Hopf "Foreign" Hummingbird MIJ (1977-79)

Hopf "Foreign" Hummingbird MIJ (1977-79)

It is a guitar built in Japan by "Hopf" in the mid-late 70's. Hopf (Germany) moved its production to Japan in the 70's, seeking to offer better prices and higher quality.
 The instruments produced during these years were of very high quality. It returned to the more traditional construction, with necks and bridges glued, not screwed. Pine top, mahogany laminate back and sides. Highly polished Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
 Alnico V single coil pickup with adjustable poles, professionally installed and that connects with the female jack located at the end of the body, which also serves to hook the strap.
. Tuning pegs typical of the time, closed and lubricated. Bakelite nut. All parts are original, and the guitar is in excellent condition with hardly any use. It is in excellent condition, with a few minor scratches that are barely noticeable, and is in good working order.
 It has been fully revised and adjusted as necessary to ensure proper operation. Alpaca frets, also called German silver, (nickel plated) originals that have been reconditioned, polished and hydrated fretboard.
 Very comfortable to play, 2 mm at the 12th fret. Fine tune and octave well in all positions. It has a great sound, without buzz or fret. It is strung with 0.11 / 0.52 silk and bronze steel.
 HOPF: Family of Instrument Makers is the Klingenthal violin maker Caspar Hopf, who was born in 1669 as a member of the Graslitzer violin makers. Caspar Hobe (1655-1716) was born, the son of the mining engineer Christoph Hobe, who moved from Hamburg to Vogtland in 1650. But only the eponymous son of Caspar Hopf (1650-1711) coined the "Hopf" brand. Since then, the craft has always passed from father to son. Only in the 19th century was this family tradition interrupted due to the early death of August Hermann Hopf (1859-1884). But Ernst Max Hopf (1882-1956) learned the trade as a rope maker and founded the E. Max Hopf company in Zwota in Klingenthal in 1906. His son Willy Hopf (1906-1990) took over the company in 1932 and, Together with his brother Wolfgang, he joined the company as a city instrument builder. Until 1948, the Hopf family lived in the Klingenthal/Markneukirchen area of ​​Saxony. For political reasons, the family moved before the founding of the GDR and the imminent...