Dear customers, due to personal family health matters that are important and must be attended to, ebay listings will be temporarily ended / paused for several months.  The Great Guitars Australia website will also soon be temporarily paused for sales, lay buys and trading during this period. I can still be contacted and the occasional sales and discussions regarding repairs might be possible however, my attention to the site will be intermittent and I appreciate your patience.
Best regards
Michael Skehan

Great Guitars Australia    
Registered business ,  Qld Australia
ABN 39495372877
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Freight approx. $85-$125 , contact for exact quote to your location.

No international sales or shipping for this item.

1952 Hofner President archtop Jazz guitar Model , Brunette finish.

In Good-Very Good condition.

One of the early pre truss-rod examples with smaller headstock.

Serial number  1561

Certainly a collector and very much playable. Very good neck and neck set. Low action. Very straight. 

Has had a fret dress and nicely maintained.

A couple of small holes around the end of the fingerboard and top indicates a floating jazz pickup type fitted at some stage.

Would be worthy of an original Hofner Jazz pickup refit.

• Features, celluloid bound neck, rosewood fingerboard with triple pearl dot markers.
• The body has double white/aged cream painted border and look alike binding. Also an indication of it being an early one.
• Smaller ornate headstock with classical style post tuners. One side of tuner or tuner strap has been replaced.
• Original President bridge and the classic Hofner Compensator tailpiece is a refit from a shallow body Hofner.
• May have once had the longer ended Compensator T/P or early plain trapeze Jazz tailpiece.
• A very nice interesting guitar for consideration into your Hofner guitar collection.
• Comes with non original but a decent and reliable hardcase.