Hamer Serial #411077

[PTM]

Hey Hamer Fans!

I'm trying to figure out what year my Hamer Prototype was produced. I know that it was a special order. I bought it from Sam Moss Guitars, in Winston-Salem, NC.

I've looked online, but can't find the scheme for special orders.....

Thanks for any help you can muster up!

The serial number is 411077

[kizanski]

1 hour ago, PTM said:

woa..

[mathman]

2 hours ago, kizanski said:

woa..

+1

 

[Steve Haynie]

The headstock crack is too bad.  Would you take $350 for your guitar? 

[specialk]

Special order is right! Nice.

My guess would be 1984 year. 

[gorch]

If that‘s in any way serious, it ought to be 1994.

[bruce919]

Very cool Prototype & Logo for a Hamer. 

 

The 84 Custom Ordered Sunburst I have for sale now is from that same dealer & is 817 serial number away from that guitar. 

 

 

[kizanski]

50 minutes ago, bruce919 said:

The 84 Custom Ordered Sunburst I have for sale now is from that same dealer & is 817 serial number away from that guitar. 

Does it have a stamped or pressed-in serial number?

[bruce919]

5 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Does it have a stamped or pressed-in serial number?

ink stamped  , Hamer didn't start pressing the serial number till early 88 I believe. 

[cmatthes]

It was from 1984.  Sam also had a Blitz in a similar scheme - Candy Tangerine, double-bound...but I don't recall that one having the "Hamer Rocks Hard!" logo.  I'm not sure, but I think I have a stocklist from Sam's shop with your guitar listed - I know I have one with the matching Blitz around.

I bought my first Hamer from Sam in December, 1984 - a Ferrari Red Special with a Floyd Rose. 

Sam was the coolest, for sure.  He just got his star on the Winston-Salem Walk of Fame last weekend, and Chris Stamey has a Go-Fund-Me or something to raise money to get a long-lost Sam album released.

[PTM]

Wow, thanks for all the responses! Seems like 1984 is the consensus. Thank you all.

 

[PTM]

10 hours ago, kizanski said:

Does it have a stamped or pressed-in serial number?

It seems stamped to me, but i'm not really up on it.  There's no texture to it.

[kizanski]

22 minutes ago, PTM said:

It seems stamped to me, but i'm not really up on it.  There's no texture to it.

Yes.  I was referring to the guitar @bruce919 was referencing.  

[gorch]

14 hours ago, cmatthes said:

It was from 1984.

Well, I have been wrong then.

[Biz Prof]

On 8/1/2021 at 7:36 PM, mathman said:

+1

 

+2

[Tortious]

Cool headstock shape. Don't ever recall seeing that logo, fortunately.

[cmatthes]

On 8/5/2021 at 9:44 PM, Tortious said:

Cool headstock shape. Don't ever recall seeing that logo, fortunately.

It was taken from the mid-1980s "Hamer Rocks Hard!" campaign.

[kizanski]

47 minutes ago, cmatthes said:

It was taken from the mid-1980s "Hamer Rocks Hard!" campaign.

Right, but have you ever seen it on a guitar?  Is that original?

[cmatthes]

12 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Right, but have you ever seen it on a guitar?  Is that original?

I've seen it on that guitar, and if I recall correctly, my local dealer at the time had a matching double-bound Blitz.  David Barker might have a clearer recall of the Blitz - I think he owned it originally.   Sam ordered all kinds of wacky stuff, and that is definitely original.   Even if I hadn't known the guitar was in NC, I would have recognized it as one of Sam's orders - "Da Sultan" alone would give it away, but I've got one of his monthly (and very entertaining) stocklists around somewhere with that guitar described.