Pete Murphy has always been that way, your full on prima donna right there, mind you, saying that, some Bauhaus gigs around the time of Mask were some of the best I’ve ever seen.
Ah, now, I’m no expert on Hofners, from what I can glean they are a law unto themselves. I expect someone who knows them better than I might answer this.
Exactly what @Newfoundfreedom said. I owned the SS Jag and got rid of it within a month or two, I tried the Gretsch just a week or so back and it is delicious, trounces is the right word.