Hofner HI-J5F-CN 2006 - Cinnamon Finish

Discontinued model HI-J5F-CN Korean Made, exquisite craftsmanship and finish, a piece of art as much as a great guitar.

Bought it in a state sale, used it a couple times but moved on to a different style so I rather find her a new home that will have more use out of it. Plays amazing, professionally setup and worked on by a Luthier to get it back in pristine shape.

Comes with a Premium Tweed hard case.

Made in Korea 2006, superb craftsmanship, ebony tailpiece, ebony pickguard(yes real wood) this is a top notch guitar. Ifykyk.

Full construction specs

• Body style: Full hollow archtop (no center block)
• Cutaway: Venetian single cutaway
• Lower bout: 17”
• Body depth: 3.5”
• Top: Laminated spruce
• Back & sides: Laminated flame maple
• Bracing: Traditional hollow archtop construction
• Finish: High-gloss Cinnamon (“CN” = Cinnamon)
• Binding: Multi-bound body
• Pickguard: Ebony
• Tailpiece: Ebony-covered brass trapeze
• Bridge: Floating Tune-o-Matic style bridge
• Center block: None  

Neck specs

• Neck wood: Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Scale length: 25”
• Nut width: 1-11/16”
• Radius: commonly listed around 16”
• Neck profile: Thin C / slim jazz profile
• 1st fret depth: approx. 3/4”
• Inlays: Minimal / plain board depending on year
• Headstock: MOP Höfner logo inlay
• Tuners: Often Schaller-style tuners (many Korean examples list Schaller)  

Electronics

• Pickup: Single floating neck humbucker (mounted to neck/pickguard area, not routed into top)
• Controls: 1 volume + 1 tone
• Designed for warm clean jazz tones with more acoustic top resonance than a mounted pickup guitar  

Feel & tone

This guitar is closer to:

• Gibson ES-175 feel
• Epiphone Emperor / Joe Pass style response
• Traditional jazz box tone

Compared to a semi-hollow like an ES-335, it has:

• more acoustic resonance
• softer attack
• warmer neck pickup tone
• more feedback at high stage volume

It excels for:

• jazz
• blues
• swing
• chord melody
• mellow fingerstyle
• classic clean tones