LIKE NEW HOFNER NEW PRESIDENT ARCHTOP GUITAR. This wonderful Jazz guitar is two years old. I recently bought it on Ebay, but I'm a bass player first, and an interesting bass has caught my attention, so this must go. The attention to detail is evident, from the solid carved spruce top to the highly flamed maple back and sides. The tailpiece, bridge, pickguard, fretboard, and even tuning pegs are ebony. The case itself is a work of art. It includes a humidifying system, including a gauge. Recently strung with DR Black Beauties, it's ready for a good home. The current list on this beauty is $4800!!!! You would have to pay over $3000 for a new one. Here's a real bargain. Don't confuse this one with the cheap guitars Hofner is having made in China. This one's from Germany. Here's some info from Hofner's site: Höfner’s President Series establishes the current models as worthy successors to their legendary namesake which, as celebrated examples of premium European archtops, are owned by renowned and influential jazz guitarists. While many design elements of Höfner’s President Series have a traditional flair, several features – such as the 16th fret neck-to-body joint and the 24-fret fingerboard - distinguish them from ordinary jazz guitars. The New President represents the pinnacle of the guitar maker’s art. Exquisite woods - from the hand-carved, solid German spruce to the flamed maple back and sides - render a statement of stunning physical beauty. Gold-plated hardware, ebony trim and mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays add just the right touch to the President's tasteful elegance. The New President exemplifies beauty that is functional as well as cosmetic. For example, separate tone and volume controls are mounted discreetly on the New President’s streamlined ebony pickguard. And, as with the floating pickup attached on the base of the neck, the lack of milling holes in the solid German spruce top preserves its acoustic integrity and maximizes its resonance. Carved top in selected solid German spruce, flamed maple body, ebony fingerboard. Höfner "Diamond" floating pick-up. Inspired by a vintage Hofner design; updated for today’s guitarist Selected solid German spruce top, hand-carved and graduated, back and sides from selected flamed maple European hard rock maple neck Ebony fretboard, bound, 24 frets Mother-of-pearl block inlays Scale: 25 1/2“ (64.3 cm) Neck width at nut: 1 3/4“ (44mm) Machine heads: Schaller M6 with ebony buttons Hofner 72/22-G ebony bridge with compensated B-string Hofner 62/EB-G ebony tailpiece, brass reinforced Hofner 65/NP-E floating ebony pickguard with mounted volume and tone controls Hofner 514/FN-G floating humbucking neck pickup, adjustable 1 volume control, 1 tone control Gold-plated hardware Colour: natural or Antique Violin Varnish Hofner 3052 Deluxe wooden hardshell case, tweed-cream covering.

I forgot to mention, with the new DR strings, I also had a setup done at my local Guitar Center. They actually did a nice job for GC!!! I WILL SHIP ONLY TO THE U.S. PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR OTHER LOCATIONS.