Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

[SheDoesntDoIt4Me]

...and love it. NIce wood, nice weight, nice neck...turd electrics....but that will change.

It had zebras in it, but I put in a Gib 500t and a DD hb103N and put in some gibson pots, caps and jack.

[xerxes]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

got a link? ive never heard of the guitar....

[DanteG]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

Why would I laugh ? I'd rather hear of someone taking a decent foundation w/ POS components and improving it than the alternative ... trashing a classic just because one can.

What do you intend to change ?

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

I'm not familiar with the model names, but I know a luthier for Hohner, Mike Lipe, and have heard that Hohner's current quality is better than it used to be. They make nice archtops now. Even Washburn's semihollows are exceptionally good.

[Grandor]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

pics?

[SheDoesntDoIt4Me]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

[Benjy_26]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

Cool looking axe bro! All I'd do next would be to get a bone nut, a Gotoh bridge/tailpiece and some tuners (if the originals suck) and you'd be in like Flynn!

[rinse_master]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

Strange,

about 2 months ago I bought a Hohner L-90 from a car boot sale for £20, it has 2 x P90s and a gold top finish, from the back it looks exactly the same as yours.

Mine had no bridge/tailpeice, a couple of tuners missing, strap buttons missing but for £20 I couldn't leave it there.

It is a nice peice of wood though, for sure, it'll be even better when I sort out the issues and electrics.

[SheDoesntDoIt4Me]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

Is it cracked around the binding on the edge of the body? Everyone I have ever seen is...mine is too, but its not bad or as bad as most.

[rinse_master]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

Only a couple of small cracks, the guitar has a load of small dings all over though, but for the price i couldn't say no...

[NecroPolo]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

hrmph

ANYONE who even dares to think about laughing on it will be punished, I will tape his mug into my cab and show what chungatwangowanga a modded Hohner can do on eleven!

Taking a rusty old lo-rate axe and creating a lethal weapon out of it, that is a challenge. Your Hohner is a good base for that.

I still have my really first axe, an L75 that sonically and for feel simpy slays every other bolt-on Les Paul copies. I use it as a pickup testbed or a backup axe but it is reliable and durable as hell. It takes a beating or two and sounds better and better time after time.

[strat_master]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

nothing really wrong with it, looks fine to me. Just mod the hell out of it, and you got a nice working lp copy.

[Wattage]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

I don't know it looks pretty nice to me?

Good luck with it and don't sweat the name.

[mrid]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

I have been serious misinformed about Hohners...

[Imp]

Re: Dont laugh...I bought a Hohner L-59 today...

i got an older hohner, plywood special

had emgs in it, played in rougher bands with it- not worrying about a guitar getting mashed up comes with a feeling of liberation for me heh - i got it for free, and its solid as a rock. gotten sick of the EMGs though, so it's not getting much play *sigh*