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Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG is a German (originally Austro-Bohemian) manufacturer of musical instruments, with one division that manufactures guitars and basses, and another that manufactures other string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, double basses and bows for stringed instruments.
Feb 16, 2024 · The four basses are: the original he purchased in Hamburg in 1961 – the ‘61 bass’; the bass he acquired in the autumn of 1963 – the ‘63 bass’; the ‘Jubilee’ bass given to him by Höfner to play at the Queen’s Jubilee concert in 2012; and the 1967 bass he acquired and used for a private concert in 2016 – the ‘67 bass’.
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Jun 23, 2020 · 1964 Hofner Galaxie 176. Photo by The Music Locker. He was not alone. The connection between Hofner and The Beatles is well known—mostly down to Paul and Stu’s basses and John and George’s guitars in the band’s early days—but thousands of young British guitarists started off with a Hofner.
Feb 12, 2023 · The German-based Höfner Company made a lefty Violin Bass for Paul McCartney back in 1961, while the Beatles were playing regularly in and around Hamburg. Höfner has been around since the late 1880s, primarily making violins, then eventually acoustic guitars and electric guitars, starting in the 1930s.
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.
