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Hohner has manufactured a wide range of instruments, such as harmonicas, kazoos, accordions, recorder flutes, melodicas, banjos, electric, acoustic, resonator and classical guitars, basses, mandolins and ukuleles (under the brand name Lanikai ). Hohner is known mostly for its harmonicas.
- 1857; 166 years ago
- Musical instruments
- Matthias Hohner
Jann Wenner The Who have been regarded primarily as a rock band, yet have taken influence from several other styles of music during their career. The original group played a mixture of trad jazz and contemporary pop hits as the Detours, and R&B in 1963. The group moved to a mod sound the following year, particularly after hearing the Small Faces fuse Motown with a harsher R&B sound. The group ...
- London, England
- 1964–1982, 1985, 1988–1991, 1996–1997, 1999–present
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Pete Townshend – lead guitar. Roger Daltrey – rhythm guitar, backing vocals. John Entwistle – bass, backing vocals. Doug Sandom – drums. The Detours / The Who [A] (December 1963 – April 1964) Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica. Pete Townshend – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals. John Entwistle – bass, backing vocals.
- Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle
- Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones
- Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend
Dec 30, 2020 · Prince acquired his Hohner Mad Cat at some point in the late 1970s, legend has it that he purchased it for $30 from a gas station. Prince was always more concerned about the look of a guitar ...
Feb 12, 2023 · Höfner has been around since the late 1880s, primarily making violins, then eventually acoustic guitars and electric guitars, starting in the 1930s. In the early 1960s, Höfner electric guitar production was ramping up, perfectly coinciding with the guitar boom and the rise of the Beatles.
- Frank Meyers
John Lennon of The Beatles bought a Club 40 as his first electric guitar in 1959. David Dever used a Höfner VT to record Spoken Tones debut album in 2023. Chris Rea's first guitar was a Höfner Verithin 3, which he played until 1979. Bernie Marsden's first electric guitar was a Colorama. References
Hohner were a German musical instrument company most associated with harmonicas and accordions. They had no guitar manufacturing facility of their own, but in the late 1950s / early 1960s they started to sell Hohner branded guitars in the UK, under the brand name Hohner London. Early examples included the Kingsway, Holborn, Farringdon and ...
