HAMER STANDARD (THE HAMER GUITAR) Description
- explorer-style mahogany body, bound bookmatched curly maple top, mahogany set neck, 22-fret bound rosewood or ebony fingerboard with pearl dot (or crown) inlay, tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, chrome hardware, six-on-a-side hockey stick headstock, two humbucker pickups, three knobs (v, v, tone), three-way selector on treble bout, available in Cherry Sunburst, Natural, Opaque Black, Opaque White, or Tobacco Sunburst finish, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. 1974-1989.
It is estimated that Hamer USA built 50 Standards between 1975 and 1978 (roughly 10 to 15 a year).