Hofner Custom Shop 500/1 '62 Model Violin Bass (3-Color Sunburst)

$3,695.00

NEW - This Hofner Custom Shop 500/1 features a stunning 3-color sunburst finish! Paul McCartney first picked up a Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass in 1961, and by 1962 the Fab Four’s bass player was fast on his way to turning this instrument into a staple of early rock. This Vintage ’62 Violin Bass gives you the same amazing experience McCartney enjoyed when he first received his favorite Hofner, providing you with timeless sound, style, and playing comfort. Between its breathtaking flame maple and spruce construction and its classic Hofner Staple humbuckers, this Vintage ’62 Violin Bass delivers the warm, woody, and vibrant sound that held down the back beat of the golden age of rock and roll.

You are looking at serial number: Y1124H067

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NEW - This Hofner Custom Shop 500/1 features a stunning 3-color sunburst finish! Paul McCartney first picked up a Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass in 1961, and by 1962 the Fab Four’s bass player was fast on his way to turning this instrument into a staple of early rock. This Vintage ’62 Violin Bass gives you the same amazing experience McCartney enjoyed when he first received his favorite Hofner, providing you with timeless sound, style, and playing comfort. Between its breathtaking flame maple and spruce construction and its classic Hofner Staple humbuckers, this Vintage ’62 Violin Bass delivers the warm, woody, and vibrant sound that held down the back beat of the golden age of rock and roll.

You are looking at serial number: Y1124H067

IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP!

Includes free shipping and free expert guitar setup!

NEW - This Hofner Custom Shop 500/1 features a stunning 3-color sunburst finish! Paul McCartney first picked up a Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass in 1961, and by 1962 the Fab Four’s bass player was fast on his way to turning this instrument into a staple of early rock. This Vintage ’62 Violin Bass gives you the same amazing experience McCartney enjoyed when he first received his favorite Hofner, providing you with timeless sound, style, and playing comfort. Between its breathtaking flame maple and spruce construction and its classic Hofner Staple humbuckers, this Vintage ’62 Violin Bass delivers the warm, woody, and vibrant sound that held down the back beat of the golden age of rock and roll.

You are looking at serial number: Y1124H067

IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP!

Includes free shipping and free expert guitar setup!


Specs

Body

  • Wood Top: Spruce

  • Soundhole: None

  • Wood Back: Flame Maple

  • Wood Sides: Flame Maple

  • Binding Top: Black / White / Black

  • Binding Sides: White

  • Centerblock: None

Neck

  • Wood: Flame Maple

  • Construction: Two Piece

  • Headstock Shape: Höfner Violin Bass

  • Logo and Artwork: Script

  • Neck Joint: Violin Bass Set Neck

  • Joint At: 16th Fret

  • Thickness Neck + FB at 1st Fret: 22mm

  • Thickness Neck + FB at 12th Fret: 26mm

  • Heel Cap: White Pearl

Fretboard

  • Wood: Rosewood

  • Scale: 30”/76cm

  • Nut Width: 42mm

  • Width at 12th Fret: 48mm

  • Inlays: Pearl Dots

  • Binding: None

  • Side Dots: Nonw

  • Number of Frets: 22

Bridge

  • Material: Ebony

  • Type: Höfner Fretted

Hardware

  • Tuners: Strip Nickel

  • Tuner Buttons: Plastic

  • Tailpiece: Höfner Trapere Nickel

  • Nut Material: Plastic

  • Pickguard: White Pearl

  • Pickup Neck: Höfner Staple Nickel

  • Pickup Bridge: Höfner Staple Nickel

  • Potentiometer Knobs: Gold Top

  • Electrics: Höfner Pearl Panel

  • Strings: Höfner Flat Wound

  • Includes Hardshell case.