Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1946, Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG controlled the Höfner name. No plant is on record for that year.[1]
A Höfner guitar from 1946 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], 59 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Höfner German-built guitars and basses (Schönbach, Bubenreuth, Hagenau; 1930s to present) | Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG | — | No plant on record | 1945–1948 | primary[1] |
Nothing changed in 1946. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Höfner from 1946 is the same version as one from 1945.
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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