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.
