Description

Paul McCartney first picked up a Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass in 1961, and by '62 the Fab Four's bass player was fast on his way to re-inventing the role of the instrument for a modern musical setting. This Vintage '62 Violin Bass gives you the same amazing experience, providing you with timeless sound, style, and playing comfort - and now you can have it all in a cool and unique finish, hand selected by Sweetwater's guitar experts. Between its toneful flame maple and spruce construction and its classic Hofner Staple humbuckers, this Vintage '62 Violin Bass delivers the warm, woody, and vibrant sound that held down the back beat of the golden age of rock and roll.

Other specifications include:

Body Shape Violin Bass
Wood Top Spruce
Soundhole None
Wood Back Maple
Wood Sides Maple
Binding Top Black / White / Black
Binding Back Black / White / Black
Binding Sides White
Neck Wood Maple / Beech / Flame Maple
Construction Three Piece
Headstock Shape Hofner Violin Bass
Logo and Artwork Script
Neck Joint Violin Bass Set Neck
Joint At 16th Fret
Thickness Neck + FB At 1st Fret 21mm
Thickness Neck + FB At 12th Fret 24mm
Heel Cap White Pearl
Fingerboard Wood Rosewood
Scale 30"/76cm
Nut Width 42mm
Width At 12th Fret 48mm
Inlays Pearl Dots
Binding White
Side Dots Yes
Number Of Frets 22
Bridge Material Ebony
Type Hofner Fretted
Tuners Single Nickel
Tuner Buttons Plastic
Tailpiece Hofner Trapeze Nickel
Nut Material Plastic
Pickguard White Pearl
Pickup Neck Hofner Staple Nickel
Pickup Bridge Hofner Staple Nickel
Potentiometer Knobs Gold top
Electrics Hofner Pearl Panel
Strings Hofner Flat Wound
4 lbs 15 oz