PSA: Graphic 1980 Special. No affiliation.

[Saul Goodman]

https://reverb.com/item/94266184-1981-hamer-usa-special-black-white-stripes

 

[specialk]

Nice graphic, but spendy for what it is (not was)

 

[HamerCustomEr]

"Has an old head crack repair"

 

[hamerhead]

Spendy??  Good one! His decimal point is in the wrong place.  :lol:

The headstock was accidental, but the pickup was intentional and for that someone should be beaten. Otherwise it WAS a really cool guitar that - in original condition - would have warranted the asking price.

 

[hamerican gigolo]

Hit like before I saw the " mod ". Wish I could take it back.   

 

[kizanski]

Hit like before I saw the " mod ". Wish I could take it back.   

You can.  

 

[cmatthes]

That's a shame too - that might be the coolest Graphic Special I've seen, and I've never seen that one before!

 

[Hbom]

What a shame. Someone deserves a spanking over that one.

If I had the wherewithal, I could learn to live with it.

Of course, I'd have to find a pickup that was properly aged to fit in with the other pups and the aged color scheme.

Do you suppose that putting the xtra pup where it is(off center) was an attempt to recreate the 3bar pickup from the Prototype?

 

[kizanski]

That's a shame too - that might be the coolest Graphic Special I've seen, and I've never seen that one before!

What a shame. Someone deserves a spanking over that one.

Do you suppose that putting the xtra pup where it is(off center) was an attempt to recreate the 3bar pickup from the Prototype?

Yeah, it's a shame but the "modification" doesn't bother me as much as a Kahler would, for example.

I bet you could even paint that pickup and mounting ring to match the graphic and it would just about disappear.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Do you suppose that putting the xtra pup where it is(off center) was an attempt to recreate the 3bar pickup from the Prototype?

That's exactly what I was thinking. 

 

[Disturber]

"Fckduppbeyondrecognitionnice" = when someone is overly enthusiastic about something. A new word for 2026.

Has an old head crack repair - did not know until I black lighted it

Added pickup & mini switch

It's actually in pretty decent condition overall

 

[hamerhead]

I bet you could even paint that pickup and mounting ring to match the graphic and it would just about disappear.

A middle humbucker would make it livable.

And he's down $100!! Soooo tempting......

 

[kizanski]

And he's down $100!! Soooo tempting......

With a neck repair?  He'd have to come down another $1,000 and then we'll see.

 

[hamerhead]

Sarcasm, Mike.

 

[kizanski]

Sarcasm, Mike.

Must have been the 4th "o" in Soooo that I missed.

 

[hamerhead]

It's how all the kids are doing it.

 

[DaveL]

The line about clean graphic specials being valued at $5k is kind of wild.     Then again,  if you have a modded one with a neck repair for $2500,  I guess you believe that.    

 

[cornjulio]

I like this one better, 3.5k in Italy: https://reverb.com/item/93571703-hamer-special-1981-custom-black-and-white-graphics-video    (no afiliation)

Still have mine

 

[svl]

I like this one better, 3.5k in Italy: https://reverb.com/item/93571703-hamer-special-1981-custom-black-and-white-graphics-video    (no afiliation)

Still have mine

Used to be mine. Great guitar.

Looks like it's taken on a few dinks since I had her (the dink on the front on the white "tooth" by the bridge PUP was there when I got her, but the sides and back were pretty untouched from my recollection)...