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Old 03-09-2022, 09:59 AM
lumena lumena is offline
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Default Hoyer Archtop -Looking for Luthier in Seattle Area

I am looking for a good acoustic luthier in the Seattle Area to work on my little Hoyer Alva. This guitar is very old and I would like someone who specializes in work on old acoustic guitars.

Just so your click on this is not a loss here is an image.
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Old 03-09-2022, 10:09 AM
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That's pretty sweet. How old is it?
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Old 03-10-2022, 12:54 AM
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Contact archtop.com based in Seattle - they'll know the right luthier for an old axe.

Thanks for the picture - cool guitar. I have a very similar Hopf archtop (black with cateye sound holes). Archtop.com had mine set up and fixed up 10 years ago.

These are awesome playing guitars and light as a feather.
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Old 03-10-2022, 08:45 AM
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The guitar is late 50s -early 60s. It was originally very red but over time the finish has faded. It has a very beautiful handmade feel and the neck is amazing in it's shape.

It's very lightweight and very similar to a Waterloo At in size. It has a clockwork neck adjust and everything is original. I just need the setup/clockwork adjusted a bit.


I love old German guitars. I would love to see a picture of the Hopf.

btw Thanks for the tip about Archtop.com I was thinking about them but didn't know if there was a better place to start. I am new to Seattle area, actually I am still going back and forth from Florida cleaning out the apartment and leaving Florida for good.
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Old 03-10-2022, 08:53 AM
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more images -these are all from when I bought it.
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Old 03-11-2022, 01:22 AM
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What a lovely guitar. Definitely worth keeping playable. Good luck with your search to find someone to set it up for you.
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Old 03-11-2022, 10:59 AM
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Contact archtop.com based in Seattle - they'll know the right luthier for an old axe.

Thanks for the picture - cool guitar. I have a very similar Hopf archtop (black with cateye sound holes). Archtop.com had mine set up and fixed up 10 years ago.

These are awesome playing guitars and light as a feather.
JP Guitars in Puyallup, WA does Archtop.com's repairs.
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Old 03-11-2022, 04:34 PM
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The guitar is late 50s -early 60s. It was originally very red but over time the finish has faded...
As any original '58-60 Les Paul owner will be happy to tell you, red dyes have a tendency to fade over time - I had a '46 Epiphone Blackstone that had a similar fade pattern on the top/sides, but a three-tone back that would have been the envy of any pre-CBS Strat aficionado...
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Old 03-12-2022, 07:22 AM
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JP Guitars in Puyallup, WA does Archtop.com's repairs.
Thank you!
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Old 03-16-2022, 11:02 PM
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Emerald City Guitars Seattle likely has a competent Luthier on hand.
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Old 03-23-2022, 10:43 AM
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A couple of other options:

1. DustyStrings in Fremont.

2. Mike Lull guitars in Bellevue (although Mike himself passed a few years back).
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Old 01-12-2023, 05:46 PM
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I should pop by here more often - that's a charming little guitar! It was built in the shop of Rodebald (Rod.) Hoyer, probably in the early 1960s, in Kochel am See, south of Munich and a half-hour drive from the old instrument-building town of Mittenwald.
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