Hofner 173 made in the Hofner factory in Germany in the early to mid sixties. It is a very rare model especially outside of Germany as this model was not exported. the front is in white vinyl and the back is in black, both in faux snakeskin and both in a superb condition. there are three ''Diamond'' pickups stamped with the diamond shape and with the ''Hofner'' name in the diamond. Each pickup has an on/off switch and these are marked ''bass'', ''discant'' and ''treble''. Each pickup has a tone control and there is an overall volume control. The bridge is a Hofner tune-o-matic model and the tallpiece is a Hofner tremolo model with tremolo arm still with its rubber tip! The neck is in black and has a twenty-two fret fretboard with double dot markers and with side dot markers too. The headstock has the six on a side ''butterfly'' tuners and the raised Hofner logo. there is a very small hole near the logo and I can only assume that someone made that hole to hang the guitar with string on the wall.

The guitar is a rare one, it is all original and is a very good player.