Ca. 1960 HOFNER SENATOR electric archtop hollowbody guitar GREAT SHAPE

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Up for auction is a great non-cutaway Hofner Senator arch top electric guitar with "toaster" pickup. Guitar is all original from tuners to tailpiece. Triple-bound body front and back, w/ bound f-holes and dot markers. The instrument is as excellent acoustically as it is electric, been drying out for 50 years and really sings like a good Hofner should. Bought this guitar from Rod & Hank's in Memphis a dozen or so years ago, story goes it was traded in by an Irishman who was looking to buy a Gibson 335. That actually makes sense, this has the SELMER mark on the headstock, which was the sole UK importer at the time this guitar was made. Unlike a lot of Hofners that came back to the US with American Servicemen, this one did its time in the UK/Ireland during the 60's and 70's, so you never know who may have played it. Plenty of mojo and a real feel-good instrument with good playing action. The issues: nothing structural, just the nitpicky stuff: Hofner compensator tailpiece chrome is wearing away after many years of use; the gold insert on the volume knob is missing (or may never have had one, suffice it to say it was never on the knob as long as I've had it); and there's a repaired crack in the headstock overlay plastic which you can see from the front, see pic. All cosmetic issues, but nothing that can detract from the sound, or how read more

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