I guess most 1950 archtops weren't fitted with truss rods. Well I just got back from my Luthier, and basically he's installing a stew-mac double adjustable truss rod due to the the neck being bowed pretty bad. Heres a link to what may be a similar archtop (but with cutaway)made by Hofner. So as you say, this is probably a prototype and not too many were made, if there was any conflict ( I had a '66 Gibson Kalamazoo made Triumph). Gibson continued making an acoustic cutaway version in the early and The Triumph was made by Epiphone NYC, up until '57 when they ceased operations, and were purchasedīy Gibson. It's interesting that they would use the 'Triumph' label, and the 'fleur de lis'Īs Epiphone NYC did have a Triumph model archtop in 1939 with that particular headstock decoration. Hofner is well known for their archtops and Paul McCartney's unique It looks a bit like a Hofner made archtop, made for Egmond (a Netherlands instrument If any of you find documented info on this guitar, it would be greatly appreciated. But there are a few other first article units with pick-guards and more uniformed/attractive headstock inlays. Supposedly there are only three of these in existence. However from what I've been told' date=' this is a 1962 Hopf prototype archtop guitar, made for a company named Egmond. well from what little info I've received so far about this instrument.

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