What a lovely vintage piece we have here. A treat for the player or collector, this is a superb 1955 Hofner Senator in Blonde, she is fitted with a rare Hofner Air Coil Pickup from the same period. Her neck is excellent & the action is low. She has a lovely slim profile neck as opposed to the older Baseball bat profiles, which makes her very comfortable to play. She wears a lovely Rosewood fingerboard & her frets are in excellent shape. The Air Coil pickup works a treat & has Volume & Tone controls sympathetically fitted to the body. Her overall constructed condition is excellent, with some obvious, but mild age-related play-wear. One machine head button has been replaced & the scratchplate is missing (A lot of owners removed these for cosmetic reasons) but she looks lovely regardless. She sleeps in a vintage case which apart from one of the leather straps being broken, is in really very good condition.
The Senator was the “working-mans” archtop in the Selmer catalogue between about 1953/54 and 1972/73 when it finally disappeared. It sat between the lowly Congress and the mid-range President in Hofner’s archtop hierarchy. Its nearest equivalent in the European/US Hofner range was the Hofner Model 455.
The main features of the Senator carried across all variants, were: A plain (ish) Maple body top, and the use of Flame Maple veneers for body back and sides. Blonde and Brunette finish options. No body cutaway until late 1965, when a Venetian cutaway was introduced initially on electric models, and later on the acoustic version. Five triple-dot fret markers. Compensator tailpiece fitted.
Symmetrical-top headstock with three-piece tortoiseshell fascia with three inlaid central dots.
Payment
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Shipping
Our shipping policy is simple: We ship Guitars, Amps and Accessories to the UK, Europe & ROW. We’ve been shipping items to the UK and abroad for many years without any issues, as we always use the best and most reliable shipping companies. All guitars and amps will be shipped insured and tracked. So you can check your shipping status anytime. We always package them to the highest possible standard.
Note: All amps are preferably UK shipping or collection only. We rarely ship amps internationally, due to potential breakage, unless this is agreed separately. If you are outside Europe and are interested in any of our guitars or amps please contact us for a special shipping quote.
Returns
We operate a 48hr approval period for on-line mail order purchases only. Customers who buy goods in the RGG showroom can fully evaluate them prior to making the payment, and as such do not have this return and refund option available to them. The 48hr mail order returns period offered is with regard to either a problem with the guitar upon receipt, IE, the goods appear to have a defect that was not outlined in the sale listing or clearly not sold as advertised. If the purchaser wishes to return the goods for any other reason, then there will be a re-stocking fee of 10% of the original sale value & return carriage must be paid by the purchaser, there are no exceptions to these rules.
If you want to return an item please make contact for a returns authorisation. You have 2 days to try the instrument. We offer a full refund minus our shipping costs (including our cost of free shipping if applicable) It is the purchaser’s responsibility to organise the return promptly to the company in the condition it was received, using the original packaging and with a copy of the sales receipt. (We recommend you insure the item in transit). The item must be shipped back via a service comparable with which it was delivered, within 24 hours (Excluding weekends) upon receipt of the return authorization. Goods that have been altered from their original condition in any way cannot be returned.
Any items returned after the 48hr agreed approval period, and not exceeding more than two weeks, are subject to a 10% re-stocking fee, based on of the original sale value of the goods. PayPal, Credit/Debit card refunds will be processed immediately upon receipt of the returned goods and normally take 3-5 working days to show on the customer’s account. Bank transfer and cash purchase payments will be refunded by Bank transfer to your nominated bank.
