![]() Original Hofner compensator tail-piece completes the iconic look and is still shiny.Additional after market hard case can be added for a further £79.00 payment. Original rosewood bridge is compensated for great intonation and has plenty of height adjustment room – just use the thumbwheels and turn this into a slide guitar. Anyway too nicé not to seIl on, hence stárting at a Iow price of 5.9. Original label with the serial can be seen inside the F-hole. The original long tortoiseshell scratch plate is also solid and not wobbly. Has top cream binding and lovely lacquer patina. MAPLE BODY: Beautiful maple archtop body in Cognac Burst provides incredible resonance that can only be achieved with a vintage instrument and decades of wood drying. The crack you can see at the neck heel is part of the construction, all Framus and Hofner archtops have this, this is not a repair. The face of the headstock has a lacquer blemish. Original tuners have very lovely patina on the plastic buttons, work smoothly and hold tuning well. The only cosmetic damage can be seen on the back of the headstock and the neck heel, this doesn’t affect playing. It is also straight as an arrow, frets have plenty of life in them, no buzzing even with low action. Classic C shape and nice width make this very comfortable. This archtop is beautifully made, it has an amazing resonance to it thanks to over 50 year old maple.Ĭ-SHAPE NECK - Neck has rosewood fretboard and beautiful colour on the back. ![]() Built in Germany in 1965, serial number 13685. Hofner Congress 1965 archtop guitar, very rare and hard to find.Īll original and working condition. ![]()
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