The Standard Custom remains in the line to this day. Crushed, Dantzig returned to Chicago. A streamlined version, the Phantom GT, was also offered beginning in 84. Bridge units on the multi-string basses were of Hamers design, allowing individual intonation of each string. In the mid 80s the Kahler bass vibrato was offered as an option. It sort of reminds me of a cheaper PRS McCarty. The body was mahogany with a carved, figured koa top with a glued-in mahogany neck. Beginning in 85 most were fitted with Hamer Slammers (by DiMarzio), which feature covers, not open coils. The latest addition to the USA line is the Newport, also introduced in 99. Electric Guitars Solid Body Hamer Jims Rare Guitars Las Vegas, NV, United States Hamer Standard 2017 Used - Mint $1,250 + $100 Shipping This piece of gear has sold View similar gear from other sellers on Reverb View similar gear Watch Watch this gear and we'll notify you if it becomes available again. Just wanted to let all know I was able to buy the Hamer guitar for 250.00,brought it home and put on some new strings,tweaked the neck and action a little and Wala it plays fantastic. Double expenses and not operating at full capacity at one plant that could easily absorb the other operation. From these beginnings, Hamer USA Guitars was born, with all four as partners. Beginning in 1977 with the Sunburst, a new system was initiated in which the first digit represents the year and the following numbers (four or more) are the running total of all guitars numbered using this method (Y XXXX). Later Vectors switched to a triangular-shaped headstock similar to the Gibson style. The Standard Bass was offered until 84. Dantzig left Fender in 2010 to build instruments under the Jol Dantzig Guitar Design name. Ted Nugent Charles Huhn Sunburst 4 String Bass Guitar. All came with bolt-on maple necks, unbound rosewood fingerboards, dot inlays and chrome hardware. $135 $150. The body was now made of alder, and the maple neck was bolted on, with the four-in-line headstock. Finish options included sunburst, cherry, yellow transparent, blue transparent, green transparent, opaque red, and a black-and-white graphic. The Daytona, Mirage and T-51 have either Wilkinson VSV vibratos or HT100 stoptails. Paradise Derek St. Holmes Standard Pickups were original Gibson PAFs. New were three-and-three Hamerlock tuners, which allowed the guitarist to lock down the strings at the tuner, similar to the Sperzel concept. The Mirage was equipped with three Seymour Duncan single-coil-sized humbuckers (all perpendicular to the strings) a Hot Rail at the bridge and two split-rail Vintage Rails. 1975-82 DiMarzio humbucker and single-coils (cream/zebra) Hamer then began concentrating on a core of high-quality designs targeted at the high-end and collector market. Get the best deals on Hamer when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. This was more or less a version of the 96 Gibson Futura. A few 3/4-size Standards were also built from 78 to 82, identical except for their diminutive size. In 99, Hamer continued its juggernaut with the introduction of a flurry of new semi-hollow Artist models in celebration of the companys 25th anniversary. There were six tuners on each side of the head, in two sizes, with smaller ones for the octave strings. The Rolling Stones Keith Richards Standard Very simple to spot differences. The unbound 22-fret rosewood fingerboard had a 243/4 scale and dot inlays. Mine is a black flame, found it used at Sam Ash. Fender Precision . Pickups include two Duncan Phat Cat single-coils, with three-way select, volume, and tone controls. Joining the Prototype later in 83 was the Prototype II, which added a slanted single-coil pickup in the neck position and a top-mounted Kahler double-locking vibrato system. Towards the end Hamer guitars became very expensive to order with a very poor resale value should things not work out. | Browse our daily deals for even more savings! This is my tribute to the fine guitars and basses made by Hamer USA. These, too, would come in handy before long. Electric Guitars Solid Body Hamer Boutique Auburn, NY, United States HAMER DAYTONA USA GUITAR Used - Very Good $1,200 + $50 Shipping This listing has ended View similar gear from other sellers on Reverb View similar gear Watch Watch this