Its been apart of a daily Craiglist routine to do a Hamer search. When I saw the ad for a 79 Hamer Sunburst (Location Ballard). I had to do a double take, because a yr. ago I was trying for awhile to sell my 1980 Sunburst on Craigs. ( I thought it was a republish of my ad). The price was right, and I was going to try to go lower, but DANG it was so fine, it looks like a 1yr old guitar that never saw a gig. The seller was selling it for his father who bought it, but never really picked up being a guitar player, so... it sat in a closet all these years. Seller is a cool dude ( had a KILLER OLD HI-FI), has a great band, but was very happy with his equipment.So.. it was for sale. I love this Hamer, but, owning something this nice makes me kind of cringe ( I am not worthy, and I dont want to ad my own dings).