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Hoyer Guitars is a German manufacturer of
Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History
pgs. 40–41. Two years later Clapton picked it up again and started playing consistently. Following Arnold Hoyers passing in 1967, his son Walter took over the Hoyer company and focused more on electric and folk guitars.
Hoyer Guitars is a German manufacturer of guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
s.
History
Established in 1874 by Franz Hoyer in his workshop in Schönbach (now Luby in the Czech Republic). Hoyer began by making lutes and zithers, and then changed to classic and folk guitars. The company was continued by his son Joseph Hoyer. In 1945 the family left Schönbach and settled inTennenlohe
The village of Tennenlohe, is a local subdistrict and a statistical district in the southeast part of the independent city of Erlangen in the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia. Until 1972, when it was incorporated, Tennenlohe wa ...
near Erlangen
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in Bavaria
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, Germany. Joseph Hoyer's son Arnold reorganised the Hoyer company and the brand soon became known for its good quality. Among the most notable users of the Hoyer guitar was English guitarist Eric Clapton, who received an acoustic Hoyer guitar for his thirteenth birthday, but the inexpensive steel-stringed instrument was difficult to play and he briefly lost interest.Bob Gulla (2008Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History
pgs. 40–41. Two years later Clapton picked it up again and started playing consistently. Following Arnold Hoyers passing in 1967, his son Walter took over the Hoyer company and focused more on electric and folk guitars.
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