Al Badaway - "The person who sold this could offer no explanation as to who added the pickup--I will say this, it adds to the character and completely changes the sound of this instrument. However, on removing the scratchplate, I have found that the body routing has the original white paint, which indicates that the modification occurred in the factory. So.....is it a prototype or was someone at Hofner just "fooling around"?
Definitely one for the "Bizzarre and Unusual" category."