Höfner Shorty Deluxe BK

Electric Guitar

Classic from the '80s
Body: Basswood
Bolt-on maple neck
Blackwood fretboard
24 Frets
Scale length: 628 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
Pickups: 2 Höfner humbuckers
Fixed tailpiece and bridge in one
Bag included
Colour: Black
Instrument length: 82 cm

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Item number 462981

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Colour Black

Soundboard Basswood

Neck Maple

Fretboard Blackwood

Frets 24

Scale 625 mm

Pickup System HH

Tremolo No

Incl. Case No

Incl. Gigbag Yes

Electric Guitar 1

Design Miscellaneous

Body Limewood

Top None

Saddle Width 42 mm

Pickup Configuration HH

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Good things come in small packages

The Höfner Shorty is a classic travel guitar that was launched back in the 1980s and has been available again since the early 2000s. What makes this instrument special is that it combines an extremely compact body with a full-size guitar scale length. The basswood body is finished in black, and the bolt-on neck, which is made from a single piece of maple for enhanced sustain, features a blackwood fingerboard with dot inlays and a bone nut. Adding to the features offered by the Standard model, the Shorty Deluxe also has extra dot inlays on the upper edge of the fingerboard and a reversed headstock adorned with a large Höfner logo as well as a second Höfner open-coil humbucker in the neck position. The scope of delivery additionally includes a matching gig bag.

Small guitar, big fun

You can't play full-on guitar solos on a travel guitar, right? Wrong. The Höfner Shorty Deluxe features a full 24-fret register, and its scale length, at 628mm, is the same as that of classic single-cut electric guitars, so lead guitarists can get their mojo working here in complete comfort. The neck is 42mm wide at the nut, meaning that it also has a comfortably slim "vintage medium" profile, and as players have long come to expect from guitars played with a pick, the Shorty Deluxe has a large screw-mounted scratchplate that covers and protects the guitar's circuitry and houses the controls and selector switch for the two pickups.

For frequent travellers

The space-saving (one might even say "pocket-sized") Höfner Shorty Deluxe is the perfect budget-friendly guitar for players who love to travel but don't want to be without a high-quality instrument with a "real" guitar scale length when they are on the road. The only feature that is truly missing here is a whammy bar. The Shorty Deluxe features a fixed, one-piece wraparound bridge/tailpiece unit, which needs to be completely removed when changing the strings, as these are anchored on the underside of the bridge. Players who opt for this guitar should therefore allow themselves plenty of time when re-stringing. Allergy sufferers should also note that the machine heads on the Höfner Shorty Deluxe are nickel-plated.

About Höfner

The Höfner company has a long tradition and was founded by Karl Höfner in Schönbach at the end of the 19th century. Initially, the product range consisted mainly of bowed string instruments, and the first guitars were added around 1930. After the Second World War, the company was relocated to Möhrendorf in Bavaria. In the 1950s, the company flourished thanks to new musical trends, and basses were now introduced in addition to guitars. Legendary models were created during this time, such as the President, the Committee, and the 500/1 short-scale bass, which made music history a short time later with the Beatles. The subsequent boom in Beat music quickly brought Höfner enormous demand and enduring world fame. Today, Höfner is one of the best-known and largest manufacturers of bowed string instruments and of archtop, semi-acoustic, and solid-body guitars, as well as a wide range of basses.

From practice session to party performance

The Höfner Shorty Deluxe measures just 86cm in total, which makes it easy to transport and thus the ideal travel companion for everyone who can't NOT play guitar while on vacation. It will fit diagonally into a standard XL hardshell suitcase, and the included gig bag mentioned above will keep it safe on shorter journeys as well. The Shorty Deluxe's scale length also makes it ideal for practising scales and exercises while watching TV at home or while colleagues are out of the office. Combined with a small battery-powered amp, it can also provide the perfect musical accompaniment for garden parties, barbecues, and even around the campfire - time to ditch those hiking songs in favour of some good old Rock classics.

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Travel guitar with a lot of potential but let down by some significant drawbacks

JP Martinez 27.10.2020

This travel guitar could be a great product but it possesses some major shortcomings that could just be a mild annoyance to some but could render the product unusable for other people.

The neck, the action and the feel are pretty decent for a guitar of its size, with a surprisingly solid sustain and sound when unplugged. That said, the guitar doesn't stay in tune for more than 15 minutes (going completely out of tune if playing for an hour long practice session), so new locking tuning pegs might be needed. If you break a string you will need to remove the entire bridge to change a string. I have not tried using the guitar with an amp but I tried plugging to an interface and have gotten mostly muddy results.

The most serious issue is the extreme neck dive and the only solutions are using a heavy counterweight (around 2kg) tied to the other end of the strap (which makes it really heavy and hurts my back) or using an acoustic strap tied to the headstock. It could be a great product through some modding (new tuning pegs, bridge and pickups), but not sure if it is worth it.

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Poor quality

wulvstrieker 14.06.2024

Have bought many things from thoman including harley benton guitars.. Some great harmonicas..
This hofner was the worst by a long way

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Lots of potential but some serious drawbacks

Mateee 08.09.2023

This is a guitar which you play when you don't have any other by your side. The body is extremely small and you can play it almost only standing with a strap, otherwise it is just too weird because of the extremely pronounced neck dive and size (you don't feel the small size that much when you play standing). It takes some time to get used to it in order to be able to play anything on it. Also, fret ends were very sharp, with frets being rough.

I ended up turning it into a project guitar - I removed the headstock and turned it into a headless guitar (bought a headless guitar bridge online and screwed it to a 3D printed piece which I screwed directly to a guitar body), and now it fits in a checked baggage when you go on a flight, so it is very practical for flights and trips because of the size. When headstock is removed, neck dive isn't a problem anymore.

Soundwise, it is what you can expect from a guitar in this price range.

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Tatsächlich Brauchbar

zrank fappa 26.12.2020

Gesamt 5 Sterne aufgrund des Preises.
Der erste Eindruck beim Auspacken war völlige Begeisterung.
Klein, süß, leicht und gut lackiert.
Bei näherer Betrachtung viel mir auf, dass Kupferkabel von den Tonabnehmern ans Tageslicht wollten...Aufgeschraubt, Nix Schlimmes, lediglich die Wicklung war nicht vernünftig fixiert.
Nach Saitenwechsel und den üblichen (wie immer pingeligen) Einstellungen ist die Gitarre wirklich brauchbar!!!!!!
Sie ist WESENTLICH besser als meine Erwartung war; sei es vom Klang, der Bespielbarkeit oder der Intonation!
Lediglich die Mechaniken sind nicht der Weisheit letzter Schluss.
Es ist nun mal kein Custom-Shop Gerät.
Ich bin völlig zufrieden ! Klare Kaufempfehlung

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