Hofner J5 Archtop

Months & months I've been looking. Months I tell ya! Here's what I finally found. It's not the Gibson Le Grande which would surely have set me back several Le Grande in sterling. It's my brand new Hofner J5f Archtop which also features the floating pick-up, the cutaway and the gorgeous figured woods but at around one tenth of the price.

The spruce top is really bright & the whole guitar has a slightly weird acoustic tone, just what I was looking for. So far the pickup has pleased. Turning the tone knob up keeps the sound bright & acoustic-ish, roll it all the way down & it sounds like Wes Montgomery (badly played!).