As a 14 yo I had one of these from new. Bought at Musikhaus Becker in Flensburg Germany. It served me well and took a lot of abuse the next 3 - 4 years. It was in a very rare color: ´Op-Art´ that was a modern trend at that time, promoted by Twiggy. White tolex on the front and black tolex on the back. I used it with a VOX AC-30 Top Boost, a VOX wah and a VOX Tone Bender, the most hip equipment I could find at that moment. I cut up a pair of white ´Trompet` pants, so that I could color one leg black on the front and the other leg black on the back, so they had to be cut up every time they should be cleaned. Had hair to the shoulders, played Hendrix and Cream and did everything to look cool - Good times.
I have one of these, and when I got it it was in a horrible state. Neckjoint cracked, one of the pickups broken, Tuners had been replaced and one tuner was missing, etc. I completely overhauled it, many of you probably wouldn't like it because I made it to my taste with modern hardware instead of into original state... I removed the tremolo, filled the hole, put a new schaller bridge, made a new (aluminium) pickguard (only 2 pickups) with new selector switch and just a volume and tone pot. Carved out a piece of the headstock so modern locking tuners could fit. Sanded it a painted it baby-blue... The neck on this is very very narrow, the pickups sound absolutely godly. I play it every day.
The Höfner Galaxie! was the first electric guitar I owned. I bought it used in 1978 together with a Vingtor Tube Amp, I was 13 years old and was certain I would be a rock star LOL. Brings back memories from way back when I started to play the guitar 🙂
I had one of these as my first guitar. I loved it so much, I had John Birch re-fret it and re-finish the neck. Whilst the neck was away, I took it upon myself to strip the original red paint with Nitromors (when it was a proper stripper), and painted it Ford Cortina Mk IV metallic brown. I’m so sorry, but after 43 years, I feel so much better for having made this confession! Perhaps now I can sleep at night…
John.. a tool is a tool, and if you want your tool to be a different colour then have at it sir! if you loved the guitar brown then brown it should be, screw the purists!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars To have you absolve me of my sins! 🙏 A couple of years later it became British Leyland Rover SD1 light blue metallic - much better!
I completely understand why you were so excited about this guitar and why you want to keep it. Though it was made to be a cheaper alternative to the dream red Strat that everybody dreamed of in the early 60s, somebody has designed it to be more versatile with any combination of pickups you want, and all the quirky hardware gives it a charm of its own. I'm so glad the Grand Canyon was only the veneer and nothing more serious. I love guitars like this!
I answered a Gumtree ad for an OLP that was offered for a ridiculously low price with a dodgy photo. Turns out someone had left it near a radiator and the veneered top had cracked and curled away so far it was touching the strings! Bought it, removed the veneer completely and put a 4mm bookmatched figured maple top on it. Absolutely rocked. Now passed down to my niece, complete with ten years of genuine gigging wear (no relicing!).
Finaly someone doing demo about Galaxie that is propper UK Selmer imported Galaxie and not Model 176. Congrats mate it’s great instrument. Really worth keeping.
Nels Cline has a green one of these that he uses with Wilco. I love the sound of those pickups, they have a very nasal quality that sounds great. Love the inlays, the black tortoise shell is just classy. Thanks for sharing Ben!
I restored one about 20 years ago. Fortunately i had all missing parts on hand. I could get them from the old Höfner factory in Bubenreuth. You might get spares from Höfner at their new place at Hagenau, but i am not sure. Google the connection!
When you said glass saddles my only thought was "for the love of God don't break one", can you imagine trying to source a replacement saddle for a Hofner galaxie?
The bridge has no shims. It's a moving roller bridge. There should be 8 or 10 rolls between the bended metal and the part on top and the bridge hight is adjustable, but it needs a neck-shim.
And there's me sitting here thinking arr that poor old guitar, it's been thunder struck 😥 But then it was ''yeah'' its only the veneer ☺️ .......................... And boy what a fascinating guitar. very interesting design and construction . I would well be keeping that one for me.
Very cool piece! Regarding the back, I'm wondering if the cavities for the pickups weren't painted at all, and it was kept in a humid basement or something. It looks like moisture damage to me. I think it's likely a 2 piece body, so it may have also caused the glue in the seam to weaken and separate. Could be way off, but that's my guess. I'm only 9 minutes in, and hoping it's not a big crack in the wood hiding underneath! Guess we'll see soon enough!
