Help Identifying this beautiful old I believe German made archtop

[shifted]

Hi,

Can I get an interest in helping identifying this fine Archtop guitar. I was told it was Hoyer - So German influenced but not looking so much like a Hoyer. The guitar looks to have been refretted and plays very much like other German archtops I own. It's loud and sounds great both acoustic and with a pickup - Full low end. It is definitely a masterbuilt instrument.( all sold wood construction) The neck, Headstock, tailpiece, and design look like German origin.

A very Nice guitar. Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

[frabarmus]

I can only think of Hofner or Framus ...?

[Gitterbug]

Hammertone to the rescue!

To me, it looks like a Hoyer, if not a Rossmeissl. The string holder looks familiar, but I'm not an expert at all. The photo doesn't quite reveal the depth of the German recurve. It may also be an individual build - there were plenty of trained German-speaking luthiers who emigrated to West Germany (Mittenwald) from the zone extending to Czechia through GDR after the war. I can't understand why the makers were too shy to put their names on the blades.

[Will Box]

What a lovely guitar, beautiful inlay work!
The shape of the soundholes, body shape, tail piece, neck inlays and headstock shape are broadly similar to an Isana I have hanging on my wall.
Many of the German post WW2 makers used parts from common sources, or made parts for other makers.
Who made your guitar I do not know, German very likely, West German probably. Possibly not one of the bigger makers, they generally put their names somewhere on the guitars.
Check the inside for clues. Josef Sandler, who made Isana guitars wrote the date inside the body.
Some makers stamped a serial number on the headstock top edge.

[cracks]

its made by August Neubauer.

[Hammertone]

Not a Höfner, Hoyer, Framus, or Roger. Busy, more later.