As I said, I
believe this to be an important
Hofner with quite a history.
It is another
old guitar that was "acquired" by a Hofner employee
when the old factory closed. I know this
to be so because bought it directly from his family.
It is a
President Thin E1 (something Hofner did not have in its
catalogue of the period) in a colour that was more
associated with Framus than Hofner.
At first I thought it
to be one of several "Specials" that Hofner regularly made
for Exhibition, but I remember seeing
one very similar to this in Selmer's shop window in the
mid-60's.
It had been abandoned in
a
dark corner of the factory until departing employees took
with them whatever they could carry when the Bubenreuth factory
closed.
This guitar has been the
subject of a loving restoration. When you have a guitar
in your hands every day, working in fine detail, you learn
a great deal about each instrument. Now I believe this
guitar to
be a prototype made to show Werner Pöhlert in 1964.
The
President is a joy, very jazzy, mellow and rich
sounding and the nicest playing
President I ever have played.
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