Details

Pre-owned 1963 Reissue Hofner Violin Bass with Deluxe Flight Case. First purchased in 2010, the instrument is in very good condition with only very minor wear.

Musicians love the Hofner 500/1 Vintage '63 Violin Bass Guitar. In 1956 Walter Hofner had an idea for an amplified semi-acoustic bass. When it was brought to life, it proved to be a unique instrument with a smooth, sweet sound and a playing ease that eludes most ordinary basses. Many players revere Hofner's Violin Bass as a legend because of its historical significance and its warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone.

Named for the year the most familiar version of the Violin Bass was popularized by by a certain young bass player from Liverpool, the Vintage '63 captures its characteristic tone -- deep, warm and reminiscent of a full-sized string bass. Built to be as durable as its legacy, the compact-sized, easy-to-play, light-in-weight Vintage '63 is equally at home onstage or in the studio.

Features

    Select German spruce top, back, and sides of flamed maple
    Maple-beech-maple neck
    Rosewood fretboard with 22 frets
    Mother-of-pearl dots
    Scale: 30" (76cm)
    Neck width at nut: 1-5/8" (42mm)
    Machine heads: Hofner 61/73B (4 individual)
    Hofner 72/20B ebony bridge with movable metal saddles for perfect intonation and string spacing
    Hofner 62/30 trapeze brass tailpiece
    Hofner 65/36-P floating pearl celluloid pickguard
    2 Hofner 511B "Staple" humbucking pickups
    Hofner A2-B control panel with 2 volume controls, 2 on/off switches, and rhythm/solo switch for volume boost
    Nickel-plated hardware
    Antique-brown sunburst finish
    Includes bullet hardshell case