1960's HOFNER/OTWIN "SPECIAL" ARCHTOP
GUITAR
COURTESY OF MICHAEL VALENTIN, HAMBURG,
GERMANY:
The
body is that of an Otwin Melodie, and the neck is from either a Hofner
465 or 468 model.

Note the very unusual soundholes (for
this period), and the elaborate body binding.

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