gear and we'll notify you if it becomes available again. It sort of reminds me of a cheaper PRS McCarty. The Phantom GT followed the more traditional design of a superstrat double cutaway guitar, equipped with EMG pickups. Slammer by Hamers available in late 98 included the Pacer PCC3 (Strat copy with pickguard, three single-coils, traditional vibrato), Centaura CT21 (superstrat with humbucker/single/single pickups and locking Floyd Rose), Special SP1 (Special shape, solid wood, twin buckers), Special 2 SP2 (single-cutaway modified Les Paul shape with body binding), XP-Standard XP1 (Explorer with pickguard), Vector VK1 (Flying V with Modern-style V-head), Chaparral Bass CP4 (one P-style pickup), and the Blitz Bass BZ4 (two J-style pickups). As before, this new Phantoms triple-coil pickup was a combination of a humbucker and single-coil in a single pickup ring. The Standard Bass was basically a bass version of the guitar with a bound flamed maple top over British Honduras mahogany body, a 34 scale (found on most Hamer basses, unless otherwise noted), four-in-line scimitar headstock, rosewood fingerboard, dot inlays, a pair of twin-blade DiMarzio X2N bass pickups, often (by 81) with an active preamp, and a Schaller Sustain Block bridge. I couldn't find any local to try. Cheap Trick Robin Zander Custom 12-String Guitar The Hamer Standard, the upscale Explorer copy that started it all back in 74, was discontinued in 85. Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer, Jol Dantzig James Walker and John Montgomery. 4 String Bass Guitar. Kiss Paul Stanley Standards (3) Probably a set neck. Kenny Passarelli Kenny Passarelli Mandocello Paul Hamer, the company's president, and chief salesperson, left in 1987 to pursue a career in retail. 1987 EMG New Partner, New Digs This model did not go into production in the 70s, but the shape, at least, found an incarnation in 82 as the Vector, right in step with the tastes of those heavy metal times. The Artist Archtop (sometimes also called the Artist Arched Top or Archtop Artist -fun, eh?) Part of the early Hamer philosophy was making guitars the way Gibson did when Ted McCarty was running the company. Otherwise it was similar to the Sunburst. It may look like a one-trick ponybut what a ride. By 79, the 12-String Bass was offered with four quadraphonic outputs (plus one mono output five in all) as the 12-String Quadbass. The Import Diablo, too, was similar to its forebear, with maple body and neck. The Archtop Tremolo is based on the Hamer Studio body, the third classic Hamer design introduced in Also introduced in 95 was the Studio Archtop Artist. Controls remained two volumes and a tone. 90 Hamer Slammer (covered, DiMarzio) It differed from the Sunburst mainly in that it lacked binding. In 97, the name changed again to just plain Artist. Relocation If it has no issues, $265 sounds reasonable. And they considered the copies emerging from Japan beneath their attention. Can't get over how nice this thing looks and plays, its a good day! $100. These remain in the line, and pretty much define the state of the Hamer art! In order to better balance the pickups in this environment, Hamer began to de-wind the neck pickup to decrease the output slightly. Dark Burst finish looks even better in person. Twin humbuckers, three-way, two volumes and two tones, finetune bridge, stop tailpiece and elevated black laminated pickguard completed the picture. Ca. To his dismay, McCarty couldnt care less about guitars. At some point after 84, the mahogany neck was changed to maple. The Import Sunburst Arch Top Flame Top was basically the equivalent of the Hamer USA Studio, which descended from the Sunburst Archtop Standard. Artist Archtop, et al Springs attached inside the body in the back, as on Fender-style designs. 