Hamer Steve Stevens ?

[Uglyfuzzface]

Hi ,,, I have a Steve Stevens guitar and having trouble dating it ...it doesn't have a serial number on the back of the headstock and my guitar tech seems to think the paint work is original so maybe not re finished..

However when I opened the trem cavity and control cavity it had hand written numbers ( both the same ) one had a symbol next to it .. Did hamer ever do this from the factory? .

It also had a sticker on the back of the head stock from the original importers in the UK from the 80s so looks like it left the shop like that ..

Will post some pics , any help would be great thanks .

[Studio Custom]

It would have had a stamped or embossed serial number on the headstock rear, if it's not there it's refinished.

[SSII x 2]

Does it have Steve's signature on the headstock?

[Uglyfuzzface]

Yes it does,,,if I could figure out how to put pictures on I would post them

Yes it does,,,if I could figure out how to put pictures on I would post them

[Steve Haynie]

Upload a photo to a hosting service like Photobucket.

Come back here and reply to the thread.

Look for the icon that looks like a photo of a tree, click on it, and past the link to the photo.

[Uglyfuzzface]

[Uglyfuzzface]

[Steve Haynie]

The number is consistent with a serial number for a 1986 Hamer. It would never have been written in the cavities.

Chances are that guitar has been refinished or the serial number was buffed off.

[Jeff R]

My guess is a refin and the painter or his commissioner wrote the serial number in the trem cavity for record.

[serial]

Serial in the cavity wasn't from the factory. The photo with the dealer sticker looks like the serial # has been painted over, but that's not visible in the shot w/o the label.

Very late February or very early March (last work day/first or second workday of each month) based on that serial #.

[HAMERMAN]

There seem to be a higher than average number of Steve Stevens out there (as compared to other Hamers) with headstock cracks/breaks so another possibility is that a headstock crack was repaired at some point and the serial number got lost in the touch up process. It does seem like red is the original color but if you look at the chips around the trem cavity cover you can see wood but if you look on the headstock there seems to be chips with red underneath. On the other hand I could be completely wrong! :-)

[Uglyfuzzface]

The firm all bang and strummit were importers of hamer to the UK in the 80s so good chance it left the shop like that ,,, if it has been refinished it may have been at the shop ,,, it's a damn good re fin if it is and looks like if it was it would have been done in the 80s

[Uglyfuzzface]

But yer if it was damaged maybe the headstock area was touched up before sale

[Bennyboy-UK]

This was the one on gumtree?

[Uglyfuzzface]

Yes ,,, just had it off to get set up ,,, might just keep it but can't decide ... I had a few people ask about the serial number so when I started looking into it I didn't know what to tell them , as I wouldn't want to sell something with a wrong description.

[cmatthes]

Yep - it's DEFINITELY a refin.

[Uglyfuzzface]

Ahhhh that's a shame ,,, though maybe a good excuse to have it painted with the zig zag finish if mines not original

[Steve Haynie]

If it is a good refinish leave it alone.

[Uglyfuzzface]

I might ,, looks cool still but if it's not original then I'm not as sentimental about it ,,, I always wanted a pink or a zig zag one ,

[cmatthes]

Totally Zig Zag that one!

[Uglyfuzzface]

[Studio Custom]

I prefer the pink and orange be seperated by the yellow:

[bcsride]

If Studio Custom will post his collection, there are some great paint jobs in there.

[Studio Custom]

If Studio Custom will post his collection, there are some great paint jobs in there.

[bcsride]

I prefer the pink and orange be seperated by the yellow:

Does that have a sustain block on it?

[Uglyfuzzface]

That looks awesome ,, love it