VISITORS'
GALLERY
The page where other people's Hofners are featured.
6: VISITORS' COLLECTIONS
Courtesy
of Ian Thomson
Over the past three years' of my website
being on-line, I have been sent many pictures of Hofners from all over
the world. A large number of these are included in the preceding
Galleries No 1 to 5. Several visitors have, however, sent me images of
all or part of their entire collections. Rather than include these very
impressive displays with the individual guitar images in the original
galleries, I have decided to set up this separate gallery. Believe me,
these collections deserve their own page!
VISITORS'
OWN HOFNER COLLECTIONS
- MATT
ARMSTRONG'S GARDEN COLLECTION
It is amazing what can be found in a
Scottish garden! Kaiser Matt's four early Coloramas for instance.
- GUY AUDOUX
HOFNER CLUB COLLECTION
Three beautiful mint-condition Clubs owned by
Guy Audoux in France.
- JOHN
ESPINOSA'S HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
Two 500/1 and two 500/5 basses, one of which is the 1959 "Sutcliffe" version. John is from Sydney, Australia.
- HOFNER PAUL'S COLLECTION
A
seriously impressive quality collection - one of the best (maybe the best?)
in the UK. Paul has been involved in Hofner collecting for most of his life
and has recently pruned his Hofners down to just his favourites. It doesn't
get much better than this !!
- DAVE
TAYLOR'S HOFNER PRESIDENT & CONGRESS COLLECTION
Two early Congress guitars and pair of late 1950's Presidents, one of
which is an early thinline.
- JOHN
HALL'S HOFNER PRESIDENT COLLECTION
Eight Presidents from the 1950's and 1960. Probably the most of that model that I have seen in any collection.
- STEFAN
LOB'S HOFNER COLLECTION
Stefan has an extensive collection of German guitars in
general. The photos show the Hofner guitars included in that
collection.
- RICCARDO
ABBONDANZA'S COLLECTION
A very comprehensive collection of Hofner solid guitars,
together with a very nice President Bass and a Hofner 500/1.
- THE
CHRISTIAN BENKER COLLECTION
Christian Benker worked for the Hofner Company from 1963
until
his retirement in 1998. From 1982 until his retirement, he was the
Company President. His personal collection of Hofner instruments covers
all periods of Hofner's post-war history.
- JOHN
SNELL'S HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
John, from California, USA, still has the 1967 500/1
that he
purchased new whilst at High School! It has now been joined by some
more rather tasty examples from 1963, 1964, and 1965, plus two nice
re-issues.
- DAVE HESLOP'S
HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
An impressive collection of five 500/1's from the most
desirable period - from 1957 through to 1966.
- FRAN FESTA'S
HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
Fran in Pennsylvania, USA owns five beautiful 500/1 basses, both
"vintage" (including a 1963 Selmer Violin Bass) and re-issue versions.
- GRAHAM
STOCKLEY'S HOFNER COLLECTION
As well as being Hofner's Sales Director, Graham Stockley also collects
Hofner guitars, old and new. The linked photo page shows some of his
own personal Hofners, including a 1963 500/1 Bass and a beautiful old
Hofner 125 Club guitar fitted with the early Fuma pickups.
- THE LATE MIKE KENNEDY'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
Regulars to this website will be saddened to hear that Mike Kennedy
passed away on the 18th November 2006. He was a great musician and a
gentleman.
- RENÉ
De BONDT'S HAWAIIAN / LAP-STEEL GUITAR COLLECTION
For the electric Hawaiian guitar enthusiasts. René has put
together an impressive collection of Hofner and Framus lap-steel
guitars, plus a real beauty that he has made himself.
- RAMSAY
McKINNON'S HOFNER COLLECTION
Four Committees, and a Hofner 496 Western cutaway flattop make up the
backbone of Ramsay's impressive collection of Hofners from the 1950's
and 60's, up there in Scotland.
- JIM McGREGOR'S
HOFNER COLLECTION
A Golden Hofner AND a Hofner Deluxe AND five Committees........all on
one photograph !! Jim in Scotland is a very lucky guy!!!!!
- PETER KANE'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
Peter is another Hofner collector who lives in Scotland.
- IAN THOMSON'S
HOFNER COLLECTION
A well balanced collection of Hofners in lovely condition. There is
even a Congress with Hank Marvin's signature on the body top! Ian is
yet another collector living in Scotland.
- FRANK ALLEN'S
HOFNER COLLECTION
Frank is a member of one of the UK's most famous bands - The Searchers
- and he has acquired some lovely Hofners over the years, which I am
delighted to show on this website. Many thanks Frank !!
- AL WOOD'S
HOFNER COLLECTION
A very nice collection of 1950's and early '60s Hofners, including some
of the Selmer distributed guitars and a beautiful old 465 model. Al
lives in New Mexico, USA.
- THE NICK WASS
HOFNER SOLIDS COLLECTION
A collection of Selmer UK distributed solids from the "boom days" of
1963 to 1965.
- ALLEN
BADAWAY'S HOFNER SHORTY COLLECTION
Al has put together a very impressive collection of all three types of
1980's Shorty travel guitar. He has also made available his experience
of these little but powerful guitars for the production of a Shorty
Fact File elsewhere on this website.
- DETLEV
GOLDAU'S HOFNER COLLECTION
A nicely balanced collections of 1950's and 60's archtops and solids,
all in beautiful, original condition. Detlev lives in Germany.
