ichadwick
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Anyone have any information on Hofner ukulels? When they made them, woods, sizes, etc.? Nothing at all on the Hofner home site.
I've learned Hofner made ukes fairly recently, but I’m still looking them up online for some dates to see if they still do. According to www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bluegrass.html they made them as early as 1963 and as late as 1973 (based on catalogue entries).
Tiki King has a pic of a "Hofner bass uke" at www.tikiking.com/borders/borders_pic16.html. This, however, may be this instead of a real Hofner: www.grazianoukuleles.com/violin_bari.html. That pic, by the way, set off another episode of the dreaded UAS I thought I had finally got under control.
The only images I’ve seen show them with spruce tops. My son-in-law recently sent me a photo of one that seems to have a mahogany top. I found a similar one here: maccaferri.almkerk.com/Hofner_ukelele.htm. But no other pics, so far.
Tiki King's database at www.tikiking.com/uke_database.html has nothing on them, although he does have Hohner.
I've learned Hofner made ukes fairly recently, but I’m still looking them up online for some dates to see if they still do. According to www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bluegrass.html they made them as early as 1963 and as late as 1973 (based on catalogue entries).
Tiki King has a pic of a "Hofner bass uke" at www.tikiking.com/borders/borders_pic16.html. This, however, may be this instead of a real Hofner: www.grazianoukuleles.com/violin_bari.html. That pic, by the way, set off another episode of the dreaded UAS I thought I had finally got under control.
The only images I’ve seen show them with spruce tops. My son-in-law recently sent me a photo of one that seems to have a mahogany top. I found a similar one here: maccaferri.almkerk.com/Hofner_ukelele.htm. But no other pics, so far.
Tiki King's database at www.tikiking.com/uke_database.html has nothing on them, although he does have Hohner.
