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03-29-2020, 05:56 AM
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Help Identify Old Unbranded Archtop Acoustic Guitar
Hi All,
Found this old guitar when clearing a house contents, it's unbranded but marked Foreign on the back of the headstock, it's had some old repairs in the past and is looking a bit tired, can anyone identify who the maker might have been? my best guess is Hofner but I'm no expert. https://postimg.cc/gallery/HczC96Z Last edited by Gary6563; 03-29-2020 at 06:32 AM. Reason: Pictures 
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03-29-2020, 04:41 PM
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Zero fret, full-width block position markers, body contours, neck heel shape, and f-hole size/shape/placement make me think post-war German/East European, possibly a lower-line Hofner - in any event it's not an expensive instrument then or now...
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03-29-2020, 05:33 PM
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A great many of these were made post war in the eastern Germany/Czech region. There were many small luthier workshops in the area, and I believe that some were made for or by Hofner and others were made for various other distributors.
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Silly Moustache, Just an old Limey acoustic guitarist, Dobrolist, mandolier and singer. I'm here to try to help and advise and I offer one to one lessons/meetings/mentoring via Zoom!
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03-30-2020, 05:43 AM
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My instinct is not Hofner, only because the neck heel isn't tapered the way Hofners are. But eastern europe is a safe bet.
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Brian Evans Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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03-31-2020, 01:38 PM
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I believe its a basic model Musima, made in East Germany. You can see many photos (and read about the company, but in German here:
http://www.schlaggitarren.de/home.ph...teller&kenn=81
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