REGISTER OF HOFNER MODEL 160, 161, 162, 163, & 164 SOLID GUITARS (GENERAL MARKET "COLORAMAS")

COMPILED 2007 TO 2019

OWNERSHIP DETAILS AS RECORDED UP TO THE DATE OF REGISTRATION CLOSURE ON 20th SEPTEMBER 2019

1. HOFNER MODEL 160 & 162(i) (Single Pickup) :

Model	Shipping Date (approx)	Body Finish	Pickup Type	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #

162(i)	Early 1958	Blue Hammerite	Black Bar - Rosewood	Trapeze	Simon Adahl	Sweden	050

2. HOFNER MODEL 161 (Single Pickup):

Shipping Date (approx)	Headstock Shape	Body Finish	Pickups Type	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #


1960	3-a-side	Cherry Red	Toaster		Guy Audoux	France	009
1961/62	6-a-side	Cherry Red	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Trapeze	Matt Armstrong	Edinburgh, Scotland	029
1962	6-a-side	Brunette	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Trapeze	Simon Adahl	Sweden	051

1967	6-a-side	White	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Trapeze	Klas Kohmann	Norway	030

3. HOFNER MODEL 162(ii) (Twin Pickup):

Shipping Date (approx)	Headstock Shape	Body Finish	Pickups Type	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #

1960	3-a-side	Cherry Red	Toaster		Guy Audoux	France	010

4. HOFNER MODEL 163 (Single Pickup):

Shipping Date (approx)	Version	Body Finish	Pickup Type	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #

c1962	163V (i)	Red Lacquer	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Hofner Vibrato Type 1	Stewart Nimmo	West Yorkshire	017

1963	163V (i)	Brown Vinyl	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Hofner Vibrato Type 1	Guy Audoux	France	004

5. HOFNER MODEL 164 (Twin Pickup):

Shipping Date (approx)	Version	Body Finish	PickupType	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #
1960	164(i)	Red Lacquer	Toaster	Trapeze	Jan Plasmans	The Netherlands	036
1961/62	164 (i)	Red Lacquer	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Trapezium with Rods	Guy Audoux	France	014a
1961/62	164(i)	Red Lacquer	Type 510 Dianond Logo	Hofner Vibrato Type 1	Alan Angwin	Devon, England	047
1962/63	164V (i)	Brown Vinyl	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Hofner Vibrato	Guy Audoux	France	015
c1964	164V(i)	Red Vinyl	Type 510 Diamond Logo	Hofner Vibrato	Hans-Juergen Goetz	Germany	041

1965/66	164V (ii)	Red Vinyl	Type 510 - Rect. Polepieces	Hofner Vibrato Type 3	Ricardo Hoffmann	Germany	053
c1967	164V (ii)	White Vinyl	Chrome Bar - Rect. Polepieces	Hofner Vibrato Type 3	Guy Audoux	France	005

Mid/Late 1970's	164 (iv)	Sunburst	Chrome Bar - Rect. Polepieces	Separate Bridge & Stop-Tail	Guy Audoux	France	021
Mid/Late 1970's	164V (iv)	Sunburst	Chrome Bar - Rect. Polepieces	Hofner Vibrato Type 3	Patrick McBride	California, USA	024

6. HOFNER MODELS 161(ii) (1970's Single Pickup Version of the 164)

Shipping Date (approx)	Version	Body Finish	PickupType	Tailpiece	Owner	Location	File #

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