The Hofner President Bass was introduced into the Selmer range in 1963 to replace the Hofner 500/5. The President Bass differed significantly from the earlier bass in that it had the same body as the President Thinline guitar, a laminated spruce top as opposed to the spruce top of the 500/5, and body dimensions of 16¼" width by 2" depth. The two staple pickups are controlled by four rotary controls (2 volume & 2 tone), and the rosewood fretboard now had 24 frets, triple dot fret markers and fingerboard binding.

This 1964 Brunette burst finish example is in super clean, all original, condition and comes complete with original Selmer hard case (with a nice boot laces handle). We haven’t seen such a good example of this bass in the shop….. The bass does have some very minor signs of its age including: very slight loss of finish to the edges of the top of the headstock, play wear to the side of the neck and a little disruption to the finish around the heal joint from when the bass had its neck reset (see last 4 pictures). The action is perfect and it has a set of flatwound strings on-board for that full vintage sound.

Shipping within mainland UK using fully insured 24-hour courier service @ £40.00.

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