PSA [edited based on info provided] Import Hamer, $175 Pittsburgh CL (was "ALLEGED 1980's Hamer")

[bry4321]

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/msg/d/pittsburgh-1980s-hamer-guitar/7775219199.html 

just copying and pasting, I don’t see a “USA” anywhere but maybe a refin. Can’t believe it is what he says it is though. 
 

Nice 80's shredder. Previous owner disconnected all the controls and just wired it to be bridge pickup and volume only, it can be re wired for everything to work but I don't have the time so that's why the price is so low but it's playable as is right now and has brand new strings
 

 

Edited August 14, 2024 by bry4321
new info

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

Deffo not a USA (look at the crappy block on the licensed trem)! So it's an import which means it is definitely not 1980's as they started around 1992 (Korea). Look like Bill Lawrence pickups but if it's an import they would not be BL pups so they are likely cheap copies and a later addition. Well worth the money if someone wants to restore it back to better than new spec...

Edited August 14, 2024 by Victor (Fret Friend)

[HamerCustomEr]

Definitely not USA.  No serial number on the back of the headstock.  By the way, the back of the neck looks, to me, like it has a horizontal seam.

[kizanski]

8 minutes ago, HamerCustomEr said:

By the way, the back of the neck looks, to me, like it has a horizontal seam.

That is a shadow.

[Cboss]

Import - cool paint - possibly good pickups - well worth $175   For another $100 change trem to a Gotoh 1996T and you are rolling..if it was here I would be buying it and doing exactly that 

Edited August 14, 2024 by Cboss

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

This should have sold by now! If not: BUY IT! It's a steal at that price...

[HamerCustomEr]

21 hours ago, kizanski said:

That is a shadow.

Ah, yes, you are correct... again.

[kizanski]

32 minutes ago, HamerCustomEr said:

Ah, yes, you are correct... again.

Even a stopped clock, as they say...

[Cboss]

45 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Even a stopped clock, as they say...

And a blind pig finding a truffle