My ST-302 and her German cousin.
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Very nice! Welcome and stick around - nice folks around here.
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I just watched a terrible movie on DVD last night, with Anthony Newley as a 50's rocker type drafted into the British army (clearly a riff on Elvis), but he was playing (holding) a big maple Hofner Senator (I think two single coil p'ups). At one point in a fight scene he hits a guy
with the guitar, I nearly s#*t, but I suppose that was just a prop...back then!
Beautiful guitars!
with the guitar, I nearly s#*t, but I suppose that was just a prop...back then!
Beautiful guitars!
Welcome! Beautiful guitars! So . . . which one do you prefer?
Jeff Haddad
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Welcome! Nice pair of guitars!
Welcome! Excellent first post! I've never seen that Hofner model before, it's very cool! What is the knob layout? vol, vol, tone from top to bottom? And - what does the switch on the right horn do?
walrus
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The switch is on the horn is the original pickup selector. You’re correct about the knob functions.
This is a 1966 Hofner Ambassador.
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Idol on Parade (or Idle on Parade)? I suppose that even for a relatively low budget movie the cost of a Hofner (though not a cheap guitar) would not be a major expense. Bearing in mind their brand exposure in the movie, Hofner may well of supplied it free of charge!
Not a nice thing to see, but at least it wasn't a nineteenth century Martin!!
Nice, and welcome aboard, Frankee.
Bill Ashton
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Idol on Parade (or Idle on Parade)? I suppose that even for a relatively low budget movie the cost of a Hofner (though not a cheap guitar) would not be a major expense. Bearing in mind their brand exposure in the movie, Hofner may well of supplied it free of charge!
Not a nice thing to see, but at least it wasn't a nineteenth century Martin!!
I think the title was a parody of the term "idle-on-parade" as a malcontent or loafer, but as Newley (Elvis?) was a
heart throb for all the ladies he was an Idol On Parade. I guess...I think its one of those "we speak the same language but"
kind of things. Not a term we would use here, at all!
Newley's ballad from the film made #6 on your hit parade in May of 1959!
In the movie, during a fight scene, he hits a person over the head with the Senator to defend his Adjutant, but I don't
recall seeing it smash...maybe a different prop was subbed in? He did "play" it later on.
SFIV1967
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Same switch like Hoyer used a lot. Impossible to find a replacement handle, many of them broke the old plastic handle...
(the plastic has also a tiny rotating wheel on another tiny axis on the bottom which shifts the two contact sides)
Example:
So be careful when switching.
Ralf
The switch has been disabled and replaced by the sturdier toggle next to the knobs.Same switch like Hoyer used a lot. Impossible to find a replacement handle, many of them broke the old plastic handle...
(the plastic has also a tiny rotating wheel on another tiny axis on the bottom which shifts the two contact sides)
Example:
So be careful when switching.
Ralf
Stefan H.
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Hi Frankee and thanks for sharing that photo of your beautiful and gorgeous-looking guitars here!
I personally love the looks of archtop guitars with double 'Florentine' cutaways, and your rare burgundy red Guild ST-302 looks not only amazing, but I'm sure it also plays and sounds rather great too, isn't it?
I also love the looks of your sunburst Höfner Ambassador, and a cherry red 4576/Ambassador in great condition is on my 'wish list' since quite a while now...
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The 4576 and Ambassador are different models. The 4576 is a Verithin variant while the Ambassador has the thickness of a Starfire. The one in your post was on my watchlist quite a while back. Lovely piece!Hi Frankee and thanks for sharing that photo of your beautiful and gorgeous-looking guitars here!
I personally love the looks of archtop guitars with double 'Florentine' cutaways, and your rare burgundy red Guild ST-302 looks not only amazing, but I'm sure it also plays and sounds rather great too, isn't it?
I also love the looks of your sunburst Höfner Ambassador, and a cherry red 4576/Ambassador in great condition is on my 'wish list' since quite a while now...
Dang, that IS thin.
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OH! I am having heart-palpitations here! Those pieces are beautiful
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I should have clarified that a Höfner 4576 (a model that was made for the European market) OR a Höfner Ambassador with double Florentine cutaways (a model that was made for the UK market and distributed by Selmer) is still on my wish list, but here's one that I would REALLY like to own one day, the very rare Selmer-distributed 'Ambassador' with DeArmond 2000 pickups that was available between 1965 and 1968...The 4576 and Ambassador are different models. The 4576 is a Verithin variant while the Ambassador has the thickness of a Starfire. The one in your post was on my watchlist quite a while back. Lovely piece!
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Harp Tail
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That's BAD! Who wouldn't want one?I should have clarified that a Höfner 4576 (a model that was made for the European market) OR a Höfner Ambassador with double Florentine cutaways (a model that was made for the UK market and distributed by Selmer) is still on my wish list, but here's one that I would REALLY like to own one day, the very rare Selmer-distributed 'Ambassador' with DeArmond 2000 pickups...