JimN wrote:I think it was a Hofner V3 with toaster pickups (dating from 1961-1962).
Very like this one:

Greetings Jim,
Thanks for the photo of the Hofner...it caused a 'flashback' for me to 1962, which was the last time I saw one of these guitars! There was a band called 'Johnny Roy and the Satellites' who appeared on the local tv channel in Bulawayo, Rhodesia at that time. (I think that the use of several guitars in any band increased tremendously after The Shadows did two shows there in 1961.)
Johnny Roy played lead on one of these guitars, and he was one of the most gifted rock and roll guitarists I've ever seen. To this day when I hear Chuck Berry's or Keith Richard's stabs and licks in tunes I am reminded of Johhny Roy's talent and energy in his guitar-playing. Sadly, when I saw him only a year or two later he had stopped playing, and seemed to have lost direction. If anyone knows what became of him I would be most interested to know.