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In 1956, Walter Höfner
Had an idea for an amplified semi-acoustic bass. When it was brought
to life, his idea revolutionized popular music. Many players revere
Höfner's Violin Bass as a legend because of its historical significance
and its warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone. The Höfner
Violin Bass is a unique instrument with a smooth, sweet sound and a
playing ease that simply eludes most ordinary basses.
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Vintage '62 Bass
The beautiful detail of the V63 Beatle Bass is apparent from the top down. Named for the year the most familiar version of the Violin Bass was Popularized, the vintage '63 captures its Characteristic tone - deep, warm, and reminiscent of a full-size string bass. Built to be as durable as its legacy.
You will find the finest hand
carved German Spruce on the top and sides and highly Flamed German Maple
graces the back of this exceptional instrument. The finish is a beautiful
deep robust sunburst topped with a lustrous lacquer.
The pictures fail to display the quality of the materials used, but nonetheless, giving an example of the flamingness of the wood used to build these hand-crafted instruments.
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The beautiful detail of the
V62 Beatle Bass is apparent from the top down.. You will find the finest
hand-carved German Spruce on the top and the sides and Highly flamed
German maple graces the back of this exceptional instrument. The finish is a deep robust sunburst topped with a lustrous lacquer.
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Pictures fail to display the quality of
materials used, but nonetheless, giving an example of the flaming ness of
the wood used to build these hand-crafted instruments.
Perloid control panels and
pick guard, as well as white body molding help accent the deep robust
sunburst finish.
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Two of the venerable "staple"
pickups are standard. These are an exact replication of the pickups used
on H500 basses in the early sixties, before the change to the less
desirable bar style pickups of the later sixties and onward.
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The V62 has a two piece
European maple neck which faithful in design to the original 62
H500. The neck is slightly thicker by 1/8th" from the top of
unbound rosewood fret board to the center of the back radius. His is
compared with the V63 H500 Bass. This slightly deeper neck is preferred
by some players for its stability and substantial feel.
The neck is a 3/4 Scale or 30 inches.
As for tuners, they are just
like the original 62 H500. Strip tuners are standard.
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A left handed models are available
as well as custom orders
All Hofner Heaven basses come with the
traditional Höfner brand flat wound strings exclusively made for Höfner by
famous German string manufacturer.
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The set-in neck of a
Beatle Bass is hand-fitted to the body. |
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Specifications
· Selected German spruce top, back and sides from flamed maple
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2-piece maple neck
· Rosewood fretboard, 22 frets
· Mother-of-pearl dots
· Scale: 30' (76cm)
· Neck width at nut: 1 5/8“ (42mm)
· Machine heads: Höfner 61/74B (2 on a strip)
· Höfner 72/20B ebony bridge with movable metal saddles for
perfect
intonation
and string spacing
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Höfner
62/30 trapeze tailpiece, brass
· Höfner 65/36-P floating celluloid pickguard, pearl
· 2 Höfner 511B 'Staple' humbucking pickups
· Höfner A2-B: Control panel with 2 volume controls, 2 on/off switches,
rhythm/solo switch for volume boost
· Nickel-plated hardware
· Colours: antique-brown sunburst
· Höfner 3059 case (included): Vitage 60's style
· Höfner 259B aluminium bullet case (surcharge) |
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The Vintage
'63 Beatle Bass includes the standard vintage style Höfner hard-shell
case.
Call
or Email
for best price
sales@hofnerheaven.com
612-803-4353
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McCartney Posing with
Höfner
'62 Violin Bass |
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