I know these old hofners aren't particularly valuable, but man this thing is the business tonally. It just nails that old swampy blues sound, so good for open tuning. Has that great old boxy metallic sound.
Myself and Andrew London really wanted to keep it. I even found something similar on trade me and bought it for a hundred and fifty bucks, but it wasn't anywhere near as good. Andrew bought that one off me. Don't know if he's still got it.
This lady didn't come back for months. We kept leaving messages to remind her about them. We thought maybe she had abandoned her guitars, but they were apparently owned by her late father. Another guy I work with wanted it too, so he actually took it home after it had been sitting here many months, and then of course she came back and we didn't have it! Oops. So now it's back here waiting for her again and the other guy and me are really tempted to ask her if she would consider selling it. We don't really know what it's worth though. It's one of those things where even though you know it's probably only worth a couple of hand shandy you're willing to pay more because you know the chances of finding another just like it are rare.
Check out the flame on the back. Laminated back though, no flame on the inside. I've always wanted a guitar with this sound. Even if I don't end up with this guitar its reminded me how great a little 12 fret like this can be, especially with some years under the belt.
Just thought I'd share.
Get yourself one of these on ebay for less than $100, solid birch and ladder braced, great blues sound on slide. My two
If it says 'Martin' its not destined for my deck! Just spent a happy hour out there with the tricone, the sun, a glass of vino and the wife asleep inside on the sofa. Bliss.
cheers 
