Help to identify German Archtop Please

[satchmo]

Hi,
Recently acquired this archtop guitar. I was told it was a Hoyer but I'm not thinking it's so. Although the construction and parts do look German. It's a beautiful sounding guitar with sold wood construction. Plays like a dream with a thick neck. The body is 16" wide. Really a great guitar and it's loud acoustically and big and full with a PU.

Here's pics - please take a look and let me know what you think.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Satch

[cracks]

its made by August Neubauer

[satchmo]

Thanks for the response Cracks - Is this the same Neubauer that has made the guitars with the offset deco graphic headstock? This looks like an early guitar- would you say 50s? I have a 50s Neubauer, it looks very different than this guitar.-

[alteklampfe]

Hi Satchmo

Is this the same Neubauer that has made the guitars with the offset deco graphic headstock?

No - here we are talking of August Neubauer:





The more commonly found Neubauers (with the "offset deco graphic headstock") were made in the workshop of his brother Anton respective his son Helmut in Bubenreuth:



But: attributing your guitar to August Neubauer is - as far as I know - only the best guess and quite vague. It´s based on this guitar of August with the same headstock decoration which is indeed quite special:




So far it´s the only signed August Neubauer with that head stock - Cracks correct me if I´m wrong (Hi! btw)

[satchmo]

Hi Alteklampfe,
Thanks for the Info - headstock design elements looks the same - headstock shape looks different but similar.
It is hard to accurately say who built some of these fine archtops. I have a Roal - that looks like it was built by Seifert.

[alteklampfe]

yes - this is the story with old guitars: "same, same - but different"

[Hammertone]

Hi Alteklampfe,
Thanks for the Info - headstock design elements looks the same - headstock shape looks different but similar.
It is hard to accurately say who built some of these fine archtops. I have a Roal - that looks like it was built by Seifert.

Rudy built only a handful of archtop guitars - post some pix of yours, please.