1956 HOFNER MODEL 4550 ACOUSTIC ARCHTOP GUITAR - "CAPITOL" BRAND NAME

BODY DATE: 22.9.1956

 

COURTESY OF WOLFGANG IN GERMANY:

 

Note: The bridge on this guitar is not the original.

 

 

 

This guitar was imported into Singapore by the Swee Lee Company who appear to have been Hofner's main agents in Singapore. This firm of music instrument retailers was founded in 1946 and is still in business today.

 

A "Capitol" body logo is located where normally the Höfner logo would be. The only identification that this is in fact a Hofner product is the "KH" badge on the tailpiece.

 

 

 




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