Summer NAMM 2018: Hamer debuts new Sunburst and Monaco ‘Special K’ guitars

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Mid-priced electrics aim to channel company’s heritage

SUMMER NAMM 2018: Hamer has announced a pair of new guitars: a new version of its Sunburst model, as well as the LP Junior-style Monaco ‘Special K’.

The new Hamer Sunburst SFTF-CS-D is based on the company’s trademark late’-70s models, packing a flamed maple veneer over mahogany body and, of course, a period-correct Sunburst finish.

Elsewhere, there’s a set neck, ebony fingerboard, Hamer humbuckers and a fixed bridge.

The Monaco ‘Special K’ MONKJ-NT-D is based on a custom-shop Hamer model from 2005, and offers a lightweight korina body and neck, plus an ebony fretboard, two soapbar P-90 pickups and a wrap-around Wilkinson bridge.

Both models are available now for $874 apiece - head over to Hamer for more.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.