c1952 HOFNER PRESIDENT ACOUSTIC
GUITAR
SERIAL No: 1508
COURTESY OF RUSS PARKER, DERBYSHIRE,
ENGLAND;
Note the lack of edge binding around the body.
![arch51d.jpg](arch51d.jpg)
![arch51e.jpg](arch51e.jpg)
The
Compensator tailpiece has a "Straten" logo instead of "Hofner".
Production of the Selmer Straten guitars ended at about the time this
President was made.
![arch51f.jpg](arch51f.jpg)
Now, is that the original bridge? My money say that it is.
![arch51h.jpg](arch51h.jpg)
This is the only flared-top
headstock that I have seen on a President. That shape of headstock was
used by Hofner on their archtops for the first few years after starting
up production at Bubenreuth in 1951.
![arch51i.jpg](arch51i.jpg)
![arch51j.jpg](arch51j.jpg)
The original Selmer case. Still doing its job after 55 years!
![arch51k.jpg](arch51k.jpg)
The Selmer London logo on the case.
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