One of my grandfather's guitars, his first guitar, a hofner archtop from 1956 is starting to weather.. It still plays nice but has what I believe is lacquer cracking on both the front and back.
Is this lacquer cracking and could it be easily/fixed?
Last edited by mattm on Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It looks like you may have polished the guitar with something at some stage? Either way, given the cracks expose wood, no product should be used if cleaning it. Just a damp cloth to wipe and buff with a proper polishing cloth.
Looks cool btw.
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Cheers guys,
Unaware of it ever being polished with a compound. The cracks only started within the last 5 years.
I'd never sell it as it has too much sentimental value to me, but any idea of what it's worth?
In terms of value, probably not that much sorry to say. Less than $700 in my guestimation.
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
Hofners are great guitars; all that anyone in UK had really, while the USA embargo was on, thereafter the market was flooded with Gibsons and Fenders, no bad thing but these are great instruments with lot's of character. Here is a link that will help you and even have it listed: http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/ Steve Russell is a font of knowledge wrt Hofners
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves