Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer founded by Jol Dantzig in Chicago with his business partner Paul Hamer in 1973 originating in the Chicago area. Hamer was acquired by Kaman Music in 1988. [Source: wikipedia]

Dating Hamer guitars

Hamer Guitar Serial Number Lookup. 7/14/2017 0 Comments Customer Support Center. Like the CE models the serial number is located on the neck plate on.

Hamer USA Guitars: Serial Numbering System
From 1974 through 1981 Hamer USA employed two separate serial numbering systems, one for custom instruments and one for production models:
Custom Instruments: These instruments are easily recognized by the use of a four digit number stamped into the wood on the back of the peghead. The numbers ran from #0000 through #0680. All of the early Hamer USA Standards and 12-String basses as well as a number of prototype instruments were included in this serial numbering system.

Production Models: Production models are stamped (initially with ink, later into the wood, on the back of the peghead) with either a five or six digit serial number. The first digit indicates the year that the instrument was built. The next four or five digits are sequentially stamped in order of production. For example, serial number 7 0001 was built in 1977 and was the first production model guitar built. Similarly, 0 1964 was built in 1980 and was the 1,964th production guitar built. The serial numbering sequence by decade is indicated below:

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1970s: 7 0001 – 9 1450
1980s: 0 1451 – 9 24192
1990s: 0 24193 – 9 50155
2000s: 0 50156 – present

Hamer catalogs and pricelists

2003 Hamer Catalog | 2003 Hamer Slammer catalog

2007 Hamer XT Catalog | 2007 Hamer USA Catalog

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Images Steve Stevens glitter model courtesy of Ronny Taylor 26 April 2019

GUITARS AND BASSES OF HAMER U.S.A. 1975 -1996

The guitars and basses described in these pages are those which havebeen produced by Hamer U.S.A. over the past twenty-two years. ObviouslyHamer also makes many one-of-a-kind custom instruments and the hardwareand style of 'production' instruments may be different on SpecialOrder instruments. It also does not include specially ordered very limitedproduction instruments that were not generally available. Therefore thelist is not exhaustive. The dates are also approximate and several modelsdo not appear in catalogues. It should be remembered that Hamer will buildinstruments to order so any model is in practice still available.

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A Note on Hamer Serial Numbers

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In 1974 Hamer used a four digit number stamped into the wood startingwith guitar #0000 and until the launch of the Sunburst this system wasused on all guitars. The Sunbursts were numbered using a different system: the first digit represents the year of production and the following four(or later five digit number) is the total number of guitars made by Hamerand numbered using this system. So for example guitar #8 0196 was madein 1978 and was the 196th guitar to be numbered using this system. Similarly# 8 21416 was made in 1988 and was the 21416th guitar to be numbered. Thesenumbers are printed using ink or paint (black on most but yellow on blackand dark coloured instruments). By 1980 most guitars made were numberedusing this later system but some custom instruments (notably Standardsand Eight-string basses) were numbered using the older four digit numberingsystem, a very few were still numbered using this system up until 1985(e.g Standard #0722 was completed in May 1984); in total about 750 instrumentswere numbered using these four digit numbers. Late in 1987 the serial numberswere stamped into the wood rather than printed. Just to complicate mattersmany one-of-a-kind and prototype instruments have numbers that do not relateto either of the above systems.

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