Original Hohner 'The Prinz' 1988 with Leopard pickgard

On offer, my original and genuine 1988 Hohner Professional ‘The Prinz’ with the Fender Telecaster-style headstock!

These are hard to find and are highly sought-after by Prince collectors as well as anybody searching out a particularly well-made and stylish telecaster-style guitar.
This is NOT the later “TE” model. It is a very early example from the original Hohner run (serial #88123xx).

The guitar is 100% original/stock, with the exception of the pickgard which I replaced by a custom-made Leopard one (That Prince used to have on his Hohner) instead of the original Tortoise version that originally came with these guitars. The tortoise pickgard and bridge part are present and are part of the item on offer.

The top and back is highly-flamed maple and the center strip is either mahogany or walnut – It’s been described both ways. The neck is Canadian hard rock maple.
The condition is excellent. There is only a very small scratch on the back of the neck (see picture). Please also note that some areas around the edge of the guitar which might look like chips and such are, in fact, the speckled variations in the very handsome tortoise binding.
The rest of the guitar is blemish-free and there is virtually no fret wear. The pickups sound great! All electronics function as intended, as does the truss rod and the micro-tilt adjustment.
The guitar comes with a non-original tweed hard case also in excellent condition.

Description:
Neck: Bolt Canadian hard rock maple with 21 silver/nickel frets.
Features: Chrome hardware, graphite nut, standard ST-bridge, deluxe machine heads.
Pickups and wiring: Two single coils HP GS-1 with raised pillars and passive wiring. 3 way switch; volume/tone knobs.
Sound: The guitar has bright top, good sustain and sounds "bone-dry" with good attack.

The Story behind the guitar:
 This used to be Prince's favorite guitar! He used a similar Model from 1978 on. He always favored the sound of the guitar that he once described as "raggedy". All his early albums from "For You" to "Prince", "Dirty Mind", "Controversy", "1999" and "Purple Rain" where (mostly) recorded with the Hohner! In 1984 the Hohner was replaced by the guitar called "The Cloud", a custom guitar buildt by David Husain (build ca. 1983), a luthier at Knut Koupee music store in Minneapolis Minnesota. In 1985 Hohner built a Custom Model of the Tele called Hohner Professional "The Prinz" with a Fender Headstock. Fender prohibited the building of the Tele with the Fender Headstock and so a later Model was called "TE Prinz" with a Hohner Headstock.
The Prinz logo was taken off the headstocks of these guitar due to a Prince lawsuit. Some have them & some don't.

The Guitar (The Prinz) on offer has got the Fender telecaster headlock (as the one that Prince used) and has the ‘The Prinz’ logo making it the unique and sought after model it is today.

The guitar is in Holland, but international shipping is possible. Contact me to discuss international shipping.