Love how you don’t restore literally EVERY THING. Like you said, kinda would really suck if a luthier spends a bunch of times building guitars for them to end up never be played or loved.
I really wanted one of these when I was about 13/14 because they were cheaper than a S***t and to me, way cooler. My dad still wasn't into it... Well done Ben.
Would agree about the history of the guitar if that history was known. Think it would back a great video for the museum’ a before and after type video’ something people can sit down and watch while having a coffee purchased from the museum cafeteria!!! 😂
Ben ! there is an opportunity here starring you right in the face...How about Crimson making replacement body and necks for this period of guitars that where made ? Like, Hofner , welson, eko,vox starcaster and such the like .Also spare parts ? i am sure you can make all these things people are still wanting ...:-) Be Well people ...:-)
While it really cool I would honestly have to with the American Strat as it’s a simpler design with less to fail. I’m sure back the. It was pretty cool considering all of the different sounds you could achieve with it however with modern technology you can do more with effects pedals. However I am more of a Gibson fan.
My friend handed me his Galaxie and I'm confused by the grounding as his didn't have an earth to the bridge and it is humming. Yet the bridge has plastic saddles so I don't see how it will earth the strings. Though seems to be how they were done from factory and it works fine?? Thanks for a great video.
This being the 175 , not exactly the Galaxy which was the 176 but notice how the controlls are logicly placed unlike the dreadful Strat volume and pick up changer positions , notice the generic German engineered tremelo that dont put the guitar out of tune Light weight and a sensible alternative to the caggy handed Strat
Why not do a series where you build a guitar to similar specifications? It is quite an interesting piece in terms of the electronics despite its age. If you could figure out to make something along the same style of bridge and trem systems I could see that being something that people would want to see. After all, it's not like Hofner build anything like this any more.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I had the bass version 185 that had no ground wire to the bridge or tailstop, and the strings didn't buzz at all! Not sure how they managed that!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitarshinking about it, mine never had that wire you replaced there was a trem block wire that snapped when I stripped it. Mind you it was 40 odd ago.😂 also I lost the damper.
Sorry for another comment But this is my misspent youth There were no instruction videos You went into a music shop and bought strings (gauges ?? What are gauges ??) As in Guitars like that one are the real sound of the sixties I remember begging ( literally )to hold a real Fender in my local shop the owner held us hands underneath it as I played it 😂😂😂
I had a bass of this vintage (185) and I'm pretty sure the body is blocks with a thin laminate top and bottom . *edit -wrote this before watching the whole thing and Ben came to the same conclusion. Pretty sure they aren't mahogany either
That crack was scary. I am interested to see how this turns out in part2 and what it sounds like. Some guitars of this period of modest quality can sound rather clanky or too banjo like, but hoping this one could have a decent clean sound.
Also dude no they are not stringed backwards! That is how Hofner headstock must be strung for strainght string pull. The Fender way is wrong here actually. They came like that from factory.
That's what we meant.. it.is strung backwards from what everyone expects nowadays, but the correct way for this guitar.. and the beautiful thing is that this means you get a smaller headstock too! Lovely
I have a 1964 galaxie, owned it since 1992 bought it when I was 17, replaced my Kay that was awful. Love this guitar would never part with it. Mine has plenty of patina and marks from fags being stubbed out on it. It had definitely had an interesting life before I owned it. I've had electrics refurbed and coils rewound, sounds awesome with a variety of tones available . I gigged with it for years and still play it. Lovely to watch your video.
It’s THE guitar I lusted for from the Bell music catalogue (age showing 😞) Which I sent for every year And read it almost to destruction This one and the wem 5 man And the hofner verithin What rich guys bought as a strat or tele were almost as difficult to get as rocking horse crap
Was still at school back then and used to bus it up to Ewell on a Saturday with a guitar buddy , drool over the Gretch's and Hofner Verithins , WEM amps etc. The one I wanted most is what you mentioned... The WEM 5th Man , a pick up built into the neck if I remember correctly , never actually seen one outside of the catalogue. I think the Watkins Rapier range must have been the go to for us poor hopefuls. Lol.
