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    Lon
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    Okay, now I know this has been a topic before so it may be difficult but can anybody help me out in finding a Hohner “the Prinz” guitar?
    I’ve been tryin to find one to purchase for quite a while now so if anyone can help me on this mission it would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks,

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    • #69750
      j_kearney
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      Hi,

      If anyone is interested, I have a Hohner “The Prinz” that I might be willing to sell for the right price. It has the fender style head etc, I’m not really a guitar guy, it was bought for me nearly 7 years ago when I planed on learning guitar, but then never did. My friend knew I was a big Prince fan so got it for me, as extra incentive. It even has the leopard skin style guitar strap, and pick guard in a similar style. However, it’s really just been sitting in the corner for these past 7 years.

      I can’t play it to save my life, but I know it’s now quite a rare piece.

      If anyone is interested I can send pics.

    • #69793
      sgmusic
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      Please email pics and price to me [email protected]

      Thanks

    • #69753
      Jimmyann
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      Are you still selling this guitar? Very interested.[/quote]

      still got it post your email if you are interested

    • #69788
      sgmusic
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      [quote=”Jimmyann”]I have a Hohner Prinz with all the goodies, has the fender lawsuit headstock and is the older non-bullet truss rod style, great maple flame body it is on fire. i am willing to sell it. all original with mahogany stripe etc. I have not seen one for sale in a while

      cool.[/quote]

      Are you still selling this guitar? Very interested.

    • #69766
      Jimmyann
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      I have a Hohner Prinz with all the goodies, has the fender lawsuit headstock and is the older non-bullet truss rod style, great maple flame body it is on fire. i am willing to sell it. all original with mahogany stripe etc. I have not seen one for sale in a while

      cool.

    • #69770
      glw
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      [quote=”Lon”]Thanks man. So you’ve had yours for a while, It must be an awesome machine then. I don’t blame you for wanting to hold on to it but if you change your mind…let me know.

      peace[/quote]

      Hey Lon, someone is selling one over on the “For Sale” section of this site.

      Get yourself over there: https://www.guitarsite.com/hotlicks/viewtopic.php?p=10179#10179

    • #69762
      NeilC
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      ok, good luck

    • #69756
      Lon
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      Thanks man. So you’ve had yours for a while, It must be an awesome machine then. I don’t blame you for wanting to hold on to it but if you change your mind…let me know.

      peace

    • #69755
      NeilC
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      I’ve got one but I’m not too sure I want to sell it ! It’s a bit too good.
      I have owned it from new, probably more than 15 yrs and kept it in good nick. It’s the one with the Fender Tele-style headstock. Hope you manage to get one.

      NeilC

    • #69772
      Lon
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      cool! thanks for the heads up.

    • #69796
      glw
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    • #69797
      1bassleft
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      I agree with glw’s suggestion to do a search like that on eBay, then save it as a favourite; getting them to email you when new listings come up. It’s invaluable for the more obscure items.

      On another note, there is a good reason for the change of headstock. Sometime in the ’90s, Fender managed to get the actual shape of the Strat and Tele headstocks registered as a trademark. Any subsequent copies had to do something different. I’ve noticed that not-so-great guitars can fetch higher than you’d expect prices; probably because of the headstock looking like a Fender.

    • #69792
      glw
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      The search I gave already above:

      [quote] Hohner (Prince, Prinz, Tele*) [/quote]

      should find everything of relevance when used searching on eBay – just be aware of what regions you are searching. You might want to make it a global search.

    • #69767
      Lon
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      Ok, there is a few different versions of this guitar: There’s the original make by Hohner, one called “the Prinz” and another labeled “Te Prinz” or “Prinz Te”. Can anyone tell me what the original model is called? ya’ know, before Hohner started using Prince’s name for marketing er whatever. I’d like to know what to search for without using any association to Prince.

      Thanks,

    • #69782
      glw
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      Actually, having done some more homework, I think it’s more complicated than that. I now believe there were THREE different guitars.

      There was the original which wasn’t called Princz anything because Hohner hadn’t started using his connection as part of the marketing back then. Then there’s THE PRINZ which I believe has a more Fender-style neck, and the TE PRINZ which is a more budget-styled instrument, and has a non-Fender style neck.

      The bodies were maple, with a centre stripe of mahogony.

      http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data4/Hohner/

    • #69758
      glw
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      It wasn’t just a Fender knock-off though, was it? It was obviously based on the Fender Tele, but the cosmetics (wood, binding, stripe down the middle, tortoiseshell scratchplate, etc) were all original features.

      I seem to remember there were actually two models. The original ones which Prince used and which had a Fender Tele style headstock, and a later re-design which was actually badged “Prinz” but had a few modifications such as a redesigned headstock. I think it’s the earlier guitars that are more desireable.

    • #69748
      Lon
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      my question is why would you pay a lot for a “tele” knock off instead of buying a fender?

      Well I don’t think just because its a knock off neccessarily makes it a lesser guitar. I mean, it’s all about the sound that attracts you right? I’m also a huge prince fan so It’s hard to resist. I also heard they were getting more expensive which is a turn off but I suppose that depends on how expensive we’re talkin’. Plus I know it’s a pretty rare guitar, if I wanted any ol’ tele then It wouldn’t really be much of ordeal. I’ve heard good things and bad about the Hohner tele but I’m all ears to anyone that has an opinion (from experience) about the Hohner tele so post away.

      oh and thanks so far for the suggestions on how to go about finding one.

    • #69784
      USGold
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      And found lots of threads but no items–one discussion mentioned that the were expensive, my question is why would you pay a lot for a “tele” knock off instead of buying a fender?

    • #69776
      glw
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      Save a search on eBay for Hohner (Prince, Prinz, Tele*) and get it to email you whenever there are new items. Try searching internationally while you are at it.

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