1977. The neck remained typically Hamer and definitely Gibson-ish, with the tapered Hamer three-and-three head and heel at the body. But his real passion was for this new product he had, called the Flex Light. The body and glued-in neck were all-mahogany with a black-faced three-and-three Hamer headstock and screened logo. Color options in 96 included two-tone sunburst, black cherry burst, candy red, candy blue, candy green, emerald green, and white transparent. The fingerboard remained unbound rosewood with pearl dots. Hardshell cases for Standards and Basses were $129.90, $119.90 for the Sunbursts and Special. The Special also carried the special-wound Hamer/DiMarzio PAF humbuckers. It was shaped like a Vox Phantom with Hamer Phantom electronics(! This is not to be confused with the 82-84 Gibson Futura, which was a totally different modernistically designed guitar! . Pezband Tommy Gawenda Sunburst Grover tuners were replaced by Schallers in 80. Hardware was gold. But in 81, Hamer took its first tentative steps toward creating original designs and introduced the Prototype, not to be confused with the Les Paul-style guitar with that name offered by Aria Pro II at the time. It was also in 98 that Hamer shifted its Korean-made guitars from Slammers to Import Series and began applying the Slammer by Hamer brand to guitars made in Indonesia. Circa 1970, Dantzig was playing bass in a club band called Heartbreaker. The fingerboard was unbound mahogany with dot inlays. Soon, this guitar would become known as the Standard. The beginnings of Hamer Guitars (pronounced Hay-mer, not hammer) go back to those heady days of the early 70s, when Chicago was the breeding ground of soon-to-be-famous rock bands such as REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Cheap Trick. Finishes included 59 Burst, Honey, Kool Blue, Red Transparent and Tobacco Sunburst. Built with a full depth reserved. Unauthorized replication or use is strictly prohibited. In 81, finish options included sunburst, transparent cherry, natural, yellow, green, opaque red, blue, green, orange, and black. The Korean Hamers tend to be somewhat sought after (as far as far-east imported guitars go). [7], Hamer Guitars on display at a music exhibition, 2008, "Fender closes Hamer. As the Korean-made Hamers made their transition to become the Import Series around 98, the logo simply read Hamer, in Hamer block type, no USA.. These were outfitted with a 12-saddle bridge and stop tailpiece. Blues Brothers John Belushi Sunburst Hamer Slammer DA21 SSH Black Electric Guitar. The vibrato was a non-locking Wilkinson VSV vibrato combined with chrome locking Sperzel tuners. Indeed, as you read about special features that come online, these might appear on any instrument as a custom-order feature, so if you find an unusual Hamer, think twice before you conclude that it has been modified. Artist Ultimate Around the time of the move Hamer introduced another variation on its semi-hollow Artist guitar, a top-of-the-line Hamer Artist Ultimate (ARTULT). Tony Williams Band Tony Williams Sunburst These Slammer by Hamers were probably available through the move to Connecticut. Eschewing the fine-tune bridge and stop tailpiece of the Standard, Sunbursts featured a one-piece bridge/tailpiece assembly similar to that found on a stoptail Strat, with adjustable saddles and strings passing through the body. 1974 Original Gibson PAF humbuckers (many rewound by DiMarzio) A similar Newport Pro model was also offered, identical except for a pair of Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers and a stop tailpiece. An unbound rosewood fingerboard with dots could be had for $699.95; $50 more got you a bound fingerboard with crown inlays. In the late 1970s to the mid-1980s Def Leppard used Hamer guitars and basses. The 22-fret rosewood fingerboard had a 243/4 scale and dot inlays. A three-way, volume, tone, finetune bridge and stop tailpiece rounded out the Stellar 1. The Vector was a Flying V copy with a glued-in neck, tapered Hamer three-and-three head, unbound 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, and dot inlays. In 84, the Prototype listed for $799.90, the Prototype 12-string was $849.90, the Prototype II $999.90. The second Hamer was an Explorer copy made for Paul in 74. dovetail neck joint and fitted with a Hamer Dog Eared P-90, the SPJ provides resonance galore. All rights Kaman Music was then approached to handle sales, while the remaining owners concentrated on manufacturing. Pickups on the Import Series were Duncan Designed. This was the same as the new 84 Phantom A5, with the addition of a Roland hex MIDI pickup in front of the vibrato, with a three-way toggle (MIDI/regular/both) and two other parameter control knobs. These, too, were made by DiMarzio. Hamer display at Ed Roman Guitars HAMER VIRTUOSO 