Hofner 500/1 58 NA 1958 Violin Bass Custom Shop Reissue 2022 Natural

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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• 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