I have a HW-220 we’re the serial number on the paper (hand crafted Hohner established 1857) is not visible anymore, BUT the headstock is stamped 0009414314!
Any guesses as to where this dreadnot was made?
Friend gave it to me believing it was un playable; well after a few half turns on the trust rod screw and new strings she sounds great. Am I assuming correctly it was made in 1994? The tuning pegs appear older, gear visible style, but what do I know!? Thanks.
Hi Mathias,
you may well be right in your assumption about year of manufacture, the first 2 digits often denote the year. I’ll ask Hohner Service if they know where it was made.
Hohner Service say they can’t find this number, but confirm that HW-220 guitars were manufactured in the mid-1990s, presumably in S. Korea, so 1994 would appear to be correct. Here the available specs, they also seem to fit:
-6-string acoustic
-dreadnought-size body
-mahogany back, sides and neck
-spruce top
-rosewood fingerboard,
-20 frets
-open tuning machines
-adjustable tension rod
Hope that helps,
Steve
Hi Steve! I am trying too identify this p bass morris. SN 89016. Any info would be greatly appreciated))
Could it be a PJ Bass? If so, yours was made in 1988 in Korea, here the available specs:
21 nickel silver frets; bolt on one-piece Canadian rock maple neck / Indian rosewood fingerboard; colour: black (RN), white (MN), metallic red; Korean strings; 2 HP single coil BS-5 + BS-6 (PJ-style); vol/vol/tone; chrome hardware; graphite nut
Hi, I have a beautiful HG-318 acoustic guitar - serial number 204055, it also says it’s made in Japan - how do I find out when was it made, is it somehow in the serial? Thanks.
Hi Mita,
Hohner Service says the HG series was built in Japan between 1978 and 1985, I presume by Moridaira. Unfortunately the serial number doesn’t reveal in which exact year your guitar was manufactured. Hope that’s a help!
Steve
Thanks for that, good to know.
The HG-318 didn’t appear in the price list until 1980 so it’s one of the later guitars - probably made 1980 - 1983 or so. It was the cheapest guitar in the HG-3xx range, but still good quality and also one of the few available in both right- amd left-handed configuration.
Hi, I have a Hohner TE with a serial of C219722, would it be possible to get any information on this guitar. thanks Ian
Hi Ian,
from the serial number, your guitar was built in Korea in 1992. Here the available specs for the TE series, this guitar was made in several different variants. I hope this’ll help you identify yours:
| TE Custom, built from 1988 onwards: body: Californian solid maple; bolt on one-piece Canadian rock maple neck; 21 nickel silver frets; colour: black, transparent violet (until 1994), sunburst (from 1994 on); 2 HP single coil GS-11 + GS-12; 3-way switch; vol/tone; gold hardware; graphite nut; deluxe machine heads; standard TE-bridge; USA-Wings strings (Fender). Price ca. DM 600 | |
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TE Custom ATN, built from 1993 onwards: body: Californian solid maple; bolt on one-piece Canadian rock maple neck; 21 nickel silver frets; colour: black, transparent violet (until 1994), sunburst (from 1994 on); 2 HP single coil GS-11 + GS-12; 3-way switch; vol/tone; gold hardware; graphite nut; deluxe machine heads; standard TE-bridge; USA-Wings strings (Fender). Price ca. DM800
TE Deluxe: Rosewood fingerboard, bolt on, 21 frets, 2 Hohner Humbucker, controls vol/vol/tone/tone, 3-way toggle switch positioned SG-style, tremolo system (same as SG Lion) “EVH” stripe design black/yellow, no pickguard
TE Prinz, built from 1985 - 1994: body: Californian solid maple with flamed maple top and back; bolt on one-piece Canadian rock maple neck; 21 nickel silver frets; colour: natural; 2 HP single coil GS-1; 3-way switch; vol/tone; chrome hardware; graphite nut; standard ST-bridge; deluxe machine heads; USA-Wings strings. Price new DM 670 - 800
There was also a TE Standard which, despite the name, is the rarest of all. 