Hoyer guitars was the Munich based trader Musikhaus Lindberg who sometimes put their. Such as the ones with six screws in the middle and pole pieces near the edge under three strings each, as well as the controls. Those who wants to see how a serial produced OP-ART guitar looks. They don't have a bobbin, the wires are wound in an open ring.Īlso most of the other pickups on old Hoyers were made by Schaller,
There is a label inside it of a big star in which it says arnold hoyer next to this it says trade mark made in germany 90 years quality, under which it has the serial number 002413. Repaired some of these pickups which were dead. I have recently aquired an arnold hoyer six string acoustic guitar and would greatly apprieciate any info on it. Parallelogram shaped plastic cover was custom made for Hoyer.
Inside they are the same as the other Schaller pickups made in these times, only the The old employees (which are all dead now) told me a lot about the history.Ī comment to the parallelogram pickups used on Hoyer guitars in the early sixties: These were made by Schaller. I believe that the Hoyer and Hofner factories were right down the street from each other in the same town in Germany. During my research in the eighties I visited the Hoyer company in Erlangen/ Germany several times. Pickups" at "and the book "Electric Guitars made in Germany" (together with Norbert Schnepel).
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