The Hofner
I just finished the custom pickguard/pickup on this old Hofner. When the client, Benny, brought it to me, I had only seen a handful of Hofner guitars in person and never this model. This guitar was beautifully constructed and had a great sound for chunking out rhythm chords.
Benny wanted to add a pickguard mounted pickup without adding any new holes into the guitar. I only had to drill two small mounting holes, one on the side of the body, for the rear mounting bracket and one on the side of the neck. The remainder of the mounting screws went into existing holes. I had to open up the endpin hole to ½” for the jack. I went with a Charlie Christian looking pickup but constructed more like a P-90 to fit in the limited space.
I hadn’t paid much attention to Hofner guitars in the past but this one really opened my eyes. I’ll be looking for them in the future.
t
November 27, 2012 at 6:42 pm //
killer…almost looks like a tv jones spectrasonic…hofners are nice underrated guitars…made even nicer by your cc type pickup…
cheers
Mike Anderson
December 4, 2012 at 10:28 pm //
Not Benny Garcia by any chance? Maybe not – but I bet he’d have loved it. :)
t
December 5, 2012 at 10:08 pm //
bennys passed
but i dig his signature guitar
http://wynterarchtops.com/gallery-2.php
he would’a liked one of tk’s mods,,,no doubt
cheers
Mike Anderson
January 17, 2013 at 3:59 pm //
I knew he was gone, but not when your awesome guitar was built…just riffing. :) Thanx for the link to Wynter, that is gorgeous too. As for your B*gsby-style stuff – beyond words, man. Jaw-dropping.
Mike Anderson
January 17, 2013 at 5:43 pm //
Sorry I kept saying “you” BTW to the person who replied to me – thot it was TK. Thanks again though.