Hello from Europe

[upsidedown]

Originally Posted by cmajor9

As the post says, the body is a Hoyer, but a different Hoyer than the guitar I posted above, Rodebald Hoyer. Not sure about the neck, but the peghead is definitely from another guitar.

Seller says its neck is not original...which makes the price absurdly high. Gotta wonder what he/she is basing the asking price on.

Anyway, enough thread hijacking. Great looking guitars C∆9, and welcome to the forum.

[J.R. Rogers]

Welcome to the forum and thank you for all the beautiful pics!

J.R. Rogers

[cmajor9]

Originally Posted by pbla4024

The name is Bräuer, not Brauner:
http://marek-rejhon.cz/?p=207
And national boundaries were not redrawn after WWII, not for Czechoslovakia.

My bad, of course its Bräuer - misspelled it earlier.

The area I'm referring to is the Egerland. If you're interested to read more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerland. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia.

[pbla4024]

Originally Posted by cmajor9

My bad, of course its Bräuer - misspelled it earlier.

The area I'm referring to is the Egerland. If you're interested to read more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerland. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia.

I was born on border of Sudetenland, so I remember the story
But after war we went back to prewar borders (unlike Poland, Germany, Finland, Romania, etc.)
Bräuer was of German origin, after war he was not forcibly transferred to Germany, spent twenty one years building guitars for company Cremona and finally emigrated in 1968.

[cmajor9]

Here are a few more:

[WordMan]

Dude, you're killing me! Those are beautiful.

[J.R. Rogers]

I'd love to spend a week playing your collection. You apparently live in Archtop heaven! Thank you for the lovely pics and please keep them coming if you have more.

[cmajor9]

Thanks for all your welcomes and compliments!

I'm certainly attracted by the beauty and style of these guitars myself. They take you back to another era. And its interesting to see so many variations on the basic archtop theme (taking off from the L-5 concept) that I never knew existed!

But the bigger attraction is finding a guitar with a unique design, handmade by a single luthier or a small workshop, using quality materials and craftsmanship, with its own voice, that sounds and feels great to play.

Of course you have to be careful, as you would with any 50-plus-year-old guitar. Most German guitars didn't have trussrods until the early 60s, and necks can also be quite thin. Exposure, distended sides, loose braces, broken binding, and other issues are not uncommon. Many guitars are unlabeled, making the date or even the maker a matter of guesswork. Still, when you hold one of the 'survivors' in your hands, there's something special about it.

I should add that I don't own all of the guitars pictured - although I have played them all.