The tailpiece is a rare bird, very rarely available as a spare part. The two rotary switches with lever knobs (pickup selector and tone selector) were used on many old German guitars, not only Hoyers but also Framus, Hopf, and some others. Original Arnold Hoyer tailpiece, fully massive, from the fifties for archtops. Such as the ones with six screws in the middle and pole pieces near the edge under three strings each, as well as the controls. They don't have a bobbin, the wires are wound in an open ring.Īlso most of the other pickups on old Hoyers were made by Schaller, Repaired some of these pickups which were dead. I found this late last year at the Brighton station Sunday market and thought it’d be worth a chance at 15 and it plays far better than any guitar so messily glued-up at the neck has any right to do. Parallelogram shaped plastic cover was custom made for Hoyer. This has been to M luthier and banjo-maker for a set-up and a general tidying.
Inside they are the same as the other Schaller pickups made in these times, only the I found this late last year at the Brighton station Sunday market and thought it’d be worth a chance at £15 and it plays far better than any guitar so messily glued-up at the neck has any right to do. The old employees (which are all dead now) told me a lot about the history.Ī comment to the parallelogram pickups used on Hoyer guitars in the early sixties: These were made by Schaller. Arnold Hoyer archtop guitar This has been to M luthier and banjo-maker for a set-up and a general tidying.
During my research in the eighties I visited the Hoyer company in Erlangen/ Germany several times. Pickups" at "and the book "Electric Guitars made in Germany" (together with Norbert Schnepel). Yamaha's AE archtop range was first introduced in '67 (the earliest examples have the black plastic pickup covers seen here), and this premium Japanese-made guitar clearly takes its notes from Gibson's larger electrified archtop offerings. Please allow some 7-14 days delivery within the EU and up to 6 weeks in the USA and everywhere else.I am the man who wrote the article "The Secrets of Electric Guitar Please check my shipping rates - Germany 7 €, EU 19 €, USA 49 €, everywhere else 59 €. The guitar comes un-tuned, and is playable immediately after tuning it up. I polished the frets, oiled the fretboard and the tuners, and put on new 11 gauge strings. Hoyer existed until 1987, and was later sold to US company Ritter LLC, which owns the rights to the brand until this very day. The bridge is not original and the original pickguard is missing. There are some lacquer cracks, but really only few. The guitar is in an excellent condition for its age. nickel plated machine heads and D'addario J46 strings. New 11 gauge strings (steel bronze, Pyramid - made in Germany) are attached. 4/4 Electro-Acoustic Slimline Classical Guitar with Cutaway. The truss rod cover is decoration only - there is no adjustable truss rod beneath it. Hoyer was one of the prime instruments makers of Germany.The guitar features a likely solid spruce wood top, presumably also solid back, maple neck and unknown material fretboard. The neck is straight with an ever so tiny underbow which is just right. Beautiful old archtop guitar, made by Arnold Hoyer in the late 1950s or early 1960s in West Germany. String action is at some 2 mm on the 12th fret high E. Due to the solid wood, it is not so percussive, but a bit softer and has more sustain and a lot of silvery overtones. It is a beautiful and cool archtop, ideal for many kinds of music (though it was constructed mainly for dance music rhythm). The guitar features a likely solid spruce wood top, presumably also solid back, maple neck and unknown material fretboard. Hoyer was one of the prime instruments makers of Germany. Located in Savannah, GA, Benedetto creates the highest caliber guitars. Beautiful old archtop guitar, made by Arnold Hoyer in the late 1950s or early 1960s in West Germany. is the world's foremost maker of custom archtop jazz guitars.
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