Mid to Late 1960s HOFNER MODEL 450 ARCHTOP GUITAR

 

COURTESY OF JEAN-MARC PINEAU, ONTARIO, CANADA:

 

 

 

The plastic-saddled 4-way bridge fitted to many acoustic archtops by Hofner in the second half of the 1960s.

 

Simple 3-layer binding/purfling on the top rim edge only of the 450 model's body.

 

The simple trapeze tailpiece of the 450 model.

    

         

 

 




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