Hofner 460 model 1952
Muy, muy raro modelo. La Hofner 460 model se produjo entre 1949 y 1954.
Es una guitarra de gama alta con madera y fabricacion deluxe.
Tapa tallada de pino negro, aros y fondo de arce macizo, tambien tallado al estilo tradicional.
En 1952 seguian haciendose los cuerpos poniendo los aros sobre el binding, proceso que no sobrevivio debido a su alto coste, por su trabajo hecho a mano.
Tambien tiene el mastil antiguo deluxe. cuerdas muy separadas y muy comodo.
Es el único modelo con cutaway que he visto, ni siquiera aparecen fotos en internet. muy raro...
 
This model appears to have been produced only between 1949 and 1954, and hence there are not many examples about. It seems to have been the deluxe version of the Model 456. Finished in glossy black lacquer, and with the "up-market" Lyre tailpiece. The headstock has a "rocket" inscribed in the usual pearloid and tortoiseshell headstock fascia. The black-finish, but lower spec Model 458 took over from the 460 in 1954.
 
c1951/52 HOFNER MODEL 460
A very interesting guitar, with the flared headstock top and black lacquer finish usually associated with the 460, but with fairly complex "split" fret markers and multi-layer body and F-hole binding. I am assuming that this guitar is one of the very first 460 models made, in a period when that type of fret marker and lavish bindings were also fitted to the 461 model.