Hofner Jazzica – Archtop Guitar – Made in Germany – 2004 Model – $2,895
Jazzica Custom Archtop Guitar, Natural Finish:
Street Price (USA) $ 3,495 (+ Freight to Australia + 10% GST + 5% Duty + Quarantine inspection cost)
Guitar Collector Price A$ 2,895 (ex Sydney)
Warning : This guitar is NOT made in Korea !! (Made by Hofner in Germany)
Single Venetian cutaway with carved, solid German Spruce top and 5 ply binding. Highly figured laminated African Maple (aka Anigree) back & sides.
Neck is 1 3/4” at the nut, 25 1/2” scale. Body is 16” across lower bout. (I won’t buy a 17 or 18 inch lower bout guitar. Too big to handle for me)
Specially designed ”Hofner Contour” body tapers from 4” @ the tailpiece to 2 1/2” @ the neck and brings the neck closer to the player.
You will love playing the Jazzica in either a sitting or standing position.
Asymmetric neck profile is thicker @ the bass side, thinner @ treble side. Ebony fingerboard on a 24-fret Hard Rock Maple set neck that joins body @ the 16th fret.
Bound neck, top & ”cat’s eye” f-holes. Ebony pickguard & hand-fitted bridge, Schaller M6 machine heads with ebony buttons.
Single neck-mounted floating Hofner Diamond pickup (by Kent Armstong) w/ body mounted volume & tone controls. Removable, Ebony f-hole plugs eliminate feedback.
Deluxe 5 ply hard-shell case with plush black lining. New flat jazz strings (D’Addario Jazz Light, XL Chromes) , with professional set up by Alan Rigg (“The Master”).
Hofner starting making musical instruments in 1887. Hofner have a real affinity with the Archtop Acoustic/Jazz guitar. From the early fifties Hofner set the standards for Archtop design and manufacture with many famous models such as the Senator, President and Golden Hofner, all of which are now collectors items. Probably the most famous Hofner (Bass Guitar) player is Paul McCartney. Hofner also led the field of the European semi-acoustic guitar with the Verythin in all its forms and guitars such as the Ambassador. This tradition is carried forward today with new range of Jazz guitars and the family of Jazzica and the Verythin models.
