Year Identification / Serial Numbers. The serial number of an acoustic is located on the label inside the sound hole of the guitar. All acoustic serial numbers. Serial Number Identification. While there are several places on Vintage Kramer to learn about serial numbers. Date Your Hamer Home. This page is to help you identify the year of any Hamer. Hamer uses 2 serial numbering. ***In 1941 the company reserved blocks of serial numbers for Solid Rib, Skeet and Trap models. The initial sequence of numbers for the Solid Rib was 70000 to 79999. Skeet Model numbers were 80000 - 89999, and the Trap Model numbers were 88000 to 89000. Thus, for a hammer with the serial number prefix âGFâ this translates into â76â, thus the hammer was made in 1976. The implementation of these numbers can be seen above. If you would like more information on this subject, or on a specific hammer serial number, you can fill out the form below and submit it.
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'Import Series
As mentioned, ca. '97 Hamer began to shift its Korean imports from the Slammer Series into the Import Series, switching Slammer production to Indonesia. The Import Series, sometimes called the Hamer Guitar, was intended to be the company's mid-line offering. Since Korean manufacturers have dramatically improved their quality in recent years, these are high-quality guitars, designed in the U.S. and made overseas. Hamer's Korean Imports carry the Hamer logo (no 'USA,' see the sidebar on logos).
In '98 the Import Series included the Sunburst Arch Top Flame Top (SATF), Standard (STD), Rick Nielsen Signature (RNS), Echotone (ECO), Stellar 1 (ST1), Californian (CAL), Diablo (DAB), and Cruise 4 (CRS) and Cruise 5 (CRV) basses. The Sunburst Arch Top Flame Top, Californian, Diablo, and Cruise basses were continuations of previous Slammer models. As alluded to earlier, in terms of design the Import Series was very similar to their previous American counterparts, although materials were sometimes different. Pickups on the Import Series were Duncan Designed.
The Import Sunburst Arch Top Flame Top was basically the equivalent of the Hamer USA Studio, which descended from the Sunburst Archtop Standard. Carved flame maple top over mahogany, rosewood dotneck with three-and-three head. Color options were Cherry Sunburst, Purpleburst and Blueburst.
The Import Standard basically replaced the old USA Standard. This looked like the old model, complete with pickguard, but was now made of solid maple with a glued-in neck and scimitar headstock.'
This one is in VG++ condition with just a few small blemishes on the top of the headstock. No nicks or dings and no buckle rash. Will come complete with new strings of your preferred gauge and a good cleaning plus complete setup. This guitar has been sitting on my stand and it never gets played. This guitar is well built and is heavy. Set, wide neck. Duncan Designed pups. Gold hardware. Nice FMT.
Hamer Guitars Serial Numbers
Product Specs
- Condition:
- Excellent (Used)
- Brand
- Hamer
- Model
- Archtop Sunburst FMT SATF
- Finish
- Sunburst
- Categories
- Solid Body
- Year
- 98
- Made In
- Korea, Republic of