That being said, out of the 12-15 Sunbursts I've owned, my red '82 is the one I held on to. Not the best sounding compared to some of the others, but it has "it" for me. Sweet Sunburst, great year and B/C to boot! Too bad I have nothing to offer in the way of acquiring it. wandering off topic a little... ... the best Hamer, and one of the sweetest playing guitars I have laid my hands on, is my '82 Sunburst. Mind you I haven't owned a dozen of them, but it does reinforce the fact that there are Sunbursts from the early Eighties that are as good as the earlier Sunbursts. Not that anybody said there was anything wrong with early Eighties Sunbursts. And of course I'm sure there were some not great Sunbursts from the "pre-production" era, although there may be less of them. Anyways, yeah. Back to the topic at hand.