Hofner Guitars Galaxie

I am the proud owner of two Höfner Galaxie reissue (the first one made in indonesia (July 2011) and the second one made in China (May 2013)

the general appearance is between the Strat and Gretch, we like it or not like, I love!
production has changed between 2011 and 2013, which resulted in some differences ..

details differ from one origin to another:
1) corp: bright red shiny glitter (Indo) / / / dark red glitter (China)
2) the heat shield: chrome screws and perfect cut (Indo) / / / black screws and a cut slightly imperfect at the handle (China)
3) more smooth yellow handle slightly (Indo) / / / handle natural duller color (China)
4) the key has a slightly lighter color (china)

Channel: close to a (mechanical black head / Kluson type 60's) stratocaster neck
Double rectangular pearl inlay (3/5/7/9/12/15/17/19/21èmme box)
freights are 22 in number.
microphones: 3 mini humbucker Höfner individually selectable
7 pickup configurations (H/-/-) (-/H/-) (-/-/H) (H/H/-) (-/H/H) (H /-/ H) (H + H + H)
Bridge: vintage bridge with adjustable hardness (Jazzmaster / system stamped Höfner)
settings: 3 selectors microphones general tone and overall volume.

making Indonesia is perfect for a guitar of 300 euros
Chinese manufacturing is slightly perfectible ...

a little advice: change the strings for a good game .. (I play D'Addario chrome 10/48)

UTILIZATION

the handle and overall comfort level, it's happiness ... very easy to handle, it feels immediately at ease, and it should all fall down ... nickel!

all configuration of microphones are used, for my part, I have a weakness for the neck pickup only

SOUNDS

the sound level, this is where things get serious: this guitar has its galactic! with a slight delay and a slight overdrive, the sound has a lot of depth ... try it is to adopt ...
If I bought a second, this is not a coincidence ... I use two different tunings and EADGBE Dadaab and this guitar sound sick! for an outrageously affordable (€ 299 and € 230)
I play with 2overdrives (vulcan and Fooltone TG), a vintage Rat, a tone bender and 3 delays.
the amp splits the signal level I / Kustom Bass amp and JCM 900.

When I switched the Fuzz is absolute nirvana! power, roundness, and crackling larsens erupting!! Rhààààààà!!
#!
That said, you can pretty much play surfing with this great guitar!

some demos ...




for highly motivated ... Ernesto ago ... it causes a lot Ernesto (24mn) ... but it sounds good out of the Galaxy ...



OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
two years (July 2011)
What is the particular feature you like best,
The look, the sound ... euuu not .... SOUND!!
the least?
nothing ...
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
stat, TV, Jazzmaster, Lp
How would you rate the quality / price?
for the price of a dung (or stagg jack & danny) you have a guitar that sounds the death ...
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
A little, my nephew, I redid this choice! I have two!! they sound to weep!

ps: the photo, the Indonesian is left ... Chinese right ...

Everything has been said for the reissues. Chinese-made but not cheap. Finish level I have only one negative point, a screw is not exactly where it should be what made the pickguard bulge slightly. Apart from that, nothing to report.

3 mini humbucker, a switch on / off for each, a general tone and master volume. Be careful, sometimes you end up like an idiot with no microphones lit to look like an ass why does not his, finally I can assure you, that you did once and it's done.

The bridge is really old school, it was not only the mouth but he does his taff.

UTILIZATION

so there I do not see what to say. access to acute is the same as on any scratches stratoïdale, ergonomics is good, the guitar is quite light and small cut under the arm is doing its job.

I agree with the previous opinion, the handle is a delight.

SOUNDS

We are in the thick of it. I start by saying that this is not a versatile guitar. I play Stoner / grunge with touches of blues, hard rock or punk. There she excelled. Basically if you want a minimal fat and that you do not sound right and ultra defined, it may be appropriate.

In its clean is a bit bland but with a large distortion in the ass is crazy. In terms of the sound spectrum that guitar still sounds a bit serious and hushed, ideal for fuzz sounds. I only use little effect but what I saw, it does it well.

OVERALL OPINION

I am happy, I wanted a cheap scraper, and typed with a mouth of hell. White finish, I do not see what could bring me more guitar for this price.

Be careful, it is not worth a scraper to 1500 euros is obvious. There are some problems of accuracy (it will soon see a luthier), the strings of bases are tops but overall it's not too cheap. In comparison, the Gibson Les Paul studio the other scratch my group pales.

Reissue Hofner Galaxy
Chinese Manufacturing (apparently it is not cheap) I have the metallic red model that I repeins gloss black very quickly.
tunomatic bridge, vibrato has the same head as that of the original.
Handle large and thick like the original, 23 frets, graduation band Pearl, a treat!
Three mini-humbucker with an on-off switch for each, a volume knob and one tone for the whole.
I go to mount individual tone switch.

UTILIZATION

the handle is just great,
Ergonomics is very nice, the guitar is sitting balance as standing
access to the acute uh .. I play very very rarely below the 17th fret so I do not very careful.
Its clear the sound is good but somewhat lacking in dynamic,
or saturated by crunch is a killer, what is the 511 ..

SOUNDS

I play the blues with this guitar dilapidated plugged into a Vox AC15, with only one pedal and réberb DD7, it sounds like hell!
Big surprise of the first agreement, we do not expect her for the price this guitar

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since March, and it satisfies me very well,
I tried a HOFNER 176 of 1968 before the sound is of course great, but does not surpass the relatively new edition to justify the price!
Quality / price ratio exellent in my opinion.
most: sound, set, THE PRICE!
Cons: Why on earth did they collect the settings panel airbus way?! (-1)
It's a real rock guitar in fact cheap, with good sound and has a good face, the kind that can take hits without saying that we will find this 10-year-old model