Hofner john lennon club 40 reissue electric guitar musician. It uses a hofner toaster singlecoil pickup and has a nitrocellulose sunburst finish, tortoiseshell control panel, and the retrostyle tailpiece. Serial no 439 barry explains about his hofner club 40. Hofner club 60 model 128 from 1959 presented by vintage guitar oldenburg and tobias hoffmann duration. Thunderstruck for percussion ensemble alumnado percufest 2014 dirigido por rafa navarro duration. Kg is a german originally austrobohemian manufacturer of musical. Hofner contemporary president reissue bass sunburst. Hofner 125 club 40 1956 natural burst guitar for sale. Because the build quality of the 63 ri will be a bit better and the glues that were used to glue the 63 ri together have far superior bonding strength than the glues that hofner used during the 60s and 70s in their instruments. Because the build quality of the 63 ri will be a bit better and the glues that were used to glue the 63 ri together have far superior bonding strength than the glues that hofner used. Nonetheless, the guitar was indeed george harrisons actual hofner club 40 guitar. The 1964 hofner 500164 reissue violin bass is a new addition to the hofner 2011 german reissue lineup. This traditional rickenbacker bass style with dot inlays and no rickenbacker introduces the 1993plus 12 string. Lennons first electric guitar was a club 40 model that he purchased in 1959 from hessys music store in liverpool.
Unfollow hofner guitars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The hofner club 50 is hand built in germany and recreates the hofner hollow body club guitars of the 50s and 60s. My contenders are a heritage h535, the hofner verythin classic, and a gretsch tennessee rose i know, they are all different flavors. Buy the hofner club 40 reissue limited pre owned and get free delivery. Unfollow vintage hofner guitars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Hofner club 40 reissue limited henriksen bud youtube. They were loosely modelled on the gibson les paul and. Hofner club 50 guitar, hcg50sb german reissues for sale. Specs weight tbd body wood german sprucemaple neck wood tbd fingerboard wood tbd scale length 30 nut width tbd fingerboard radius 14. This guitar was designed and based from his 1959 club 40, in celebration of our 120th anniversary. The 100 most valuable guitars ever sold at auction new atlas. The beatles and beyond georges guitars tilonlysilenceremains. Personally i prefer the vintage 63 reissue over the 74. All club guitars have two small guitar strap fixings comprising a leather strip, folded in two containing a metal dring.
The model name club was introduced when british company selmer started to distribute hofner. Hofner john lennon club 40 reissue electric guitar. Hofner club 40 guitar 1962 sunburst beatles reverb. It got it from one of hollands original indo rockers, ronnie neyndorff. Club 40 john lennon edition club 40 hofner collectors all over the world have been waiting for this. I had to order a hofner truss rod wrench from north coast music and make adjustments over the course of a few weeks. The design made a brief comeback late in the decade as the 70, which represented hofner s response to the les pauls revived popularity. But i spoke to a hofner connaisseur and hes not entirely sure and ronnie himself says he bought it in 1958 in amsterdam. Hofner club 40 reissue limited henriksen bud duration. The hofner club 40 is a singlecutaway hollowbody with a spruce top.
Only 120 of these john lennon club 40 guitars are being produced, and we are proud to donate a portion from each sale to the john lennon songwriting charity. George harrisons first electric guitar was this hofner club 40. Hofner 5001 63 reissue 40th anniversary 1996 sunburst. With hofner in your collection, youll quickly understand what made this luthier the biggest maker of stringed instruments in their native western europe.
Hofner club 50 vintage lounge guitardoc vintage verkauf. Introduced in 1957 and influenced by the les paul, the smallbodied, singlecutaway club was hofners first purposebuilt electric guitar, rather than an electrified. Dec 11, 2007 hofner 5001 violin bass one of the most distinctive designs ever conceived, the hofner 5001 violin bass still looks as good today as it did when it was first produced in 1956. Browse listings for new and vintage hofner 5001 violin bass used by paul mccartney, and guitars like the club 40 and president also of beatles fame.
Club 40 one pickup and club 50 2 pickup guitars are wonderful little guitars. Its the same bass same neck width as a 63 with the addition of a bound neck which was used on the 64 h5001 bass. John lennon hofner club 40 guitar limited edition 3120. It was his first guitar and according to the number stamped in to the top it should be a 1960 model. Vintage 1957 hofner club 50 natural blonde electric guitar w ohsc green lining. They together became the driving force for the company as josef and walter entered retirement in the 1970s. Hofner s classical guitars are wellsuited to novice and professional players alike. It includes 2 hofner bar pickups, the classic hofner rectangular control panel, tortoise shell pick guard and nickel hardware. Although mccartney says in an interview that lennon and harrison both bought club 40s in hamburg, a photo taken in the autumn of 1959 months before their first hamburg trip shows lennon playing his club 40 at liverpools casbah club.
