10 screw holes pick guard on a Springy Sound?

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Hi, smart guys there.
Is a 10 screw holes pick guard on a Springy Sound, original?

I've two Springy Sound. Model A and model B. Both are ST-50. Both have the 7-digit S/N on the neck plate. Both are the '62 models. With the rosewood fretboard with wider dots at the 12th fret. Both have U- stamped PU's. Both have "Tokai" stamped saddles. Both have "Tokai" stamped tuners.

But Model A has a round string retainer, model B has a squared one.
Model A has 50 stamped on the last fret. Model B has the little black "50" label, back on the neck, in the area where the neck suits the body.
Model A has 8 screw holes on the pick guard. Model has 10 screw holes.

Thanks
 
Shouldn?t they be 8-screw for maple neck 50?s copy, and 11 screw on rosewood neck copies of 60?s Strat?

Ian.
 
Maybe you have different catalogues? In the Registry our 79 Cat. only has Reborns. The 78 Catalogue seems correct to me ie with 8-hole on 50?s & 11-hole for 60?s. Don?t recall ever seeing a 10, but I don?t always check the holes lol. :-?

Ian.
 
Ian, I agree, ... 11 holes. How can I miss a hole? :oops:

In the 1979 catalog are the '62 models as well with 8 holes pictured.

BTW, the 1979 catalog features 16 pages.
Hans, are you able to scan it?
 
togps said:
BTW, the 1979 catalog features 16 pages.
Hans, are you able to scan it?
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Sure, just send it with the next 1979 Reborn LS200 you would like me to review... ;) Oh, and while we're at it, a new LS320 and any Gibson Historic blah for comparison would be nice, too! :D
 
Ahh, now you German guys, getting all the best old Reborns (OK, ok, I know, Han?s favours a new LS200/320 etc.), and Togps even has a full 1979 Catalogue ? just isn?t fair :lol: . OK, I still come across some decent old UK valve amps like early Hiwatt or Park (Marshall & Vox long since off the scale) ? but not many worthwhile UK guitars ? horrible old Vox or Watkins (maybe a strange 1960?s Burns) ? actually looking for an early Hofner (plenty on those in UK fortunately)... whoops, went a bit off topic there. :-?

Ian.
 
ian said:
Ahh, now you German guys, getting all the best old Reborns (OK, ok, I know, Han’s favours a new LS200/320 etc.), and Togps even has a full 1979 Catalogue … just isn’t fair :lol: .
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By the way, has anybody ever seen a 1980 catalog? The one from 1981 is titled "vol. 4", so it's likely that they also published a vol. 3 in 1980, the "transition" year from Reborns to Love Rocks.

… actually looking for an early Hofner (plenty on those in UK fortunately)... whoops, went a bit off topic there. :-?
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I've got two semi-acoustic H?fners, but have no idea how old they are, probably from the '70s (one might be the "Club" model, the other a "President" version). Did you find a good web site about them? H?fner's own doesn't show their old electric guitars, as far as I remember, only an email address:

http://hofnerfineguitars.com/

Only new models:

http://www.hofner.com/zupf/products/g_solid_body_electric_guitars.html

A quite good collection:

http://www.musicground.com/hofner.asp

Never heard of that one before... ;)

http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/home_hof.htm

Here's an online dealer that links to Musician's Friend when clicking on the details:

http://www.scherf.com/guitarsrickenback.htm#H?fner%20%20Electric

OK, now we're talkin': :wink:

http://www.hofnerheaven.com/HHeaven_hist.htm
http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/
 
Hi Hans - yes, I was using Steve Russell?s site for info & id etc. (vintagehofner.co.uk). No idea about 1970?s, & really I know little about Hofner guitars, but quite easy to distinguish 1950?s models from 1960?s, because earlier ones have no truss rod (hence no trc), and headstock inlays kept changing (compensator tailpiece & controls kept changing too).

Hofner made quite an impact in UK during 1960's. They seemed to be the brand favoured by professional players; sort of one step down from the very expensive US guitars. In fact, at that time I think US guitars were actually pretty rare in UK shops, & few if any guitars from Japanese either. The choice was really Hofner, Vox, Burns, Watkins, Futurama (Italian?), maybe a Kay & one or two other brands. Believe the MIJ thing only really began here circa.1970 when numerous Japanese brands suddenly appeared with good & cheap copies of US Gibson & Fender. OK, here endeth today?s trip down memory lane (all dates pure guesswork lol) :lol: .

Ian.
 
ian said:
No idea about 1970’s, & really I know little about Hofner guitars, but quite easy to distinguish 1950’s models from 1960’s, because earlier ones have no truss rod (hence no trc), and headstock inlays kept changing (compensator tailpiece & controls kept changing too).
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Yes, after reading a bit more on that site I think I have a Club 40 from the '60s, not sure about the exact President version yet because of its expensive ebony headstock cover and fretboard inlays as well as the beautiful wooden binding for the spruce plywood top and three pickups. Both H?fners have a truss rod though.
 

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