Höfner Electric Guitars & Basses

The Jazzica’s 24-fret neck is joined to the
body at the 16 th
fret, thereby easing access
to the upper registers and encouraging
new fingerboard explorations across two
full octaves.
Fret work on an
archtop guitar’s neck.
The Jazzica Custom exemplifies beauty
that is functional as well as cosmetic.
For example, separate ebony tone and
volume controls and a streamlined ebony
pickguard. What´s more, the floating pickup
attached to the base of the neck preserves
its solid German spruce top acoustic
integrity and maximizes its resonance.
See page 14 for specifications.
Guitars & Basses
– since 1887 –
Every Höfner Jazzica
Custom includes a set of
ebony soundhole plugs
which are simply inserted
into the sound hole
openings to reduce the
potential for feedback at
higher volume levels.
Use of the soundhole
plugs will dampen the
instrument’s acoustic
output but will enable the
player to increase amplifier
volume with less risk of
feedback.
Jazzica Custom
As the most innovative of Höfner’s hand-made hollow-body
guitars, the Jazzica Custom seamlessly blends old-world
craftsmanship with contemporary features.
For example, the ’Contour’ body design draws guitarist
and instrument closer together, enabling one to seem like
a natural extension of the other without compromising
structural integrity or tone. And, as Germany’s largest
maker of guitars and violins, we freely apply our
expertise across the Höfner family of instruments.
That’s why the Jazzica’s solid German spruce top
is hand-carved and graduated, similar to a traditional
violin. That’s also why the Jazzica’s top is braced
with a bass bar – again, like a violin.
Quality without compromise – Höfner’s Jazzica Custom
is a masterpiece of meticulous craftsmanship that
redefines the expectations of what a hand-made archtop
guitar should be.
The traditional way of binding the body
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