HOFNER GUITAR PROJECT - PART 10: 

RETAIL PRICES IN 1961

 

Part 10 Example of Retail Prices: UK 1961

Although the upper range Hofners are now fetching serious money, it is worth noting that in their day, they were not particularly cheap guitars. I have detailed below, an extract from a Music Dealers catalogue to illustrate the cost of obtaining a Hofner in the early sixties. To put things into perspective, £15 per week was an average wage at that time, so even the humble Congress would have been quite a consideration.

Look particularly at the cost of a Golden Hofner at around £ 80 to £100. Today these guitars can demand several thousand pounds. Such is life.

 

MODEL

£

Golden Hofner Electric £100
Committee Electric (Blonde) £70
Committee Electric (Brunette) £68
Verithin £59
Verithin (With Bigsby) £72
President Electric (Blonde) £46
President Electric (Brunette) £44
Senator Electric (Blonde) £28
Senator Electric (Brunette) £27
Club 60 (Blonde) £44
Club 60 (Brunette) £42
Club 50 (Blonde) £35
Club 50 (Brunette) £34
Club 40 (Blonde) £29
Club 40 (Brunette) £28
Golden Hofner Acoustic £80
Committee Acoustic (Blonde) £50
Committee Acoustic (Brunette) £48
President Acoustic (Blonde) £29
President Acoustic (Brunette) £27
Senator Acoustic (Blonde) £19
Senator Acoustic (Brunette) £18
Congress £15

 

 


 

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