Paul Hamer

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Oral History Information

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Job Title
Founder
Company Name
Hamer Guitars

Paul Hamer has a fascinating background that includes giving guitar lessons to Bob Gand back in the late 1960s. Being surrounded by fellow guitarists and having design ideas to improve the instrument, Paul made his first guitar under the Hamer name a few years later. Having approached artists to play his gear and retail stores around the world to sell them, Paul's guitar brand began to grow and develop. After a successful run, even during a recession in the '80s, he closed the business. In 2015, his children asked him if he would work with them to design a new guitar and the h brand was born.