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Hofner Violin Bass 61 Cavern 60th Anniversary Edition Semi-Acoustic Bass Guitar with Case

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Hofner Violin Bass 61 Cavern 60th Anniversary Edition Semi-Acoustic Bass Guitar with Case
Product no: 9000-0086-4071 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

When it was first unveiled at the 1956 edition of Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Walter Höfner couldn't have imagined the legend that he'd just unleashed. Based on the original electric semi-hollow-bodied bass seen in the hands of a young Sir Paul McCartney in the early sixties, this is the limited edition Violin Bass 61 Cavern. The name says it all: this hand-numbered reissue of one of the most recognisable instruments on the planet bears all of the same features as its sixty-year old ancestor - from the pickup configuration to the neck profile.

The Violin Bass 61 Cavern: Pure Mersey Beat Bass

Taking things back to the sound of 1961, a Diamond pickup has been mounted at both the neck and middle positions and has been coupled up with a classic set of pots and switches to shape the unmistakable roundness and warmth that backed up the Mersey Beat. The set-in flamed maple neck has a stable three-piece construction and has an immediately agile and familiar feel in the fret-hand. The unchanged headstock has been finished with a vintage Höfner logo and fitted with a set of Rugby Ball Single open-gear machine heads, while the ebony Fretted Bridge and Trapeze tailpiece complete the picture. The Höfner 60th Anniversary Edition 61 Cavern comes with a generous bag of treats: a form-fitting hardshell case, a certificate of authenticity, a vintage strap, a polishing cloth, a Höfner tote bag, and a sweet stack of stickers and booklets that commemorate both the legend of the Cavern Club in Liverpool and the illustrious history of the Höfner Violin Bass.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	4
Active tone control	no
Pickup configuration	HH
Pickup type	humbucker (passive)
Neck connection	set neck
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Sound (amplified)	classic and full
Colour	burst
Country of origin	Germany
Body material	maple
Model	Violin bass
Bass guitar scale length	short scale (< 30 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	hollow body

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	4,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	114,0 x 31,0 x 12,0 cm

Product specifications

Höfner semi-acoustic bass guitar
- model: Violin Bass Cavern 60th Anniversary
- colour: Sunburst
body
- material: flamed maple
- finish: high gloss
- shape: Violin Bass
- soundboard: arched spruce
- binding: white/black/white/black
neck
- binding: set-in, Höfner Violin Bass Set Neck
- material: 3-piece flamed maple
- finish: high gloss
- scale length: 30" (760mm)
- fretboard: rosewood
- number of frets: 22
- nut material: synthetic
- nut width: 42mm (1.65")
- position markers: pearloid dots
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: Höfner Fretted, ebony
- tailpiece: Höfner Trapeze tailpiece
- hardware finish: nickel
- machine heads: Höfner Single open gear, pearloid button
- pickguard: pearloid, with 60th Anniversary decal
electronics
- bridge pickup: Höfner Diamond pickup
- middle pickup: Höfner Diamond pickup
- controls: 2x volume
- switches: rhythm/solo, bass on, treble on
included: hardshell case, COA, 2 booklets, 3 stickers, polishing cloth, vintage guitar strap, extra control panel, extra pearloid pickguard, Höfner tote bag

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