Hamer "Slammer" series guitars

bigfuzz

I'm in the market for an affordable HH guitar, ideally something LP or Strat shaped, and I've come across something new to me in the local classifieds in London. 

A double cut LP shaped Hamer from the 90s, "Slammer" series... made in Korea as far as I can see. 

Has anyone got any experience with these? It's sub £200, which makes it in the bracket of seriously giving a go... right? 

Bennyboy-UK

The early 90s Slammer Series Hamers are very good value for money the earliest ones used US Spec hardware.

£200 is a good price for these, the later MIK 90s models were lower quality and less well regarded. The most recent Hamer XT imports were pretty cheap, and bottom of the pile.

Here's more info from over on the HFC:

https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/81486-hamer-slammer-series-going-rate-thoughts/

https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/60208-whats-the-slammer-series-rep/ ;

The HFC is a great resource for Hamer stuff and is brimming with very knowledgeable enthusiasts and some of the guys who built them.

Best of luck,
Ben.

fretmeister

I had a Marlin Slammer once. In about 1990.
It was metallic gunmetal grey with a black plate and hardware. It had an active system that could be charged up through the jack socket.

It looked fantastic.

It played like shit.

bigfuzz

Bennyboy-UK said:

The early 90s Slammer Series Hamers are very good value for money the earliest ones used US Spec hardware.

£200 is a good price for these, the later MIK 90s models were lower quality and less well regarded. The most recent Hamer XT imports were pretty cheap, and bottom of the pile.

Here's more info from over on the HFC:

https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/81486-hamer-slammer-series-going-rate-thoughts/

https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/60208-whats-the-slammer-series-rep/ ;

The HFC is a great resource for Hamer stuff and is brimming with very knowledgeable enthusiasts and some of the guys who built them.

Best of luck,
Ben.

Thanks for the info @Bennyboy-UK i will check out that thread you linked to. 

Somewhat dubious about the quality but for the price I’m not sure what else is really feasible to search for these days 

Funkfingers

Early MIK Hamer XT guitars are good for the money. Some left the factory with either Seymour Duncan or EMG HZ pickups. I nabbed one with Duncans at clearance price when Fender reps were letting them go for a gnat's over £200.

As already mentioned, the reintroduced versions were cheap 'n' nasty. 

imalrightjack

fretmeister said:

I had a Marlin Slammer once. In about 1990.
It was metallic gunmetal grey with a black plate and hardware. It had an active system that could be charged up through the jack socket.

It looked fantastic.

It played like shit.

My first electric was a Marlin Slammer in red/white. Teen metaller gets Hank Marvin Strat fail. 

fretmeister

imalrightjack said:

fretmeister said:

I had a Marlin Slammer once. In about 1990.
It was metallic gunmetal grey with a black plate and hardware. It had an active system that could be charged up through the jack socket.

It looked fantastic.

It played like shit.

My first electric was a Marlin Slammer in red/white. Teen metaller gets Hank Marvin Strat fail. 

At least mine had a humbucker in it!

My first was a Hohner Arbor MXJ. Lovely neck on those. Sometimes I think about finding on on ebay just for the nostalgia.