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The Hamer Archtop. The Archtop is based on the Hamer Studio body, the third classic Hamer design introduced in 1977. Upgraded with a solid Maple top on Mahogany body, the tone is beefy yet focused and a Transparent Black on figured Maple veneer results in a visually inspiring instrument.
Hamer Guitars was an American electric guitar manufacturer founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig.
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The first Hamer guitar made (in ’73) was a short-scale Flying V bass built for Dantzig. It had no serial number, and when it was done, Dantzig began to take it to gigs. Other musicians would ask what it was and would be incredulous when told he made it himself.
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There have been a lot of Hamer guitars over the last quarter century. Curiously enough, most have held their own very well in the used in vintage markets in terms of value, a tribute to their intrinsic quality and the heart that the Hamer folks put into their products.
Containing pieces by two of the company’s principal architects – Hamer and Jol Dantzig – and told in lavishly illustrated text with many never before published photos and drawings, this history of Hamer Guitars is a treasured keepsake and resource for every lover of the electric guitar.
Hamer was started when Jol Dantzig and Paul Hamer, partners in Northern Prairie Music in the early 1970s, moved from repairing old guitars to making new, improved versions of their “dream” vintage guitars.
