I have seen a couple other Hamer imports on CL(Bay Area) with this same type of sticker, which supports that it may have came on the guitar originally.
Some thoughts for anyone else who comes across this and is curious: Guitar plays great and is really in fantastic condition, I think it had just been sitting around in storage for a while because there was basically no fret wear and the guy who sold it to me was a musician who came across it but said he didn't play guitar. Sorry to the curious, myself included, but I think I will leave the sticker on. Thanks for the responses! sounds like there is not much to learn from this serial number, whether it is a meaningless number from Hamer or some stocking/inventory number from elsewhere.
Does anybody here know more about this? I was mainly just curious to find out how old the guitar is. I am assuming that they utilized a different numbering system for the Korean guitars than the American but I have not been able to find out anything confirming that. There is a small sticker on the back of the head under 'Made in Korea' with a serial number (9802407) printed below, but the serial number does not seem to follow the numbering system I have seen posted here and other places. I recently purchased a MIK Sunburst Archtop guitar off of craigslist.
