Höfner HZ27

Unfortunately, I had to return the guitar I received, because it had some problems:
- The bridge was tearing off when the guitar came, and tore off eventually before I managed to send the guitar back.
- There were some cuts on the fretboard close the 2 and 3 frets, as though someone took a knife and cut it intentionally exactly in that place.
- Sharp fret edges, inconsistent fretwork - some fret ends were hidden in the fretboard, some of them protruded
- A small (0.5 cm in diameter) chunk of wood was missing near one of the poles on which you fix the string on the head of the guitar.

Other that that, the guitar looks beautiful. I did not have time to appreciate the sound due to the bridge problem, 5 stars are there just because I had to give it some rating. But this is not the quality I expect from a guitar that is made in Germany.

I was planning to buy my next classical guitar and heard about Hofner before especially about its quality products. So one of the options for me was a mid level Hofner which is in line with my budget. Model HZ27 is the one I decided after listening to recordings on the net. Luckily there was a discount at Thomann for HZ27 and placed an order. The transport of the guitar was excellent and the quality and appearance of it was amazing as well as its sound was for my taste. Yet, it was having issues with fret buzz so arranged a replacement with Thomann. Thanks to Thomann, the replacement with another HZ27 was flawless and next one arrived in a few days. I admit that the second one was not looking that good to me because of the natural stains on the cedar top but quality, finish and sound was perfectly the same. Plus there were no fret buzz or any other defects. Now after being with my HZ27 for the last two months, I feel that its sound has just settled better and became warmer. I just cannot stop playing it everyday.