PSA: Beautiful Talladega with surprising (to me) serial number

[HamerCustomEr]

No affliation.  The owner claims that this beautiful Tally is from 2013, but the serial number is clearly 8 56330, indicating a 2008 production.

Note the left-handed truss rod cover on the right-handed instrument.  This supports the OP's theory that the instrument was produced in 2013:

"This is one of the last Hamer guitars made in the New Hartford, CT factory completed by Darren Wallace. So much so that there were only Lefty Truss Rod Covers left and it is sporting the last of the Art Deco Grover tuners."

This does not seem to make sense, since as far as I know, the last Hamer serial number was 4 56449 in 2014, meaning that 119 instruments would have been produced after this instrument was made.

https://reverb.com/ca/item/68513332-hamer-usa-talladega-2013-amber-sunburst-mint-condition

[VECTOR]

1 hour ago, HamerCustomEr said:

No affliation.  The owner claims that this beautiful Tally is from 2013, but the serial number is clearly 8 56330, indicating a 2008 production.

Note the left-handed truss rod cover on the right-handed instrument.  This supports the OP's (mistaken) theory that the instrument was produced in 2013:

"This is one of the last Hamer guitars made in the New Hartford, CT factory completed by Darren Wallace. So much so that there were only Lefty Truss Rod Covers left and it is sporting the last of the Art Deco Grover tuners."

It seems to me that this Tally must have been made in 2008, right before the acquisition.

Since we know that the last Hamer serial number was 4 56449 in 2014, I guess that this means that less than 149 instruments were produced between the Fender acquisition in 2008 and 2014?  What a shame!

https://reverb.com/ca/item/68513332-hamer-usa-talladega-2013-amber-sunburst-mint-condition

Interesting question!

[LucSulla]

That's really tempting. 

[Travis]

Good price. Too bad it’s been circumcised.
 

You know….

 

missing the tip…

 

thank you. I’ll be here all night. 

[LucSulla]

I'll hope he discovers out little fan club. I've allocated some funds to buy a Tally, but there is a scenario here where I spend less and he makes more. 

[Ralph]

I would want a nicer top for that price. But it's a great guitar none the less.

 

[HamerCustomEr]

On 4/30/2023 at 3:14 AM, Ralph said:

I would want a nicer top for that price. But it's a great guitar none the less.

 

Personally, I like the fact that it is a little understated, plus like so many other Hamers, I bet it looks even better in person.

[cmatthes]

Some seller BS there.  That guitar was made later in 2008, MONTHS after the FMIC takeover.  They wouldn’t send a guitar out with the wrong truss rod cover - it would get a blank one before they did that.

Somebody is stretching the truth a bit here…

[HamerCustomEr]

The guitar is in mint condition, as advertised, and it sounds great.  Here is my NGD thread: