1982 Hamer USA Blitz guitar

[bruce919]

1982 Hamer USA Blitz guitar.

Guitar is black in color

ORG. Hamer Sustain block bridge (hard tail not tremolo)

Guitar has Various scratches & dings.

Pickups have been changed to Duncan & I believe they are JB & 59 (neck may be Jazz)

I bought this last year form Guitarsandeffects.com

Has a nice chunky neck for this time frame it was made. Think late 90’s Hamer Medium.

NO Breaks or Cracks.

NO Repairs.

Good player. Just thinning out the collection.

$630 shipped FIRM

Terms (of course)

Payment via Postal Money order or Paypal (add 3%)

Payment must be received with in 7 days.

For sale in Lower 48 USA ONLY.

Tess at cqc.com

[discountsounds]

Nice!

What is the difference between a Blitz and a Standard? I assume the Blitz all mahogany with no maple cap; any other differences?

Also, how much does that guitar weigh?

[bruce919]

guitar is super light for a Blitz. I own several Mahogany Standards & it is ligher than most of them.

The differance between a Standard & a Blitz:

Body will be two or three piece.

controls are like a Sunburst. (three way switch is down by the controls)

Body has bevels

headstock is reg. Hamer three a side.

[DavidE]

Nice! I hate the Floyds on most Blitz's. I did have one with a hockey stick headstock and sold it to Bobby P to bring back to life.

[cmatthes]

The neck joint is also more "production friendly" than a Standard.

[serial]

ALL four digit Standards were single piece Honduras Mahogany bodied. Pickups in Blitzes were Slammers as opposed to the zebra/double cream PAFs. Slammers were supposedly overwound Dimarzio PAFs, but no one has ever been able to recall the "formula" and they definitely got hotter as the 80s progressed.

Neck joints are way different, as is the headstock. The feel of the two guitars is completely different IMHO, but the Blitz guitars are respectable and for now, still reasonable. Don't see too many with the sustain block anymore either.

[Scottcrud]

ALL four digit Standards were single piece Honduras Mahogany bodied. Pickups in Blitzes were Slammers as opposed to the zebra/double cream PAFs. Slammers were supposedly overwound Dimarzio PAFs, but no one has ever been able to recall the "formula" and they definitely got hotter as the 80s progressed.

Neck joints are way different, as is the headstock. The feel of the two guitars is completely different IMHO, but the Blitz guitars are respectable and for now, still reasonable. Don't see too many with the sustain block anymore either.

I had a set of slammers out of a friends scarab, he sold them to me for $20 bucks, as I re-call they were pretty hot.