36 Frets, Very Rare Model, Ed Roman usually has one available No Longer Being Built High Quality Replica's Available From Abstract Guitars The Abstract Replicas Are Only Available On Discontinued Hamer Models We Have Done Our Best To Recreate These Guitars With As Many Improvements as Possible. The Standard The Eclipse and Mirage Maple Top disappeared after 98. There would be further variations on the Artist Series, as it became known, but well come back to this in a moment. The Five was essentially the same as the four-string except for having a 2-Tek bridge/tailpiece mounted through the body, and the addition of a fifth tuner on the bottom of the headstock. Where are Hamer Slammer guitars made? Finishes included Black, Transparent Wine Red, Sunburst, Silver Sunburst, Two-Tone Sunburst, Red Metallic, Transparent Blue, and Purple Metallic, though not all finishes were available on all models. Muddy Waters & Big Bill Morganfield Rollin Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection &, Epiphone Zephyr De Luxe Regent and Zephyr Amplifier. C $510.90. Apparently, a number of people around town were beginning to make copies of Gibson designs. Vintage guitars were called used guitars in those days, laughs Dantzig. As alluded to earlier, in terms of design the Import Series was very similar to their previous American counterparts, although materials were sometimes different. Some models were dropped, others renamed, and new ones added. The Phantom A5 was available with Sustain Block string-through bridge or a new Sustain Block Tremolo vibrato, which basically transformed the fixed bridge into a non-locking Fender-style vibrato. Ive always been a gearhead.. Technically speaking, Dantzigs 73 Flying V bass was the first Hamer, the model never went into production. The new arrangement with Holmes allowed Hamer to broaden its offering by building a more mainstream instrument called the "Sunburst." Some recent basses use Seymour Duncans. The Blitz was outfitted with the two Hamer-spec DiMarzio humbuckers, now called Hamer Slammers. The third new style introduced in 82 was the Blitz Guitar and Bass. Despite slow going, in 77 Hamer introduced the second classic design of its early period the Sunburst. With better facilities and the infusion of new enthusiasm, Hamer introduced its next model, a slightly downscale version of the Sunburst called the Special, in 80. Rick Nielsen Limited Edition 1975-85 DiMarzio X2N (with or without active preamp) The Eclipses were eclipsed in 98. Listed: 2 years ago Views: 963 Watchers: 46 About This Listing 4,012. It had just slightly offset double cutaways with a slightly extended upper horn and a slightly deeper treble cutaway. 92 Hamer Slammer humbuckers and single-coils (black, DiMarzio) In 1997 Kaman Music relocated Hamer to a small shop in New Hartford, Connecticut, home of Ovation Guitars. Mine was made at the Cort factory in 92 but I can't say for sure if all Slammer Series were made by Cort. After the relocation, the Artist Archtop became known as the Artist Custom, the name it carries today. From 86 to 88 some came with German OBL pickups, including HB types. It sounds like a Hamer Special, but those have 2 volumes and one tone. The Import Cruise basses were replicas of the latter model, with the Fender-style profile and the little batwing pickguard. Especially designed by Tipton, the GT Custom has a unique design, loosely based on a classic asymmetric V design but optimised for balance, sporting either Seymour Duncan and EMG pickups. #12. Great Condition USA MADE! Hamer never had guitars made in Japan. All copyrights are by the author and Vintage Guitar magazine. I'd had an interest in a P90 Sunburst for a while now, but never saw any out in the wild. Other musicians would ask what it was and would be incredulous when told he made it himself. First was the Phantom A5 guitar. It may not display this or other websites correctly. . . The Phantom $140 is good but I'd offer $250 for both. The rosewood fingerboard was now 22 frets (34 scale), still with pearl dot inlays. This was essentially the same as the Archtop Artist, except it lacked body and fingerboard binding, and had dot inlays. ), a triple-coil pickup, hand-delivered to Easton just before the Cars played on an episode of Saturday Night Live. Easton