Speaking of difficult, cantankerous old git, I just sent a meme to the stream address that would have been perfect for this video has I not already been making it entirely unaware that this video was in the offing. I also posted it in the Discord chat for those who want in on the fun without waiting.
Careful, Ben! If you clean up too much gunk, the "guitar experts" will be upset that YOU RUINED THE TOAN!!1111!!!!!11! Now you must subtract 556.75 toan units from the guitar's sound! ;) (If you think I'm kidding, hang out on the Gibson forums for a while) Cool guitar!
No, they were done in various finishes.. I also desperately want one with the cool red vinyl faux alligator skin wrap one day.. 😫 what have I started 😳
Kind of Teisco-ish? Weird guitar. The back actually, that looks like it was run over by something heavy. Like a forklift or a something. (Don't ask me how I specify forklift...) It looks like a crushing situation. Or it fell from a really tall height.
ben you should get hold of brad lindsey the guitologist he has a 1940's gibson that i think would be an excellant addition to your guitar musem he did do a repair to it to make it playable and it does sound very good. he does have a video of it showing the repair he did, he is quite talented and an excellent amp repair guy if your ever in need. i've never been a fan of hofner guitars but this was an interesting video, looking forward to your watch build
I wish I could play- if I did, THIS is who I'd choose to be my lover. Ladies "of a certain age" will understand what I mean without me having to explain, but because I realize that mostly men watch these videos, I'll elaborate and elucidate for any men curious enough to read this admittedly "TLDR" comment. Guys- if you don't get it, don't fret. When a woman gains some wisdom with age and experience, she will ALWAYS choose a handsome man, even if their appearance seems to belie that truth. Because handsome doesn't mean pretty. It means their character is not merely displayed nor just reflected by their scars- those scars will in fact enhance what we already see- those flaws of appearance reflect the self-evidence of their character. If there is nothing appealing about the character of a man- or of a guitar- flaws are just flaws, scars are just scars- they tell you nothing positive about the personality that formed in the acquiring of those flaws and are simply seen as damage.
It looks like natural failure over time of whatever ply structure is under there, because it's not a solid block of hardwood doing that. think of all the dampness, temp variations and humidity changes it has seen..and it's not well built in that regard, not by using the underlying structure that they used. but it worked to make these production pieces that were never envisioned to be antique collectables that were expected to be as good as can be after decades sitting in homes. today we can revere it simply for what it is and represented in a slice of rock n roll time.
@@mbontekoe3358 that's entirely possible as many of the earlier humbucker sized Höfner pickups were actually single coils, but these later ones with the "Staples" as well as the screws are almost certainly humbuckers.
It looks like that Guitar has spent a long time on a damp carpet under someones bed (no central heating in the old house). The Guitar has sucked up the dampness from the carpet, and cracked the veneer. (Just my opinion).
Probably the worst guitar I ever had the misfortune to try to play on , bloody thing was awful , over strung and did my fingers no favours. Pick-ups were crap too.
The bridge hight is adjusted with the screws... screw them into the body and drop the bridge on top ( 26:10)
As a 14 yo I had one of these from new. Bought at Musikhaus Becker in Flensburg Germany. It served me well and took a lot of abuse the next 3 - 4 years. It was in a very rare color:
´Op-Art´ that was a modern trend at that time, promoted by Twiggy. White tolex on the front and black tolex on the back. I used it with a VOX AC-30 Top Boost, a VOX wah and a VOX
Tone Bender, the most hip equipment I could find at that moment.
I cut up a pair of white ´Trompet` pants, so that I could color one leg black on the front and the other leg black on the back, so they had to be cut up every time they should be cleaned.
Had hair to the shoulders, played Hendrix and Cream and did everything to look cool - Good times.
My dad found a galaxie in a charity shop years ago, little beat up but played like a dream. He sold it a few years back, always wish he kept it
Insert puller - brilliant! Every once in a while you learn a new trick.
