polara Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 15 hours ago, MCChris said: Yours looks like mine (same year too) and I've always assumed mine is a '59 Burst. Then again, my Mirage was a '59 Burst and it definitely had more red than my SuperPro, so who knows. Yeah, as Hamer always followed some 8th dimension logic on naming (Standard Custom, Prototype, Sunburst) the same color could be amberburst, 59 burst, diaperburst, or transparent black in their catalog I reckon.
Camstone Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 I own two Amberburst Hamers. I would venture to say that the easiest way to tell (without the certificate) is that the sides and back of an Amberburst finish are not red.
dhuber Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Yes, the amber burst is more orange across the top with brown back and sides, where the 59 burst fades more to a red along the edge with a maroon back and sides. Those pictures above look like they were taken buy Willcutt Guitar's. They know how to photograph.
MCChris Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 8:48 AM, Camstone said: I would venture to say that the easiest way to tell (without the certificate) is that the sides and back of an Amberburst finish are not red. Bingo! There it is.
kizanski Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, MCChris said: Whoop! There it is. Edited slightly.
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