took the guitar from Dantzig and went onstage with it! Beginning in 85, Alembic Activator pickups were offered as a $250 option. Unauthorized replication or use is strictly prohibited. Numbers were stamped on the guitars, either in ink or black paint, or in yellow on dark instruments. The top has some awesome figuring that gives it a unique look. So our perspective has always been a little skewed. Molly Hatchet Dave Hlubek Standards (2) This had a double-cutaway maple body basically the same as the Sunburst but without binding and with a glued-in mahogany neck, a large split-V headstock and a short 301/2. You must log in or register to reply here. In 74, Dantzig packed his guitar and bass and visited McCarty, hoping to get some advice, and perhaps a blessing. The Who John Entwhistle 12-String Quad Bass Cherry Burst on figured Maple veneer results in a visually inspiring instrument. By around 82, Hamer had turned the corner on the road to success. focused and a Transparent Black on figured Maple veneer results in a visually inspiring The Police Andy Summers Standard, Sunbursts (3) The Import Standard basically replaced the old USA Standard. Once you have a music store that specializes in repairing and restoring old instruments, its not a big step to think about making your own, and in 73 that notion put Hamer Guitars in motion. Hamers second model was the Standard Bass. Adding Bass Strings and More When we created Hamer, we created the high-end boutique guitar category, but we didnt intend it that way. A few Standards are seen with the Sustain Block bridges used on Sunbursts (see below), so presumably they date from about this time. . Ca. However, 74 was the year the first Standard (Explorer) appeared, so that is apparently the marker being used. The Gear Page is the leading online community and marketplace for guitars, amps, pedals, effects and associated gear. The Hamer Archtop The Archtop is based on the Hamer Studio body, the third classic Hamer design introduced in 1977. | Free shipping on many items! Guitar #8 0196 would be from 1978 and was the 196th guitar numbered that way. This featured a maple body with a set maple neck. This model came in honey, kool blue, and red transparent. My business partner, Paul Hamer, and I recognized an opportunity to create a hybrid version of our favorite vintage instruments, and we purchased a mahogany husk from Jim in raw . Around the time of the move Hamer introduced another variation on its semi-hollow Artist guitar, a top-of-the-line Hamer Artist Ultimate (ARTULT). The Hamer 25th Anniversary Edition (AN25E) featured Hamers now trademark equal double-cutaway shape with the slightly larger bass horn, glued-in neck, three-and-three head, f-hole, Seymour Duncan JB and 59 humbuckers (covered), Grover tuners, finetune bridge, and stop tailpiece. Like the Blitz Bass, the CruiseBass was offered until 90. It differed from It had no serial number, and when it was done, Dantzig began to take it to gigs. introduced in 1977. Beginning in late 1987 serial numbers were again stamped into the wood. Pickups were Seymour Duncan Custom and Pearly Gates humbuckers. 1995 Seymour Duncan. Cheap Trick Rick Nielsen Standards (7), Sunburst These featured korina bodies with unbound rosewood fingerboards, dot inlays, covered humbuckers, and black pickguards. Most early Hamer catalogs do not have a copyright date, but you can get a clue by referring to the address. By late 98 the logo treatment on the Indonesian Slammers changed to a more contemporary italic typeface. The Standard lasted only through 97 and the move, when it became part of the Import series. Peoria, AZ. By 1996, Hamer had begun to modify its import strategy and made a transition for its Ko-rean models which would end up being called the Import Series - basically upscale copies of its better Hamer USA guitars, still made in Korea. Listed: a year ago Views: 724 The earliest examples have a pickguard, but by around 84 this was eliminated. In 95/96 Hamer produced a limited number of Korina Standards, versions of the original Gibson Explorer of 58. By the time the Sunburst appeared in 77, bound rosewood fingerboards with crown inlays were offered as an option, and these appointments begin appearing on some Standards.
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