Jazz Guitar on Hofner archtop

[rectify2003]

Nice playing, I have recently restrung my Hofner, but seems really hard to tune.

[dass0137]

@rectify2003 maybe loose bridge?

[rectify2003]

@dass0137 Not sure what it is, but with new strings it helps for a while.

[MISFITROBBY138]

very very nice guitar and playing.

[peterlme]

Its a 450s.

[Vermillion2176]

Some of the bright harp like sound is because this excellent player is plucking the strings with his fingernails, giving it a "ching" sound.

Ron

[bugaddi51]

Hi -I have a Höfner too -look my videos greetings from germny .winni

[wisesatyr72]

sounds like a harp

[TheWishingFish]

Sounds prestine!

Im looking at buying a Hofner New President, how would you think it would compare to this?

[BattyCuss]

My Hofner President (1958) has a neck like a telegraph pole, and an action you could drive a 'bus under. Very hard to play. Because it doesn't have a truss rod, there's no way to lower the action either. But with good strings the tone is superb... Just difficult to play!

[lordieuan777]

@BattyCuss Good for bottleneck, then?

[oOoACFREEMANoOo]

i saw a hofner in a shop a few years ago for like 200 eus, i didnt buy it cause i didnt know if i wanted to restore it..... it was a big misake the guitar was gone the next day...

gl

[318825768]

haha pwned

[samwisemcganji]

not neccessary

[viniguitarjazz]

wow !!good sounds

[seoirseosial]

Very relaxing. I enjoyed your performance.

[itsinhiseyes1]

Normally i'm more of a sucker for darker sounding archtops, but for such a bright guitar, it sounds very sweet. A nice find :]

Nice playing, enjoyed it very much

[m1o2t3t4]

hi'

20 years ago, i bought asimilar model in a very bad cond' for a rebuilding project.job not complete yet, but seeing this video,realizing it is a great guitar, i think my project will now come alive' thanks to you.

[PsychedelicPercept]

wow...

[ruotze]

BEAUTIFUL guitar! You play fine too! (check out my 1951 Gibson L-4C)

[therealsolstice]

I have a hofner that was made between 1960-62... very similar. Mine has a hofner humbucker pickup at the neck and the control board is a volume knob with 3 tone switchs (bass on/off, treble on/off, and lead/rythm.  Yours is in pristine condition compared to mine and I had it appraised at $900-1500 US... so yurs is pro'lly worth like 2 grand or more

[ckrieger36]

Beautiful guitar, beautiful sound!