1980 Sunburst with Ebony fretboard and crown inlays!

[Redrockeater]

HI

Was lucky enough to recently acquire an early 1980 Sunburst. On reception I was suprised to see that the board was ebony (and not rosewood as mentioned in the seller's description) with the crown inlays. I'm guessing it was a custom order? Can anybody confirm? I can find ZERO infos on it. Are there any other examples out there? Thanks!

[kizanski]

Make with the photos!

[Redrockeater]

There you go!

[kizanski]

Yep - sure looks like ebony.

What about the rest of the guitar?

[Dave Scepter]

31 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Yep - sure looks like ebony.

What about the rest of the guitar?

I know right?.. It's like showing a partial of a side boob... let's see the whole enchilada! 🤣

[kizanski]

Interesting truss rod cover.

I need to see the serial number, too.

[Redrockeater]

Hi, here are some more pics

[kizanski]

That's a beauty.  

 

[crunchee]

I've not seen a USA Hamer (early or otherwise) with a three-screw truss rod cover before.  Not unless somebody modified it, anyway.

[kizanski]

12 minutes ago, crunchee said:

I've not seen a USA Hamer (early or otherwise) with a three-screw truss rod cover before.  Not unless somebody modified it, anyway.

It's odd, but I've seen a couple.  There was a thread about here a while back.  

I still need to see under there, though.  

[Redrockeater]

Hamer uncovered!

[kizanski]

Interesting....

[Redrockeater]

otherwise nothing weird funky going on...a bit of white powder on one of the pots that I understand is moisture on the alloy...nice chunky neck, sounds lovely

[Dave Scepter]

It's lovely, thanks for sharing 👍 

[hamerhead]

Chunky neck = lottery winner. Congrats!

[RobB]

On 7/5/2025 at 8:44 AM, Redrockeater said:

Hamer uncovered!

Looks like the 3-screw was necessary, as the trussrod access hole was routed all the way to the nut slot. 

Edited July 14, 2025 by RobB

[BadgerDave]

Thanks for sharing.  It must have been very well cared for.  44 years old!

[Bobo_Fagucci]

NIce. Thanks for sharing.