unknown Hopf electric

[frankpaush]

any ideas, what this might be?

http://www.guitarworld.de/gwpages/gear, ... ,1491.html

I am looking for part, vibrato is the most urgently needed one.

[Michael Ambrose]

That looks like an Eko-made piece... I'm not really on the ball with Euro guitars, though.

A buddy of mine rebuild an Eko almost identical to this (right down to the headstock shape and everything) but also could not find an original vibrato for this... I think he ended up using a Wilkinson Wigsby.

[VintAxe]

After looking at the various Hopf models pictured on the Fetish guitar site, it appears most of their electric instruments from this period used the same vibrato tailpiece.

Does this look like it will fit?

[frankpaush]

...yes. exactly. I have a Jupiter 63 that is using it as well. checked the holes, seems to be the right thing. Now where to get one?

[VintAxe]

I think your best alternative is probably eBay.de.

Your restoration is so extensive you are probably looking at building one guitar from two defective guitars. In my experience, this has always been an expensive project. In fact, in some cases I have decided to sell my starter guitar for parts and search for a playable version of the model I wanted to restore.

These projects are never easy.

[j.d.]

[j.d.]