custom colors, custom graphics (like snake or 'dragon' skin). In the early 2000s, Hamer introduced the XT Series line of guitars that are produced originally in Korea and now in China. These instruments are mostly inexpensive versions of Hamer USA models. Hamer also offers an entry-level series that are branded Slammer (see Slammer for more information). In late 2007, the Fender Musical Instrument Corporation (FMIC) acquired Kaman Music, which included Hamer. In 2008, Kaman Music changed the name of their company to KMC Music.

In 2009, Hamer ceased standard production and began only offering custom orders. In 2010, Dantzig left Hamer and began designing and building guitars under his own name Dantzig Guitar Design. In February, 2013, FMIC announced that they were discontinuing the Hamer brand altogether.

For more information, visit Hamer's website or contact them directly. From Blue Book Publications.