Hamer Blitz - modded and refinished

[DarkHammer]

Modifications:

- Head conversion - from 3x3 to banana headstock. It looks like they did a good job, unfortunately serial number and original logo were lost. There also questions about stability as upper strings are now pulling from the section added to the headstock

- Some hardware replaced

- Repainted to white (based on video it used to be blue)

- Checkered pattern added on front only. IMHO it looks off, they should have painted the sides as well. 

Seller's asking $2600 (no affiliation)

Hamer USA Blitz Explorer w/ case Get your Cheap Trick on! | Reverb

Edited September 11 by DarkHammer

[G Man]

Sold

[DarkHammer]

that was fast - sold within hours of listing

[velorush]

Guys, the seller / modifier of the guitar is our own @murkat (NTL Guitar), veteran of the Gibson Custom Shop with skills beyond compare. If he did the work, mark it down as equivalent to or better than original and was likely warranted by some previous mishap to the guitar. 

The original serial number can be seen in this photo:

If you search the archives you'll find multiple threads where Jay resurrected absolutely obliterated Hamers to a state beyond where they were originally. 

It appears his old website is gone, but he's got a FB page: NTL Guitar | Rock Hill SC | Facebook

Hope this helps. 😉

[hamerhead]

Not only does he do phenomenal work, he's a pretty darn good human being as well.

[veatch]

^-- This!

[murkat]

That was a fun one. 

[cmatthes]

Jay Rawks.

[scottcald]

I think it looks great.  Gives the vibe without being a copycat of Rick's.  Beautiful work, murkat!

[murkat]

On 9/15/2026 at 2:00 PM, scottcald said:

I think it looks great.  Gives the vibe without being a copycat of Rick's.  Beautiful work, murkat!

Thank you! 🙏