1960 HOFNER MODEL 468 /S/T3/V ARCHTOP GUITAR

FITTED WITH ACTIVE PRE-AMP & VIBRATO CIRCUITS.

Body Date: 26/12/1959

Pot Code: 9S

 

COURTESY OF JURGEN  BACHMANN, GERMANY:

 

 

 

 

 

The top black switch is the on/off for the Vibrato, the white "tea-cup" knob controls the Vibrato Intensity, and  the lower white "chicken-head" regulates and switches the active circuit pre-amp in or out. The bank of three black switches adjacent to the Hofner rectangular control console are used to select the three pickups, either individually or in multiples.

 

A photo showing the complexities of the electric circuits.

 

The rotating cover adjacent to the strap button provides access to the active circuits' battery.

 

 




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