Hofner 500/1-62 Reissue Violin Bass £1285
This faithful reissue shows that the infamous Violin bass can still hold its own nearly half a century on
The MusicRadar Team, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 12:09 pm UTC
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MusicRadar rating
Pros
Classic design. Balanced sound over entire board. General ‘wow’ factor.
Cons
The lack of decent strap buttons will be annoying to some.
The bottom line
If you're looking for a bass with that 'wow' factor then the Violin Bass is one of the best out there: distinctive looks, feel, sound and delivery, it really has got the lot; and while it retains many of the idiosyncrasies of the original, we think this a good thing.
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Specification Show
500/1-62 Reissue Violin Bass
- Price:
- £1285
- Available Controls:
- 2 x Volume, Bass, Lead/Rhythm Switch, Treble
- Available Finish:
- Sunburst
- Back Material:
- Maple
- Bridge:
- Traditional Hofner Floating Wooden Bridge
- Case Included:
- 1
- Country of Origin:
- Germany
- Fingerboard Material:
- Rosewood
- Neck Material:
- Maple
- No of Strings:
- 4
- No. of Frets:
- 22
- Pickguard:
- 1
- Pickups:
- 2 x 'Staple' Design Pickups
- Scale Length (Inches):
- 30.25
- Scale Length (mm):
- 768
- String Spacing:
- 14
- Top Material:
- Spruce
- Unique Features:
- Seperate chrome-plated tailpiece
- Weight (kg):
- 1.8
- Weight (lb):
- 4
- Width at Nut (mm):
- 41.5
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