Hamer Fretless

The Hamer Fretless 6-string guitar was one custom-made for Andy Summers, which is like a fretless version of the Hamer Special model with sunburst finish.

Andy Summers was known to have played this guitar on the "Driven To Tears" solo on the January 11, 1981 concert at The Ritz. He likely received it on 22 November 1980 during the Chicago concert, when Sting also received his Hamer Blitz Prototype 8-string fretless. Andy noted it was particularly good for solos but not for playing chords, and "it only works on the bottom 4 strings anyway". He is featured on the front cover of the May 1981 issue of Guitar World magazine with the Hamer fretless.