I have one of these, and when I got it it was in a horrible state. Neckjoint cracked, one of the pickups broken, Tuners had been replaced and one tuner was missing, etc. I completely overhauled it, many of you probably wouldn't like it because I made it to my taste with modern hardware instead of into original state... I removed the tremolo, filled the hole, put a new schaller bridge, made a new (aluminium) pickguard (only 2 pickups) with new selector switch and just a volume and tone pot. Carved out a piece of the headstock so modern locking tuners could fit. Sanded it a painted it baby-blue... The neck on this is very very narrow, the pickups sound absolutely godly. I play it every day.
I fixed mine too. My main guitar. I just like it.
The Höfner Galaxie! was the first electric guitar I owned. I bought it used in 1978 together with a Vingtor Tube Amp, I was 13 years old and was certain I would be a rock star LOL. Brings back memories from way back when I started to play the guitar 🙂
I had one of these as my first guitar. I loved it so much, I had John Birch re-fret it and re-finish the neck. Whilst the neck was away, I took it upon myself to strip the original red paint with Nitromors (when it was a proper stripper), and painted it Ford Cortina Mk IV metallic brown. I’m so sorry, but after 43 years, I feel so much better for having made this confession! Perhaps now I can sleep at night…
John.. a tool is a tool, and if you want your tool to be a different colour then have at it sir! if you loved the guitar brown then brown it should be, screw the purists!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars To have you absolve me of my sins! 🙏
A couple of years later it became British Leyland Rover SD1 light blue metallic - much better!
I don't need to fight you over "super-duper". You know what you have done. You'll just have to live with yourself and that knowledge!
I completely understand why you were so excited about this guitar and why you want to keep it. Though it was made to be a cheaper alternative to the dream red Strat that everybody dreamed of in the early 60s, somebody has designed it to be more versatile with any combination of pickups you want, and all the quirky hardware gives it a charm of its own. I'm so glad the Grand Canyon was only the veneer and nothing more serious. I love guitars like this!
The trem and bridge have a real Art Deco vibe to them…..love it!
I answered a Gumtree ad for an OLP that was offered for a ridiculously low price with a dodgy photo. Turns out someone had left it near a radiator and the veneered top had cracked and curled away so far it was touching the strings! Bought it, removed the veneer completely and put a 4mm bookmatched figured maple top on it. Absolutely rocked. Now passed down to my niece, complete with ten years of genuine gigging wear (no relicing!).
I don’t understand the luthier tear down segments but I still love you Ben.
Ooh nice... Will be watching all of these. Had one of these on my bucket list for a while.
One came up for sale locally at an OK price. Going to go and see it on monday. This video will be invaluable.
21:00 Your excitement when you expose the electronics is very similar to mine when I open up an older 8-bit PC.
Amazing innovative guitar. I think I would of been tempted to dig out that crack though, to see whats actually gone on, then repair and refinish.
Keep. The answer is always keep.
Soon as I saw the crack, I thought about that Japanese practise of repairing them with gold leaf. Excellent job Ben & Sophia 👌👍
I love the guitar archeology content. I agree with your "sympathetic restoration" approach in preserving the instruments history.
Finaly someone doing demo about Galaxie that is propper UK Selmer imported Galaxie and not Model 176. Congrats mate it’s great instrument. Really worth keeping.
Well, that's the most interesting old electric guitar I've seen in quite a while. Looking forward to the next video. Thanks
just got a Hofner 176 Galaxy in tobacco finish with the 3 blade pick-ups being listed on FB marketplace place, reverb and ebay
The Ground-Wire should be connected with the Tremolo, because the bridge parts are made of plastic.
Nels Cline has a green one of these that he uses with Wilco. I love the sound of those pickups, they have a very nasal quality that sounds great. Love the inlays, the black tortoise shell is just classy. Thanks for sharing Ben!
That stud removing trick is fantastic! Will deffinately be using that in the future!
Nicely done so far.
The lead/rhythm switch houses 2 resistors (not capacitors) that are connected as a potentiometers in a fixed position (a pre-volume so to say)
Wow 25:25. What an excellent idea Ben !
I restored one about 20 years ago. Fortunately i had all missing parts on hand. I could get them from the old Höfner factory in Bubenreuth. You might get spares from Höfner at their new place at Hagenau, but i am not sure. Google the connection!
Nice screwdriver. Also it looks like the strings were fitted to the outside of the tuner posts to get a straight string run over the nut.
