Who made Höfner guitars in 1943?

In 1943, Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG controlled the Höfner name. Its one line on record was built at Höfner Schönbach works (now Luby, Czech Republic) (Czech Republic).^[1]

A Höfner guitar from 1943 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Höfner you have. The name dates from 1887^{[1, S1024]}, 56 years before.

Line by line in 1943

What changed in 1943

Nothing changed in 1943. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Höfner from 1943 is the same version as one from 1942.

Where Höfner was built in 1943

Höfner Schönbach works (now Luby, Czech Republic). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

• Höfner Schönbach works (now Luby, Czech Republic)
• Guitars made in Czech Republic

Other brands in 1943

• Epiphone in 1943
• Gibson in 1943
• Gretsch in 1943
• Harmony in 1943
• Ibanez in 1943
• Martin in 1943
• Rickenbacker in 1943
• Every brand in 1943

Höfner, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

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   Hofner: A Short Historygraded primary

   • He established his works at Schönbach then the European centre of stringed instrument making. [...] On 1st January 1994 Höfner was sold to Boosey & Hawkes, a major british music companyHöfner in 1943: owners and plants
   • During the 1930s the company began production of guitars [...] resulting in the summer of 1945 in the takeover of the company by a state administrator.Höfner in 1943: owners and plants
   • He established his works at Schönbach then the European centre of stringed instrument making. [...] resulting in the summer of 1945 in the takeover of the company by a state administrator.Höfner Schönbach works (now Luby, Czech Republic), location

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