NHD: 1980 Hamer Special (blue with a matching headstock)

[cornjulio]

So a friend of mine is seling a Hamer Special in red. Someone gets in touch who has a couple of 80s Specials himself. Turns out he's someone I sold a b&w Hamer Special to a couple of years ago. And then I find out he recenlty bought a 1980 Hamer Special in opaque blue with a MATCHING HEADSTOCK from the first owner. I tell him to get get in touch should he ever consider selling it. Guess what, now it's mine. It wasn't cheap but it is in great condition, has had a fret dressing, has a nice medium neck, plays and sounds great. I believe the paint is all original, no undercoat, no other paint in the control cavity or under the trussrod cover). The body contour is slightly different to my 1981 Hamer Special, the lower cutaway less pronounced, so cool, I love it!

Edited November 23, 2025 by cornjulio

[Dave Scepter]

Very cool dude! 🤘

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                                                    Wow! Nice, I don't believe I have ever seen another like that, cool color!

[Camstone]

SCORE!

Hard to believe it's 44 years old. Congrats!

[cmatthes]

Just out of curiosity, what's the serial?  I know if two other opaque blue ones like that, and one is owned by a member here.  Wondering if they were all in the same batch?

[cornjulio]

3 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Just out of curiosity, what's the serial?  I know if two other opaque blue ones like that, and one is owned by a member here.  Wondering if they were all in the same batch?

The serial is 0 2314. That would be cool, if there was a trio of them. i think I saw a Hamer Blitz bass on German Kleinanzeigen in the same colour but that's about it.

[bsteff666]

That is very cool.  

Feel free to post more pics.  I don’t think anyone here would object.

[cornjulio]

Some more pics... the blue isn't entirely apoque you can see bits of the wood grain. The strap locks are not original I think. Fun guitar!

[Spinaltap]

I'm not usually crazy about matching colored headstocks, but that looks great.

[cmatthes]

I think the owner of 0 2112 has one that's pretty close!

[Jakeboy]

Dibs.

[ARM OF HAMER]

On 11/24/2025 at 7:46 AM, cornjulio said:

Some more pics... the blue isn't entirely apoque you can see bits of the wood grain. The strap locks are not original I think. Fun guitar!

                         Very nice, you're going to enjoy that one, even the OHSC looks to be in fine condition. Congrats!

[hamerhead]

Wow. What a cool find! Still more pictures, please. 

[Cary]

On 11/24/2025 at 11:09 AM, cmatthes said:

I think the owner of 0 2112 has one that's pretty close!

Wonder who that could be?  😂 

 

IIRC, I think mine was originally red, but was refinished before it ever left the factory!  Rare color!

[BTMN]

What a fantastic catch. Enjoy it well. 😎👍❤️🏁

[Kerry Marchman]

i owned an '80 that was blue, but didn't have the matching headstock. OP's is too cool! The one I had sounded killer though. It had yellowed to a greenish blue, and didn't look nearly as cool as Cornjulio's.