by other local "Ser. No."
in other countries used different systems. In Sweden for example,
the Hofner agent stamped the upper side of the headstock with
the model code, for example 126, followed by three or four digits,
for example 1063, where 10 indicates month and 63 stands for
the year. This means different instruments can have identical
example of the inaccuracy that occurs when it comes to dating,
based on the different codes, is this. One of my own Club´s
is stamped 126-1063, which indicates an instrument imported
to Sweden in October 1963, but on the other hand the potentiometer
code is 311, indicating week 31 in 1961. So, it could as well
be a 1961 that has been resting on a shelf in the factory for
two years before in reached Sweden, or a 1963 with potentiometers
from 1961, or a 1962..?
No." from downunder?
Recently I was sent these pictures of a 1957-58 126/Club50
bought in Australia, with 57D stamped on the top of the headstock.
I have no idea what it stands for, maybe 1957?... or who put
it there. Is there anybody out there who have come across a
are also many Hofner´s around stamped by local importers,
with numbers that does not appear to fit into any scheme whatsoever...
or more likely without any numbers at all, making it almost
impossible to trace them down in terms of origin.
dating an instrument by it´s pickups see Hofner