Hohner Acoustic Guitar

Hohner Acoustic Guitar

Hohner Acoustic Guitar. Hohner Acoustic Guitar  (and similar instruments) with hollow bodies have been in use for over a thousand years.

Hohner Acoustic Guitar

There are three main types of modern hohner acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.

There are several notable subcategories within the hohner acoustic guitar group: classical and flamenco guitars; steel-string guitars, which include the flat-topped, or "folk," guitar; twelve-string guitars; and the arched-top guitar. Hohner acoustic guitar is also includes unamplified guitars designed to play in different registers, such as the acoustic bass guitar, which has a similar tuning to that of the electric bass guitar.

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Hohner Marine

Hohner Marine Band

Hohner Marine Band. Hohner Marine Band is one of the most famous harmonicas, and is the oldest model among the others listed here. Its covered slots help towards a more bluesy sound and the new Deluxe Edition of it is made of wood which is resistant to swelling.

Hohner Marine

Hohner Marine Band has never featured a harmonica player. Many years ago the Hohner Company had been naming their various different harmonica models after famous personalities. In 1896 they created a new harmonica and named it the Marine Band. They were apparently hoping to cash in on the fame and name recognition of the Marine Band to boost interest in their new instrument. Hohner Marine has been their most popular model since their founding in 1857.

The Hohner Marine Band Harmonica 1896 follows in has been played by world-famous musicians like John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Little Walter, and Paul Butterfield. Hohner Marine Band is a number-one choice among top professionals and one of the most recognizable harmonicas all over the world. Known for its full tone, wood comb, and its patented cover plates, Hohner Marine Band harmonica was there when harmonica blues was born. The Marine Band harp is a result over 100 years of Hohner German craftsmanship.

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Hohner Bass

Hohner Bass Violin

Hohner Bass. The Hohner 500/1 violin bass (nicknamed the "Beatle bass" or "Cavern bass") is a hollow-bodied bass guitar manufactured by Hohner  under several varieties. It was introduced in the mid-1950s and gained celebrity during the 1960s as one of the primary basses used by Paul McCartney of the The Beatles.

Hohner Bass

In 1956, Walter Hohner invented an electrically amplified, semi-acoustic bass guitar.  The hollow body made this style of guitar very light and easy to play, as well as giving it a rich tone, similar to that of the traditional double bass. A major advantage for the bass came in early 1961, when it caught the eye of a young Paul McCartney. McCartney is left-handed, and he admired the instrument's symmetrical  shape, allowing him to simply switch sides.  McCartney would acquire two of these models over time; his original 1961 model, and an updated 1962 model the company gave him. The guitar given to McCartney was a '62 model, even though he received it in 1963. 

Afterwards, McCartney mainly played the 1962 model, leaving the original to serve backup duty. In 1964, he had his 1961 model refinished in sunburst and had new pickups and an updated pickup surround system installed. He can be seen using this hohner bass in the "Revolution" promo video, strangely with the strap attached to the top of the headstock instead of the neck heel strap button. He continued to regularly use the hohner bass until 1965, when he switched to a Rickenbacker 4001S; afterward, he would rotate between the two, the 1962 making its last Beatle appearance at the Apple rooftop concert. He switched back to the Rickenbacker for the recording of Abbey Road. Sometime during the recording of Let It Be, the 1961 model was stolen from Abbey Road Studios, a fate met by much of the band's equipment over the years.  He switched to using his 1962 model for the remainder of the album.  He is still in possession of the 1962 hohner bass as of 2011.

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Hohner Guitar

Hohner Guitar

Hohner Guitar. Hohner Guitar is typically strung with nylon strings, plucked with the fingers, played in a seated position and are used to play a diversity of musical styles including classical music. The classical guitar's wide, flat neck allows the musician to play scales, arpeggios, and certain chord forms more easily and with less adjacent string interference than on other styles of hohner guitar. Flamenco guitars are very similar in construction, but are associated with a more percussive tone.

Hohner Guitar

In Mexico, the popular mariachi  band includes a range of guitars, from the tiny requinto  to the guitarrón, a guitar larger than a cello, which is tuned in the bass register. In Colombia, the traditional quartet includes a range of instruments too, from the small bandola (sometimes known as the Deleuze-Guattari, for use when traveling or in confined rooms or spaces), to the slightly larger tiple, to the full sized classical guitar. The requinto also appears in other Latin-American countries as a complementary member of the hohner guitar family, with its smaller size and scale, permitting more projection for the playing of single-lined melodies. Modern dimensions of the classical instrument were established by the Spaniard Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817-1892).

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