Wolf Hoffmann ‘s signature Guitar

ACCEPT and Wolf Hoffmann are on top of a high mountain now. Releasing two successful albums and selling out many shows during their last worldwide tour are good examples of this claim. However they still have a shining career in their background. That’s why we call them legends. Blackdiamond recently conducted an interview with Wolf, some excerpts of which can be read below.

HeearNAid-Ronnie Whilst discussing Ronnie James Dio, Wolf expressed the following thoughts:

“Not only was he an awesome singer, everybody worshipped him, he was also a very nice person to be around; gentleman like.

We toured with him in 1986, did a whole North American run, opening up for him. He was always very generous and let us use the stage, gave us sound checks and all that kind of stuff. I remember it was a very pleasant tour.

He wasn’t a guy who would hang around all the time – he would do his thing and keep to himself. Then we’d exchange pleasantries and say hi, then we had a beer together. That’s the extent of what we do when we open up for other bands, but he was very nice.“

Wolf revealed his opinion on the classic DIO album Holy Diver:

“Oh man, classic riffs and classic songs, it doesn’t get much better than that! From the ultra heavy metal era that I know, this is one of the classic albums. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Probably Holy Diver is my favourite track.“

Wolf explains the highlights in his and ACCEPT‘s career:

“Coming back after this long break with Mark Tornillo, that was to me the highlight of our career. It was such a crazy story, nobody thought it was going to work, everybody said ‘who needs ACCEPT with a new singer?’ Nobody’s expectations were high, everybody had written it off before it had started.

Then when the album came out and everyone saw us on stage and how on fire we were and how much alive we were, everything turned around and that was a crazy experience. That’s really a story that doesn’t happen very often.

Monsters Of Rock, Castle Donington, that was another highlight of my musical career, back in ’86. It was an amazing bill: AC/DC, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Accept, Motley Crue, imagine that bill!“

You can listen to the whole of the interview on the audio player below:

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Metal Shock Finland has just been made aware that the legendary German guitarist Wolf Hoffmann (ACCEPT) is going to unveil his first signature guitar very soon. Metal Shock Finland ‘s Chief Editor, Mohsen Fayyazi has just had a chat with the legendary ACCEPT ‘s management for more information about this guitar.

Wolf Hoffmann‘s first signature guitar will be called the “Flying Fortress.” It is a 6 string guitar which has been developed and manufactured according to his needs. This guitar is now available from Framus as a Signature model.

Wolf commented:”“ Growing up in Germany everybody had a Framus guitar at one point or another and I could have never anticipated that one day I would be friends with Hans Peter Wilfer, the man behind the re-birth of his father’s legendary brand. I had no idea what an amazing company they really are until I went to their factory and saw first hand the unbelievable craftsmanship and quality they deliver. I am happy and proud to introduce my first signature guitar, a real “Heavy Metal Axe” – made in Germany ! “

More information about this guitar as the company announced can be read below:

Neck-Trough
Curved Bodyshape
Available as right-handed
Sperzel Trim-Lok machine heads
Locking nut
Maple neck
Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard
Illuminated Side-Dots
Block / Pyramid inlays
Scale length: 25.5“ (648 mm)
24 small and high frets, Nickelsilver (Width: 2 mm / Height: 1.3 mm) rounded edges
IFT – Invisible Fretwork Technology + Plek Fretwork
Maple body
Active EMG 81 pickups (bridge), EMG SA pickups (neck)
Passive electronic with singlecoilboost in Electronics compartment
Volume control
3-way switch
Original Floyd Rose with FU-Tone.com Brass big Block
Warwick security locks
Black hardware
Strings (.010“ – .046“)
Including Framus “User Kit”
Including “RockCase®” Deluxe Line (RC 10825 SA F)
Individually issued certificate of authenticity
Weight**: 3.7 kg

Wolf Hoffmann was voted as one of the 100 most famous living guitar players and # 5 of the Rock Guitar Matadors. He can effortlessly combine Heavy Metal with Classical Music – his great love to be found in all ACCEPT productions. After 1-1/2 decades of absence from the music world ACCEPT delivered 2 Albums back to back, 3 tours around the globe and chart positions for both albums BLOOD OF THE NATIONS & STALINGRAD – in some charts competing with each other and topping the reader charts until today. Both productions enjoyed ALBUM OF THE MONTHS and ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

If you would like to meet Wolf Hoffmann and say a hi or take a photo with him, go to the NAMM 2013 event on the following dates and address:

Anaheim Convention Center

800 West Katella Avenue

Anaheim, CA 92802

Thursday, Jan 24    10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Friday, Jan 25 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan 26    10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday, Jan 27      10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Some photos of this guitar can be seen below:

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