“Made In Germany”

Burning-Crown-Wolf Legendary German guitarist Wolf Hoffmann (ACCEPT) has recently unveiled his new signature guitar. It is a 6 string guitar which has been developed and manufactured according to his needs by Framus.

Wolf has recently joined Mohsen Fayyazi‘s Burning Crown to describe his new guitar in more details.

He described his new guitar as follows:

“It’s the best guitar I’ve ever owned. When I opened the case for the first time I was just blown away. Framus have done such a beautiful job that I’m speechless.
The paint job on this particular guitar resembles a vintage WW2 bomber – hence the name “Flying Fortress” – it has aluminum paint with real rivets and bomber decals . This guitar is the ultimate war machine !!
The idea behind this Flying V is that it’s a cross between a V and a Strat. It obviously has the traditional V shape but there are many Strat features also. First of all the (maple)body is contoured so it is much more comfortable to play, then there is a Titanium Floyd System by Floyd Upgrades, EMG pickups (81in the bridge and a single coil SA in the neck position.) Also check out the cool headstock design, the tiger striped ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl inlays and Invisible Fret Technology and also the neck – through construction. To me, in terms of the craftsmanship and quality nobody today can touch Framus Guitars !!” Wolf continued describing “Germans make good stuff, everybody knows that. They make the best cars, they make really good microphones.“

When Wolf was asked about how he found out about Framus and why he chose them, he said:

“I’ve been in touch with Framus for about a year about this new guitar. We were first in touch about 2 years ago about possibly doing a signature guitar. They finally had a prototype ready for me in the fall on this last tour. So I have been using Framus guitars on this last tour exclusively. you know it’s just one of those things, and when they decided to make a signature for me I was very very excited, because I know they make the best guitars in the world.”

Wolf stated about his upcoming solo album:

“I’ve actually started work on new follow up material already, so hopefully it won’t be long before I can release it.“

You can listen to the whole of the interview below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kgv3pAoibfw

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:

Wolf Hoffmann guitar1