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What's New Hofner 500/1 58 NA 1958 Violin Bass Custom Shop Reissue (Natural w/ Flame Maple Back)
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Hofner 500/1 58 NA 1958 Violin Bass Custom Shop Reissue (Natural w/ Flame Maple Back)

$2,995.00
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NEW - In celebration of both the early days of the Höfner violin bass and the 50th anniversary of Master Luthier Dieter Fischer's joining Höfner, comes the 500/1 Vintage 58 Reissue Violin Bass. Each 500/1 Vintage 58 is a handmade limited edition version of the 1958 close pick-up space violin bass with oval control panel. Many players revere Höfner's Violin Bass as a legend because of its historical significance and its warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone.

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NEW - In celebration of both the early days of the Höfner violin bass and the 50th anniversary of Master Luthier Dieter Fischer's joining Höfner, comes the 500/1 Vintage 58 Reissue Violin Bass. Each 500/1 Vintage 58 is a handmade limited edition version of the 1958 close pick-up space violin bass with oval control panel. Many players revere Höfner's Violin Bass as a legend because of its historical significance and its warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone.

NEW - In celebration of both the early days of the Höfner violin bass and the 50th anniversary of Master Luthier Dieter Fischer's joining Höfner, comes the 500/1 Vintage 58 Reissue Violin Bass. Each 500/1 Vintage 58 is a handmade limited edition version of the 1958 close pick-up space violin bass with oval control panel. Many players revere Höfner's Violin Bass as a legend because of its historical significance and its warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone.


Specification

  • Instrument: Violin Bass 1958 Reissue

  • Model: H500/1-58-NA

  • Category Term Description

  • Body Shape Violin Bass

  • Wood Top Spruce

  • Soundhole None

  • Wood Back Flame Maple

  • Wood Sides Flame Maple

  • Binding Top Black

  • Binding Back Black

  • Binding Sides Black

  • Centerblock None

  • Neck Wood Flame Maple / Beech / Flame Maple

  • Construction Three Piece

  • Headstock Shape Hofner Violin Bass.

  • Logo and Artwork Vertical

  • Neck Joint Violin Bass Set Neck

  • Joint At 16th Fret

  • Thickness Neck + FB At 1st Fret 24mm

  • Thickness Neck + FB At 12th Fret 28mm

  • Heel Cap Black

  • Fingerboard Wood Rosewood

  • Scale 30"/76cm

  • Nut Width 42mm

  • Width At 12th Fret 48mm

  • Inlays Pearl Dots

  • Binding None

  • Side Dots None

  • Number Of Frets 22

  • Bridge Material Ebony

  • Type Hofner Fretted

  • Hardware Tuners Single Nickel "Rugby Ball"

  • Tuner Buttons Plastic

  • Tailpiece Hofner Trapeze Nickel

  • Nut Material Plastic

  • Pickguard White Pearl

  • Pickup Neck 58 Vintage

  • Pickup Middle 58 Vintage

  • Pickup Bridge

  • Potentiometer Knobs Black

  • Electrics Hofner Black Panel

  • Strings Hofner Flat Wound

  • Approximate Weight Kg 2,1

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