Acoustic Electric Guitar G11NPU

I recently purchased a MIJ Hohner G11NPU. It is a beautiful electric acoustic guitar. Unfortunately I am unable to find any information about this model.
I can find information on G11Ns or G11Ms, but what does NPU stand for? The electronics do not look like they were added later on. Did Hohner produce a G11N acoustic electric guitar? I have attached pictures of the guitar. The serial number is 806301.
Any information would be welcome.
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Up to this point, I’d have said No. But the fact you have one contradicts that. N is natural (as opposed to M for mahogany) and I’d guess PU is Pick Up.

I don’t think that’s the serial number by the way. Is it on the neck block rather than a brace? If so it’s a production number of some kind. I’d expect the serial number to be on a brace for a G11 and to be five digits starting with a 0 or 1.

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Can you post a photo of the inside of the guitar where as Phil says the serial and production numbers are usually to be found?

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I was going to suggest asking about it on the TDPRI Hohner forum since that’s where the collectors hang out. But I see it has already been posted and nobody there has seen one before either.

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Here are some pictures from the inside (have to post them 1 by 1 as a newbee)
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The mic is held in place below the bridge with the wing bolt
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Electronics extracted
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My mistake. SN is 08341. See picture.

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…and here just as proof for the model number…
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Close up of the potentiometers and the circuit
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I spoke with the Hohner Germany customer support, who had not heard of this guitar model in his 25 years with Hohner. At his suggestion I reached out to their distributor, Moridaira, in Japan.
Today I received a very nice reply. Unfortunately, neither the Moridaira rep, nor some old-timers from Morideira and Morris whom he reached out to do remember this model. So, for now the G11NPU remains a mystery.
Any additional information or leads are always welcome.

They certainly made a lot of different guitars over the years, and the documentation was often incomplete, so it can be very hard to reliably trace older instruments.
Steve