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Vintage Hofner project

  • 02-12-2008 4:43pm
    #1
    ham_n_mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 641 ✭✭✭


    Hi There, does anybody have any experience with restoring vintage hofners? I have an early sixties Verithin that i want to get into playing condition again. im not worried about decreasing the value as its not (and will never be) for sale. It's just that i have no experience of doing this and would just like some advice before attempthing this. thanks in advance,
    Al


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  • #2
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    What's wrong with it and what do you want to do with it... plus, what needs to be done to it?


  • #3
    ham_n_mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 641 ✭✭✭ham_n_mustard


    needs:
    1) Pickups - had them rewound by hand and still not a peep out of them
    2) Machineheads and ferrulls - rusted
    3) General tidy up

    wants:
    1) replacement bridge - when i got guitar she had no bridge, luthier in co. limk built one for me but i'd like to have the real deal
    2) white pearloid pickguard - 3ply bwb is a bit tatty


  • #4
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Ebay for the parts.

    How are they pickups wired, is there a chance the controls could be wired incorrectly, earthing the hot signal or that all the controls work, etc? Have you disconnected the pickup and tried it by itself, just connect one cable to the tip of a lead, the other to the shield and tap it with something metal to see if the pickup works at all or if it's the rest of the electronics.

    Get down to woodies and buy some fine steel wool, that and a lot of effort should take care of the rust.


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