c1948-1950 HOFNER MODEL 456 ARCHTOP GUITAR

 

COURTESY OF KIELD ANDERSSON

(GUITAR NOW OWNED BY AKSEL A BOTNI, THE FAROE ISLANDS)

 

 

 

 

 

No edge binding to the body - just a simple exposed and chamfered edge, with three-layer purfling around the body top and back.

 

Evidence of repair to the neck/body joint.

 

A pearwood fingerboard. Tropical hardwoods like rosewood must have been difficult to source in Germany during the 1940's.

 

         

An unusually long and narrow headstock.

 




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