Some years later, and never progressing beyond bobby shaftoe in bert weedons play in a day, i sold it to. After this time, backs were arched to fall in line with other models. It was his first guitar and according to the number stamped in to the top it should be a 1960. Not a reissue i purchased a number of 1960s hofners club 40 guitars in the late 1970s and have had them ever since. In sweden for example, the hofner agent stamped the upper side of the headstock with the model code, for example 126, followed by three or four digits, for example 1063, where 10 indicates month and 63 stands for the year. Reviewed in the united states on september 11, 2015. The hofner club 40 is a singlecutaway hollowbody with a spruce top, maple back and sides, adjustable floating bridge, and trapeze tailpiece. Buy a hofner 1964 v64 violin bass quality german built.
It could possibly be a 1963 however i do not think they were continued into 63. John lennon, george harrison, ritchie blackmore and david gilmour. Its a shape thats been used on stringed instruments for centuries, so its no wonder that theres a rightness about these visual elements. Genuine hofner replacement parts page 1 pick of the. The hofner verythin classic is a reissue of the companys original highly noted semi hollow body guitar from the sixties called the verythin. The hofner club 40 limited edition is based on the 60s version of the guitar. Really old ones have solid spruce tops and flat backs. The earliest club guitars up to about 1959 were constructed with flat backs.
The solitary pickup is a singlecoil in the neck position. I first came across this guitar in 196970 when a friend bought it as a shell, neck and body only, with the intention of restoring it the same guy whos father bought my 455. For the price its a good deal but hofner must find a way to change the stringing process. Hofner club 40 sunburst 2012 ochanomizu finest guitars. Hofner 5001 violin bass one of the most distinctive designs ever conceived, the hofner 5001 violin bass still looks as good today as it did when. So i wanted to try something different than the flat wounds on my hofner club bass and for the money, these are hard to beat, they are stronger than the labella hofner flatwounds, good fit. The original was purchased by john lennon in august 1959, just before the quarry men began playing at the casbah coffee club in liverpool. Hofner guitars for sale in uk 46 used hofner guitars. Lennon and harrison were the first to acquire electric guitars, almost identical hofner club 40 models, and they were both excited about getting. Hofner club 40 from 1960 in good original condition cw. Hofners classical guitars are wellsuited to novice and professional players alike. See more ideas about guitar, cool guitar and vintage guitars.
The original club series comprised the 40, 50 and 60 models, which were produced into the early 60s. Made presumably as a replacement for the original club 405060s which had. I got the year 1962 on this one from the hofner site. With their distinctive shape clearly inspired by gibsons les paul, hofner club guitars were sold in the uk by selmer from 1956. This model is available in a reissue version, the model 360 12v64. Hofner based on paul mccartneys 1962 violin bass, the 62 bass has delighted hofner aficionados. The hofner club 40 is a singlecutaway hollow body with a spruce top, maple back and sides, adjustable floating bridge, and trapeze tailpiece. They proved to be an instant hit with young skiffle combos.
The hofner john lennon club 40 reissue is a stunnin recreation of johns original 1959 model. This bass features a german spruce top and a flamed maple back and sides. Hofner guitar for sale in uk 47 used hofner guitars. The shortscale guitar has a 22fret neck with an unbound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays and is joined to the body at the 14th fret. I still get the woody hollow bass sound with a bit less thud and a bit more zing than the flats and. Vintage 1960 hofner club 40 w bigsby selmer natural blonde electric guitar. The following picturesets of hofner archtop and semiacoustic guitars have. This hofner club 40 is missing its scratch plate, has been owned by the vendor for the past 30 years and is in good condition. Our musical heritage is again a driving factor, and the new wave of money. Getting the bridge low enough was a bit trickier and involved sanding the feet of the bridge a bit. Hofner has done some limited edition reissues of the club 40 the lennon guitar and the club 50 see below that control panel is the same one used on the hofner beatle bass and current club 50 reissue. George harrisons hofner club 40 guitar is a small singlecutaway hollowbody instrument built with a spruce top, maple back, and sides in a natural blond wood finish with black body binding.
The hofner john lennon club 40 reissue for sale is a stunning recreation of johns original 1959 model. Percufest international percussion festival recommended for you. Hofner club 40 from 1960 in good original condition cw hard. Hofner offers club 40 limited edition vintage guitar magazine. Hofner club 40 from 1960 in good original condition cw hard case will consider part exchange for another guitar. Leaning towards the heritage, but would be tested by a hofner if i could even find one. Selmer started to sell the hofner club range in 1956. Hofner 5001 63 reissue 40th anniversary 1996 sunburst bass. Mar 22, 2016 the hofner club 40 is a singlecutaway hollowbody with a spruce top, maple back and sides, adjustable floating bridge, and trapeze tailpiece. Importers in other countries used different systems. This is a light weight easy to play guitar with german quality throughout. Wellbuilt and greatsounding, hofner s guitars and basses live up to their reputation with ease. My hofner club reissue has a nitrocellulose finish and came with the high actionbowed neck as you describe. In april 1961, lennon took his club 40 to hamburg where the group, now known as the beatles, came of age as performers averaging more than five hours onstage a night.
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