HCT-500/1-SB Contemporary version of the Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass.   Sunburst.   Details

The best-selling 500/1 Contemporary version of the Hofner Violin Bass Guitar in sunburst offers those wanting to own one of the World's iconic guitars the chance to do so at a very attractive price. 

Recreating the style of the 1964 version.

Featuring a sustain block inside the body to give modern, deep-resonating bass sounds while still retaining the original Hofner Beatles bass sound. With a short scale of 30" and the small violin bass body it is one of greatest electric bass guitars ever made.

Specification SPECIFICATION SHEET     Instrument: HCT Violin Bass   Model: HCT-500/1-SB   Category Term Description Body Shape Violin Bass Wood Top Spruce Soundhole    Wood Back Flame Maple Wood Sides Flame Maple Binding Top Black / White / Black Binding Back Black / White / Black Binding Sides White Centerblock Spruce Neck Wood Maple / Beech / Maple Construction Three Piece Headstock Shape Violin Bass Logo and Artwork Script Neck Joint Hofner Violin Bass Set Neck Joint At 16th Fret Thickness Neck + FB At 1st Fret 22mm Thickness Neck + FB Near Heel 24mm Heel Cap Pearl Fingerboard Wood Jatoba Scale 30" / 76cm Nut Width 42mm Width At 12th Fret 48mm Inlays Dots Binding White Side Dots Yes Number Of Frets 22 Bridge Material Ebony  Type Hofner Fretted Hardware Tuners Single Nickel  Tuner Buttons Pearl Tailpiece Trapeze Nickel Nut Material Plastic Pickguard White Pearl Pickup Neck Hofner Staple Nickel Pickup Middle   Pickup Bridge Hofner Staple Nickel Potentiometer Knobs Black and Silver Strings Hofner HCT Roundwound Approximate Weight Kg 2,7 Setup Action Bass String at 12th Fret 3mm Action Treble String at 12th Fret 2mm