Talk:Hamer Guitars
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What about Paul Hamer? No mention of him?
It is my understanding that Paul Hamer, founder of the company, had originally made each guitar by hand, until his company was bought out due to its own success.
I've owned one guitar from each era (as described above) and can personally attest to the higher quality of the original-made model.
And no, I'm not talking 'bout the "slammer" models, but instead about the quality of the original "Hamer USA" models vs. the later offerings of the same "Hamer USA" brand.
I know you can dig it.
mike d. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.93.231.19 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I worked at Hamer Guitars in the 1970s and Paul Hamer was the salesman. He never worked in the woodshop. James {{Americanguitar}}
Hey, Chicago.. IP # (24.15.230.72) better get your facts straight. I was there.
Common knowledge: Mr. Hamer was the sales manager, Mr. Dantzig was the technician, and (later) Mr.Untermeyer was the business head. Many people assume that because the name Hamer was on the instruments that Mr. Hamer was the builder, but it was not the case. Note that the recent Hamer designs have won major industry awards every year since 1999. Guitar Player Award
This article doesn't make any sense. It says that after Hamer left the company started making cheaper, crappier, less innovative instruments which, according to the author, Dantzig and Untermeyer didn't want to do, but ended up doing anyway. Why is it that after Hamer left the company all of the major retailers stopped carrying their product? Hmmmm. Only recently have you seen Hamers back in Guitar Center. I would be very suspicious of just about everything in this article.
The facts remain. the Hamer company continued to make high-end guitars, while adding an entry level line now referred to as the XT series. This can be determined by examining the company literature and website. This article does not mention anything about "crappier or less innovative" instruments. If you have an axe to grind, please support your views by citing your sources. I have interviewed dozens of individuals who work or have worked at Kaman and Hamer over the years, and feel that my information is historically correct. Americanguitar 11:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I worked with Paul Hamer at Guitar Center in Chicago, from what I remember him telling me, it was Paul's dad, a successful lawyer, who put up a big chunk of cash in the beginning to get the company going, hence the name of the company being Hamer I guess. The parting of the three partners wasn't overly friendly -- from what I understood he was basically voted out of the company by the other two. He sued and did win a "fair chunk of change" during his time at Guitar Center.
I've been googling around trying to find what happened to Paul, but no such luck. If I can find an email address I will email and offer to write at least a small bio.
I own one of the entry level Hamer CXT's, and I love it. I had the money to buy myself a used American Made Fender Strat, but I liked the sound on my guitar a lot more, and didn't buy the strat.
[edit] Desperately Needs References
This article desperately needs references, especially regarding users of Hamer guitars. I'm fairly sure Johnny Ramone just played a Mosrite throughout his career.
Does anyone know whether the indonesian or korean hamers are better quality? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.135.69.188 (talk) 04:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
