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Green Line

Classical guitars in Höfner’s Green Line Series are crafted

exclusively from renewable European tone woods. Each model

matches a selected solid German spruce top with a maple or

walnut body, an alder neck and a walnut fingerboard. In addition,

instruments in the Green Line Series are varnished using an

environmentally neutral process. The HGL Series reflects

Höfner’s traditional art of guitar making and our respect for

the limited resources of our environment.

For the soundboard of model HGL 50 SE, Höfner

selected spruce trees from the ‘Forstamt Schluchsee’

region of the Black Forest in Germany. After the guitar

tops were professionally stored and naturally seasoned

for more than 6 years, they were acoustically analysed

and catalogued by the IFM (Institute for building musical

instruments in Zwota, Germany). Höfner master luthiers

picked only the choicest tops of this series for the limited

production model HGL 50 SE.

Guitars & Basses

– since 1887 –

Höfner CLASSIC STRINGS
bring out the best sound that
each classical guitar has to offer.
The special alloy which wraps
the bass strings helps prevent
premature corrosion.
Therefore, Höfner CLASSIC
STRINGS are more durable than
ordinary guitar strings and are
packed without plastic to be
easier on the environment.
Each set of strings contains
an additional D-string.
Also available:
Höfner SIENNA STRINGS and
Höfner PREMIUM STRINGS.

HGL 50 SE

A new environmentally neutral varnishing

process has been developed especially for

the Green Line series. Several very thin

layers of varnish are applied to the surface,

maintaining the natural and pleasing ”feel

of wood”. This is the optimum solution in

terms of sound as the body of the

instrument is allowed to resonate freely.

See page 11 for specifications.

HGL 5 – HGL 7

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