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I guess it's more of an "semiacoustic" than archtop (the top is arched though so not sure about the terms) but I made a little demo of a Hopf Saturn 63 a while back:
@DoubleWhisky You surely dealt a lot with that good old beat music, and your Hopf seems to be the ideal tool for the style! And what a cool design!
And to allay your worries: it's old, from Germany, has an arched top - so it should not bust this thread.
Hopf 320 L
In the blond variant of a Hopf 320 L presented here, the letter refers to the undisputed grand master of German archtop construction, Artur Lang, and one of his early jazz guitars, the Super models from 1953 to 1956. However, the 320 L was commissioned by another master of his craft Made from solid material by the Hopf company: This archtop was built for Hopf by Gustav Glaßl in his workshop in Tennenlohe (near Erlangen). The Hopf models Grandstar and the 319/320 SL were also made there. From the mid-1950s, the traditional company increasingly offered electric guitars as solid bodies as well as semi- and fully acoustic archtops with and without electric equipment in addition to the production of classic plucked and stringed instruments.
Glaßl respects the extraordinary qualitativ of Lang's guitars as well as his innovative approach: that's why the L in the type designination stands as a homage to the esteemed "Maestro Arturo".
(Quoted from https://germanjazzguitars.de/glassl-320.html, translated with online translation machine)
Artur Lang
Lang guitars were the top quality instruments of German lutherie.
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To add some trivia Lang also did small runs of selmac guitars - i know someone who owns one but didn't have the opportunity to play it yet.
@DoubleWhisky By the way, what kind of little Höllenmaschine is it that's on top of your Fender amp?
I made these demo videos for an acquaintance who at the time wanted to sell his inventory from his defunct guitar shop. That means nothing you see there is mine haha. The Höllenmaschine was a very simple low wattage tube amp head, but I can't say exactly what it was.
A treasure chest concerning the topic:
From the 1960 Selmer U.K. catalog https://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/hofner/:
Says pine tops. Wonder if this is spruce lost in translation or they actually used pine?