0:51 just a normal Ben in his natural Habitat
Tasteful restoration. Much better than a full refinish on a guitar like that 👍
The threading on the bridge inserts looks insanely shallow! Super cool guitar if it holds its tuning better than most of its contemporaries!
The the crack in the back is probably a piece of veneer that is delaminated
When you said glass saddles my only thought was "for the love of God don't break one", can you imagine trying to source a replacement saddle for a Hofner galaxie?
The bridge has no shims. It's a moving roller bridge. There should be 8 or 10 rolls between the bended metal and the part on top and the bridge hight is adjustable, but it needs a neck-shim.
At first the crack was not good. Then the crack was good. I like it.
I had one of those as my first electric around 1967
And there's me sitting here thinking arr that poor old guitar, it's been thunder struck 😥 But then it was ''yeah'' its only the veneer ☺️ .......................... And boy what a fascinating guitar. very interesting design and construction . I would well be keeping that one for me.
Very cool piece! Regarding the back, I'm wondering if the cavities for the pickups weren't painted at all, and it was kept in a humid basement or something. It looks like moisture damage to me. I think it's likely a 2 piece body, so it may have also caused the glue in the seam to weaken and separate. Could be way off, but that's my guess. I'm only 9 minutes in, and hoping it's not a big crack in the wood hiding underneath! Guess we'll see soon enough!
I have serial number 3440, same color. Even not plugged in it sounds like surf guitar
Too many controls and pickups?? Exactly the type of guitar I love.
I wonder if Brian may loosely based his guitar on this.
There are almost no similarities, so I certainly don´t think so.
Love how you don’t restore literally EVERY THING. Like you said, kinda would really suck if a luthier spends a bunch of times building guitars for them to end up never be played or loved.
The Kintsugi guitar!
Hey, Ben, I bought a guitar from you with a giant crack in it. Love it.
Awesome! Thank you!
I really wanted one of these when I was about 13/14 because they were cheaper than a S***t and to me, way cooler. My dad still wasn't into it... Well done Ben.
Would agree about the history of the guitar if that history was known. Think it would back a great video for the museum’ a before and after type video’ something people can sit down and watch while having a coffee purchased from the museum cafeteria!!! 😂
It's a style success! A real Looker! Did someone back over it?
Ben ! there is an opportunity here starring you right in the face...How about Crimson making replacement body and necks for this period of guitars that where made ? Like, Hofner , welson, eko,vox starcaster and such the like .Also spare parts ? i am sure you can make all these things people are still wanting ...:-) Be Well people ...:-)
Looking forward to this!
I'd so make a new body for that. It would be easy to make a template, make it, paint it then transfer the parts over
While it really cool I would honestly have to with the American Strat as it’s a simpler design with less to fail. I’m sure back the. It was pretty cool considering all of the different sounds you could achieve with it however with modern technology you can do more with effects pedals. However I am more of a Gibson fan.
Definitely worth keeping! It looks very much like Brian May's "Red Special" - I wouldnt want to part with it!
My friend handed me his Galaxie and I'm confused by the grounding as his didn't have an earth to the bridge and it is humming. Yet the bridge has plastic saddles so I don't see how it will earth the strings. Though seems to be how they were done from factory and it works fine?? Thanks for a great video.
were those inductors/chokes in the tone knobs? They looked like wire wrapped coils instead of capacitors.
One suggestion/request: would you mind investing in a SM57 or something similar and put it next to the amp while doing any guitar demos, please?
This being the 175 , not exactly the Galaxy which was the 176 but notice how the controlls are logicly placed unlike the dreadful Strat volume and pick up changer positions , notice the generic German engineered tremelo that dont put the guitar out of tune Light weight and a sensible alternative to the caggy handed Strat
Something similar to Mark knopflers first electeric guitar. Although his was a Super solid v2 !
A Stratocaster is still an excellent guitar. In the early 60s it was the space shuttle......
I have a guitar that has finish crack but that is from cold weather issues maybe this is what happen to this guitar
Is there a list of what is being kept for the museum? I don't think I've seen a vid yet where it's being kept. 😁
Are you a man of your word,
Why not do a series where you build a guitar to similar specifications? It is quite an interesting piece in terms of the electronics despite its age. If you could figure out to make something along the same style of bridge and trem systems I could see that being something that people would want to see. After all, it's not like Hofner build anything like this any more.
