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I love this horned little devil Hopf Studio, I always enjoy a SG line with slightly longer and thiner horns, it makes it look feral and elegant at the same time.
Like most vintage Hopf solid body guitars, the Studio is poorly documented on the Internet, but for what I could find, these are not the original pickups - it should be very German looking single coils -, neither are the knobs.
The jaguar-esque trem and roll bridge are like usually very cool, and the glossy walnut finish reminds me of the furniture in my grandmother's dining room (the formica, more reminiscent of vintage Italian guitars was in the rest of the house, but the dining table was lacquered and polished dark wood).
Bertram D
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Guitar
late 1970s Hopf Studio
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I love this horned little devil Hopf Studio, I always enjoy a SG line with slightly longer and thiner horns, it makes it look feral and elegant at the same time.
Like most vintage Hopf solid body guitars, the Studio is poorly documented on the Internet, but for what I could find, these are not the original pickups - it should be very German looking single coils -, neither are the knobs.
The jaguar-esque trem and roll bridge are like usually very cool, and the glossy walnut finish reminds me of the furniture in my grandmother's dining room (the formica, more reminiscent of vintage Italian guitars was in the rest of the house, but the dining table was lacquered and polished dark wood).
Bertram D
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Hopf Saturn 63 In Crème Brûlée Finish
guitarz.blogspot.com I've already stated that the Hopf Saturn 63 is one of my favorite guitars ever. I found one with a very rare finish, that fits well to its extremely elegant design. Just enjoy! Bertram D © 2013, Guitarz - The Original...
- Sunrise Bass By Matsumoku
guitarz.blogspot.com I couldn't find any information about this beautiful Sunrise bass from the 1980s, but I love it! It combines the typical Matsumoku seriousness and natural finish with a sober but original outline and a light german...
- Klira Jazzmaster-like In Bright Orange Finish
guitarz.blogspot.comNow when you think of cheap guitar copies, the Stratocaster comes first - iconic and easy to build (compared to a Les Paul), but in the 1960s, the Jaguar / Jazzmaster was the most successful and copied design in the alternative electric...
- 1964 Hopf/glassl Allround Semi-hollow Red Object Of Lust
guitarz.blogspot.comLately I was thinking: "OK, no more vintage German guitars - people will think that we're just a niche blog or that I'm obsessed or something, and there are so many wonderful guitars all over the world..." Then BAM!,...
- The Inevitable Hopf Saturn 63
guitarz.blogspot.com Showing the Hopf dreadnought two days ago reminded how my interest for guitars was expanded from instruments to play music to guitars as cultural objects - combining history, design, technology - because one of the triggers was seeing...