Also not acoustic, but...

When I got it the action was double what it should have been. He said the neck came off in the case about 15 years ago and someone glued it back on. At the wrong angle.  Completely unplayable.

This was actually my FIRST neck reset!! How many people can say that! I built a steam setup, removed the heel cap, and drilled 2 holes into the heel. I came off pretty easy. Then I had to build a 2 foot x 4 foot fixture to rigidly hold the guitar and set the neck angle. I used hide glue to re-attach it. I put the strings back on and found I didn't set the neck far enough. OFF COMES THE NECK!! Neck reset number 2!! Got it right the second time.

He said the electronics worked but it is noisy. I've never plugged it in.

Also, there's a large amount of buckle rash on the back. And a large sliver of wood missing next to the neck from when it came off 15 years ago. And some of the binding has shrunk and pulled away in the tight inside corners. But it's the real deal!!!

I'm guessing it's worth about $800.

OH WAIT!!  I just checked my files and found it's 1966 model.  They changed the pickups in 1967.  









The pieces of green tape have marks on the them to set the alignment of the neck.

I'll clean them one of these days.  

I didn't show the back.  That doesn't look fabulous. 

It was a great deal though.  The guy was retiring and moving to North Carolina and needed to sell a few instruments.  He put it on CraigsList for $149, not knowing if it was real. I went there not knowing if it was real. I went home and did lots of research and found out it is real!!

I also picked up a 70's Epiphone FT-365 12 string.  It had about 6" of strings attached to the bridge, they had been cut off.  There is a HUGE crater the second fret, second string.  C.  I'm planning on learning fret replacement soon.  This will be one of my first victims.  There was also A LOT of blushing in the finish.  All over.  It a poly finish.  Somehow the guitar got damp or wet and the wood must have saturated.  Then the moisture made it's was thru the wood but had no where to go but cause clouds in the finish.  I used a hair dryer to bake out some of it.  It will never be pretty.  But it may eventually sound decent.  I think the neck angle is good.

He also showed me a high end Deering banjo.  BLING EVERYWHERE!!  Beautiful!!  He wasn't selling that.  It wouldn't have been in my price range anyway.

NOPE!! Been to busy working, driving around, doing Yamaha research, or hanging around in forums!

The new nut is supposed to be here today. Not looking good. Oh well, I won't get to work on it until the weekend anyway.

CTGull,

Yes you really know what you are doing with these guitar neck resets, even the jig looks a work of art.
Unfortunately I only know one person who has that model Hofner Guitar, next time I see him I'll ask him, you may have heard of him, Paul thingy what's his name now, yep that's it Paul McCartney. 😀