Hmm, isn’t acrylic an insulator, what earths the strings? I ran a wire to the trem block on mine. Great video.
I cannot believe I did not spot this flaw in the design, thank you internet buddy!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I had the bass version 185 that had no ground wire to the bridge or tailstop, and the strings didn't buzz at all! Not sure how they managed that!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitarshinking about it, mine never had that wire you replaced there was a trem block wire that snapped when I stripped it. Mind you it was 40 odd ago.😂 also I lost the damper.
I wonder if the crack was cr we ted by over tightening the neck plate?
Sorry for another comment
But this is my misspent youth
There were no instruction videos
You went into a music shop and bought strings (gauges ?? What are gauges ??)
As in
Guitars like that one are the real sound of the sixties
I remember begging ( literally )to hold a real Fender in my local shop the owner held us hands underneath it as I played it 😂😂😂
“I’m gonna keep this guitar “
See’s giant crack
“Maybe I will give it away”
😂😂😂😂
Cmon Ben don’t give us the throwaways!
I would love to just play that guitar tghumbs up!~
Could be a plywood body and it got wet at some point and started to delaminate.
I had a bass of this vintage (185) and I'm pretty sure the body is blocks with a thin laminate top and bottom .
*edit -wrote this before watching the whole thing and Ben came to the same conclusion. Pretty sure they aren't mahogany either
That crack was scary. I am interested to see how this turns out in part2 and what it sounds like. Some guitars of this period of modest quality can sound rather clanky or too banjo like, but hoping this one could have a decent clean sound.
This guitar has been thunderstruck!
Also dude no they are not stringed backwards! That is how Hofner headstock must be strung for strainght string pull. The Fender way is wrong here actually. They came like that from factory.
That's what we meant.. it.is strung backwards from what everyone expects nowadays, but the correct way for this guitar.. and the beautiful thing is that this means you get a smaller headstock too! Lovely
Dunno about belong in a Dorset Museum ! is there a Dorset Skip 🤣😂
I have a 1964 galaxie, owned it since 1992 bought it when I was 17, replaced my Kay that was awful. Love this guitar would never part with it. Mine has plenty of patina and marks from fags being stubbed out on it. It had definitely had an interesting life before I owned it. I've had electrics refurbed and coils rewound, sounds awesome with a variety of tones available . I gigged with it for years and still play it. Lovely to watch your video.
With the plastic saddles does the ground wire do it’s job?
This is a wonderful channel. How would I go about fixing some bad frets on my neck..my high e string 16-19 frets all play the same note.
Sounds like fret 19 is high. You can use your credit card as a fret rocker to check if this is the issue. Just keep it away from the pickups...
It’s THE guitar I lusted for from the Bell music catalogue (age showing 😞)
Which I sent for every year
And read it almost to destruction
This one and the wem 5 man
And the hofner verithin
What rich guys bought as a strat or tele were almost as difficult to get as rocking horse crap
You are not alone! I used to work in Ewell rd Surbiton in the late 60s. Spent many a lunchtime annoying the staff. Still not a rock star. 😂
Was still at school back then and used to bus it up to Ewell on a Saturday with a guitar buddy , drool over the Gretch's and Hofner Verithins , WEM amps etc. The one I wanted most is what you mentioned... The WEM 5th Man , a pick up built into the neck if I remember correctly , never actually seen one outside of the catalogue. I think the Watkins Rapier range must have been the go to for us poor hopefuls. Lol.
Speaking of difficult, cantankerous old git, I just sent a meme to the stream address that would have been perfect for this video has I not already been making it entirely unaware that this video was in the offing.
I also posted it in the Discord chat for those who want in on the fun without waiting.
30:58: Go purchase some sawdust.
Careful, Ben! If you clean up too much gunk, the "guitar experts" will be upset that YOU RUINED THE TOAN!!1111!!!!!11! Now you must subtract 556.75 toan units from the guitar's sound! ;)
(If you think I'm kidding, hang out on the Gibson forums for a while)
Cool guitar!
I remember those being covered in some sort of Vinyl wrap, has this one been re-finished?
