HOHNER CLASSIC CITY SERIES

The Hohner Classic City Series was made from 1998 until 2002 and included 4 models all named after American Cities: The Baton Rouge, The Birmingham, The Reno and The Springfield. All had slightly different body shapes and hardware. The Reno had more than a hint of Telecaster, the Springfield was Stratocaster influenced and the Baton Rouge had Les Paul features. I don't know why these particular City names were chosen - perhaps there is something that links them?

HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE

Honher produced THE BATON ROUGE from 1998 until 2002. This Les Paul style electric had a solid alder body with contoured top, two exposed humbucking pickups and butterscotch or cherry sunburst finish.

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HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM

Hohner produced THE BIRMINGHAM model from 1998 until 2002. It had a double cutaway solid alder body finished in either black or red. The neck had a bolt on easy access joint and was satin finished. Pickups were two exposed humbuckers controlled by single volume and tone controls with a three-way selector switch. The electronics and control layout were identical to the Baton Rouge model - but the Birmingham had different finishes, double cutaway body and six in a row tuner layout.

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HOHNER THE RENO

Hohner made THE RENO  between 1998 and 2002. It was a solid alder bodied electric guitar with the same body shape as the Hohner JT60 but the JT60 had Strat style pickups and controls whereas the Reno had Telecaster style layout. The Reno had a humbucker in the bridge position and a chrome covered single coil at the neck, controlled by single volume and tone controls and a Les Paul style three-way selector switch. The satin finished maple neck was attached with a bolt on easy access joint and had 22 frets.

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HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD

Hohner made the THE SPRINGFIELD  between 1998 and 2002. It was similar to the JT60 model of the mid 1990s - with a Strat style pickup layout, vintage style tremolo and black or blue finishes.

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Specifications:

ModelImageFinish colorsFinish effectsMade inNumber of stringsScale length
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
butterscotch finish, red finishsunburst finishIndonesia6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
black finish, red finish-Indonesia6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
two color sunburstsunburst finishIndonesia6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
black finish, blue finish-Indonesia6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
ModelControls materialNumber of control knobsPickup selector controlsTone controlsVolume controls
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
metal controls2 control knobs3-way selector switch1 tone control1 volume control
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
metal controls2 control knobs3-way selector switch1 tone control1 volume control
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
metal controls2 control knobs3-way selector switch1 tone control1 volume control
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
white controls2 control knobs5-way selector switch1 tone control1 volume control
ModelPickups configuration
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
2 humbucker pickups
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
2 humbucker pickups
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
1 single coil and 1 humbucker pickup
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
3 single coil pickups
ModelBody materialBody shape featuresBody stylePickguard material
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
alder bodycontoured body top, single cutawayLes Paul-style body-
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
alder bodydouble cutaway--
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
alder bodydouble cutaway-black pickguard
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
alder bodycontoured body top, double cutaway-white pickguard
ModelBridgeHardware colorTuners
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
wraparound bridgechrome hardwaredie-cast tuners
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
wraparound bridgechrome hardwaredie-cast tuners
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
fixed bridgechrome hardware-
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
tremolo bridge--
ModelFingerboard inlay materialFingerboard materialFingerboard position markers
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
pearl fingerboard inlay materialrosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
pearl fingerboard inlay materialrosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
-rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
-rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
ModelNeck jointNumber of fretsPeghead (headstock)Tuner layoutNeck material
HOHNER THE BATON ROUGE
1998 to 2002
bolt on neck22 fretblack face headstockthree-each-side-
HOHNER THE BIRMINGHAM
1998 to 2002
bolt on neck22 fret-six-in-a-row tuners-
HOHNER THE RENO
1998 to 2002
bolt on neck22 fret-six-in-a-row tunersmaple neck
HOHNER THE SPRINGFIELD
1998 to 2002
bolt on neck22 fret-six-in-a-row tunersmaple neck