Scarab85

Being the nerd I am I decided to create a log book to document all the 4 digits either in The Ultimate book and what I can find online fore sale or just on the net in general. In doing so, I came up with an issue already. On Reverb right now there is #0432 for sale with is a 3/4 Standard in raspberry metallic. But when I flipped through the Bible (aka "The Ultimate" Book) I see on page 56 #0432 is pictured as a zig zag graphic white 12 string 3/4 bass. Was the book in error and this really is a different serial number? Or am I reading the serial # incorrectly in the Reverb post? The description says #0432 and the picture of the serial # looks to be that. Or did Hamer mess up and use the same serial number twice? Any help here? Would help me in my book keeping. Incidentally, the reason for the log book came from a dream I had funny enough where I was creating a book that documented every four digit made. 😄 Would be a cool project but not sure how possible it would be or if anyone else has thought of this.

Sorry @Dave Scepter. I didn't mean to make you emotional 😄. I should have looked at the eBay ad. But in my defense, I have been watching this one on Reverb (I never really look for guitars on eBay these days) and if you look at the Reverb post, there is no mention of the serial # or the pickups or the pots (other than the pics) at all there. I assumed the listings would be the same but that was my mistake. Seems a more thorough description would have been beneficial in the Reverb listing. IMHO.

One other thing I was wondering. The seller mentions seeing what looks like sunburst underneath the chips in paint. Any fear this is a refin? Or did Hamer do like old Fenders where they sprayed a bunch of sunburst guitars and then added black to fulfill either a special order for a black one or just to make black guitars? And can anyone read what that serial # is? Difficult to see in the pic.

Just wondering if y'all know if these pickups look to be original? Looks like the pots are changed . These days with so many years since it was born, how much does non-original parts affect the value these days? Hard to know what the right price is with some asking $15,000+ for four digits and anywhere from $5,000 and some asking $10k+ for 90's-00's Standards. I know asking isn't selling. It seems like there is a disconnect where lots of people on the forum here think these are over priced but the stores and people selling them are asking these prices for them. I know they are rare but they seem like a niche guitar and the people buying them you would think are likely all on this forum. I can see Gibson or Fender asking crazy prices in hopes to find "that guy/gal" who just has to have it and doesn't know the market but seems like the Hamer crowd would be hip to the hype in price. But maybe I'm wrong here. I'm sure I will do as always and drag my feet and it will sell and then I will know that the price was right and then regret that another one got by me. A four digit is a bucket list for me (as I'm sure it is for many of you) but these are getting to be out of reach and rarely come up for sale.