It's the Hofner 172 I'm thinking of
No, they were done in various finishes.. I also desperately want one with the cool red vinyl faux alligator skin wrap one day.. 😫 what have I started 😳
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars super cool, some of those vinyl ones. Apparently it was cheaper and quicker than painting!
Ahhhh, so an aged guitar tells a story.........not to be confused with a reliced guitar that doesn't!!!!!!!!!
Kind of Teisco-ish? Weird guitar. The back actually, that looks like it was run over by something heavy. Like a forklift or a something. (Don't ask me how I specify forklift...) It looks like a crushing situation.
Or it fell from a really tall height.
the bridge is pushed forward due to using the wrong gage of strings!! no heavier than 10-48!!!
“To make life easier, we want to stab some cardboard”
Is that to remember tuner positions or just letting out your pent up aggression? 😂
I don't remember my Galaxie being that awful. Perhaps ignorance was bliss. Finish cracking was always their main problem.
What do you say to people that "dont believe in tonewood"
ben you should get hold of brad lindsey the guitologist he has a 1940's gibson that i think would be an excellant addition to your guitar musem he did do a repair to it to make it playable and it does sound very good. he does have a video of it showing the repair he did, he is quite talented and an excellent amp repair guy if your ever in need. i've never been a fan of hofner guitars but this was an interesting video, looking forward to your watch build
This would be so much better to watch if it had audio 😅
No way. Perfect as is🎤✨
Oh it's fixed 😊👍
@@LilSirAxolotl oh , ok I thought you were saying that it needed music over the top.🤣😂
@@theglz505 nono lol 😂 there really was no audio at all for a bit. Don't know what happened there
I wish I could play- if I did, THIS is who I'd choose to be my lover.
Ladies "of a certain age" will understand what I mean without me having to explain, but because I realize that mostly men watch these videos, I'll elaborate and elucidate for any men curious enough to read this admittedly "TLDR" comment.
Guys- if you don't get it, don't fret. When a woman gains some wisdom with age and experience, she will ALWAYS choose a handsome man, even if their appearance seems to belie that truth. Because handsome doesn't mean pretty. It means their character is not merely displayed nor just reflected by their scars- those scars will in fact enhance what we already see- those flaws of appearance reflect the self-evidence of their character. If there is nothing appealing about the character of a man- or of a guitar- flaws are just flaws, scars are just scars- they tell you nothing positive about the personality that formed in the acquiring of those flaws and are simply seen as damage.
It looks like natural failure over time of whatever ply structure is under there, because it's not a solid block of hardwood doing that. think of all the dampness, temp variations and humidity changes it has seen..and it's not well built in that regard, not by using the underlying structure that they used. but it worked to make these production pieces that were never envisioned to be antique collectables that were expected to be as good as can be after decades sitting in homes. today we can revere it simply for what it is and represented in a slice of rock n roll time.
Had these in early-ish 60's they were turds ,,,,,we all wanted strats
Super!~}
So it's basically a funky 3-humbucker strat/jazzmaster type thing? Neat
NO WRONG - they are single coils - I had one so I know.
@@mbontekoe3358 wasn't it the earlier ones with the diamond logo that were single coil?
@@bigjules5139 NO because I had another Hoefner with what look like Gibson humbuckers and no slugs but one of the coils was missing on all the pickups
@@mbontekoe3358 that's entirely possible as many of the earlier humbucker sized Höfner pickups were actually single coils, but these later ones with the "Staples" as well as the screws are almost certainly humbuckers.
Way too many adverts mate, they suck all of the joy from your videos
It looks like that Guitar has spent a long time on a damp carpet under someones bed (no central heating in the old house). The Guitar has sucked up the dampness from the carpet, and cracked the veneer. (Just my opinion).
Really, you leave it like that! That’s all we get till next time? Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha, Perfect!🤯
I'm not quite that mean.. Next episode should be out tomorrow all being well
Repair the body or make a new body.
you need to fix it
Probably the worst guitar I ever had the misfortune to try to play on , bloody thing was awful , over strung and did my fingers no favours. Pick-ups were crap too.
I really am going to have to rethink my whole plan of watching these videos while eating lunch... that trem is gross!!
Sorry!
That crack was propably caused by the guitar was laid in its own vomit after playing a excessive rock show party in the mid 80's.