1960 HOFNER COLORAMA II ELECTRIC GUITAR

SERIAL No: 782

 

COURTESY OF MATT ARMSTRONG OF THE KAISERS:

          

 


KAISER MATT COMMENTS ABOUT HIS COLORAMA:

Enclosed is a pic of my stage back-up Colorama. This one is hollow, although I am sure that my earlier red and gold one is solid. It is much heavier?! 

This guitar has seen a bit of abuse. It had a bigsby tailpiece for a while, new tuners and the pickup covers are away. The neck is super-thin compared to the older model without a truss rod, and with its low action it plays really well.

This guitar must be some kind of a transition model, as the body was routed at the factory for the rectangular plastic pickups, then the holes filled with wood and the finish applied on top. It left the factory with toaster pickups, but one was lost and the other in very poor condition by the time it reached me. Two 5p pieces cap the control knobs. Sixpences would have been better,  but I think Brian May has them all!

 

 




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