Incoming: Modified Hofner 173

HarrySeven

All being well, this will be with me at the weekend, courtesy of @bassbora

It's had 3 DiMarzio humbuckers and a set ofSchaller machineheads fitted (along with a refinish) at some point in the late '70's.

It's one of the later models with larger headstock and single dot markers (as opposed to the '60's catalogue image below).

bassbora

I am only the go between. 

ICBM

I actually quite like that... it looks done to a decent standard. It has to be said that these are not particularly rare, and the original pickups have a habit of failing - and are often microphonic anyway - so it’s not that much of a crime.

HarrySeven

ICBM said:

I actually quite like that... it looks done to a decent standard. It has to be said that these are not particularly rare, and the original pickups have a habit of failing - and are often microphonic anyway - so it’s not that much of a crime.

Indeed. I really like the vibrato system on these (and Galaxies, etc) - very smooth and fluid.

Re. pickups - it's almost 50/50 on any Hofner of that age whether they're dead or not...

ICBM

HarrySeven said:

Re. pickups - it's almost 50/50 on any Hofner of that age whether they're dead or not...

Worse that that I think!

I had a Galaxie about twenty years ago, and even back then all three were dead.

The DiMarzios on this one remind me of my first Hofner - unfortunately it was a 1959 President, and whoever fitted them found that to get them in they had to cut through some bits of wood that were in the way. They were the top braces .

HarrySeven

Whoops!

timhulio

Nice! I had a Hagstrom II that had been modified in exactly the same way. Schaller tuners and creme Dimarzio Paf(pro?) and Super Distortion.

rossi

I had a red Hofner V3 back in the day .ii was a bit clunky .

Funkfingers

HarrySeven said:

refinish

Mmm. White undercoat. Ideal for your favourite graphic illustrator to paint designs all over.

bassbora

Sunday will be interesting. Is fb going to tell H7 he needs to stop finding interesting guitars or tell him he is the absolute master of finding random stuff. I am disappointed he has not mentioned the other item 

Jack_

bassbora said:

Sunday will be interesting. Is fb going to tell H7 he needs to stop finding interesting guitars or tell him he is the absolute master of finding random stuff. I am disappointed he has not mentioned the other item 

Is it SFW?

bassbora

Lets see if H7 will comment on the second guitar 

robgilmo

Thats a Land Rover guitar, you can fix yhose with a hammer.

bassbora

Hamer? Oh yeah I got 5 of them from H7 

HarrySeven

@bassbora Hmmmm...the second guitar...

Nah..I’ll leave that until Sunday!

bassbora

HarrySeven said:

@bassbora Hmmmm...the second guitar...

Nah..I’ll leave that until Sunday!

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