- LENIE
COLACINO'S HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
Four interesting left-handed Hofners make up this collection, one of
which was played by Lenie when he was in the cast of the Broadway
production of "Beatlemania".
- THE H.
J. KAMPHUIS HOFNER SOLIDS COLLECTION
H.J. in The Netherlands has put together a very nice collection of
European market solids which span the 1960's period.
- JASON WILLIAMS'
HOFNER COLLECTION
Four lovely examples of Selmer distributed guitars - two basses, a Club
60 and a Congress. Jason was one of the original visitors to this
website and lives out in Australia.
- JOHN HALL'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
A Verithin, 4575, Club 50, Senator Thinline, and a President together
with a Hofner 191 Doubleneck make up John's nicely balanced collection.
- BOB BULLOCK'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
Five immaculate archtops, all with Compensator tailpieces, plus a
Verithin, Colorama, and three Committees, all in mint condition.
- NICK SMITH'S HOFNER
ARCHTOP COLLECTION
Nick, in Kent England, has put together a nice collection of Selmer
distributed archtops, including an 1954 President and a 1956 Committee.
- RICK BIRON'S HOFNER
GUITAR COLLECTION
The heart of Rick's collection are three Hofner 459(ii) "violin"
guitars. Also a nice pair of 12-strings and a Model 4572 semi. Rick's
home is in Florida USA.
- GREG FEO'S HOFNER BASS
COLLECTION
A very large collection of 500/1's, 500/2's, and 500/5's with the odd
President Bass thrown in for good measure. These are the guitars that
were featured in "Vintage Guitar Magazine" - September 2003 edition.
Greg lives in California, USA.
On 28th September 2005, Greg and his wife Carrie lost their home to a
bush fire that swept through that area of California. During the fire,
most of Greg's guitar and amplifier collection were lost. This website
offers Greg and Carrie all our heartfelt sympathy. Thank God nobody was
hurt.
- JEFF SHERMAN'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
Four Hofner archtops which encompass 40 years of Hofner jazz guitar
history. From the 1950's Hofner Senator, a 1960's Committee, a
beautiful Attila Zoller model from the 1980's, through to the Jazzica
of the present day. Jeff lives in Kentucky, USA.
- PAUL REYNOLDS' HOFNER
COMMITTEE COLLECTION
Four beautiful blonde Committees, plus a blonde President! One of the
Committees has unusual factory-fitted electrics, and may well be a
prototype. Paul lives in Hertfordshire, England.
- DAVID ROGERS' SENATOR
COLLECTION
Three gorgeous pre-1960 Senators, two of these being electrics fitted
with the round control panel. David's home is in Norfolk, England.
- SOREN KOCH'S HOFNER
COLLECTION
These are the Hofners that were featured in the UK's "Guitar Magazine"
- November 2002 edition. Soren lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- MICHAEL GUTHRIE'S
HOFNER "CLUB" COLLECTION
A very nice collection of Club 40/50/60's, plus a pair of Hofner
basses. A backline of pre-1963 JMI Vox amps adds the finishing touch to
the photo!
- JO RAFFEL'S HOFNER
BASS COLLECTION
A very impressive collection of a broad range of Hofner bass models. Jo
lives in Germany.
- JOE BAIARDI'S
HOFNER BASS COLLECTION
Superb right and left handed basses from 1963 and 1966. Joe comes from
the USA.
- MIKE
HILLMAN'S COLLECTION
A 1956 Committee and a beautiful c1966 Hofner 4700 form the centre
pieces of Mike's collection out there in Australia. Also featured is a
Club 60, a 461, a 465, and two heavily modified Hofner Super Solids
which Mike uses as "working" guitars.
- BILL RITCHIE'S HOFNER BASSES
Three re-issues of the 500/1 and an original 1966 model in this
collection. Bill comes from Illinois, USA.
- DANIEL LEE'S COLLECTION
Beautiful examples of the Committee, President, Senator, Club 50, and
457 guitars, all previously owned by Daniel Lee in Australia, but now
for sale at Great
Guitars, Australia I understand. Daniel's
photography is pretty impressive too!
LARRY
WASSGREN'S BEATLE HOFNERS
Larry from the USA has put together a collection of those Hofner models
associated with the early days of the Beatles. Correct models, dates,
finishes,.........Fab! Yeah, Yeah!
- 1954/57/61/63
HOFNER COMMITTEES
Ramsay McKinnon's collection of Committees spans just about the whole
development period of this fine guitar.
- TWIN 1964 HOFNER
COMMITTEES
These two beauties have been owned since new by brothers Roger and
Lindsay Wilkin in the UK. Maybe not a "collection" in the true sense of
the word, but pretty unique in my opinion!
- THE PITTSBURGH
COLLECTION
Carl of Pittsburgh Guitars, Pittsburgh,USA has provided this photograph
of his personal Hofner collection, but they are not for sale!! There
are a lot of guitars in this picture, and hence a long downloading
period (362Kb), but it is well worth the wait. Take a look at those old
125 and 126 "Club" Model guitars!
- 1954, 1958, & 1962 HOFNER SENATORS
A trio of Senators owned by Peter van de Ven in the Netherlands. Just
about the whole history of the Senator in one collection!
Courtesy of
Nick Wass.
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