Date Your Hamer

Hamer Guitars are among the finest guitars ever built.
This page is to help you identify the year of any Hamer.
Hamer uses 2 serial numbering systems.

Numbering System # 1
1976 to 1981
#0001 to #0680
A Total of 680 guitars
All Custom Shop guitars or custom made for someone special etc etc.
 All of these instruments have a stamped into the wood 4 digit serial number

Numbering System # 2
1977 to Present Day

This system would have at least a 5 digit number with a space between the first and second digit
example    2 2047
This would be a 1982 guitar the 2,047th guitar ever built
not including the 680 custom guitars that used the original serial number system

Some samples would be
#7 4871
Made in 1987 the 4,871st Guitar Made

#6 45892
Made in 1996 the 45,892nd Guitar Made

Other pertinent facts to help you figure year out
If you use the numbers below as a gauge you will be able to put the first number in the correct decade