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❌SOLD❌ Hofner Gold Label 500/1 Violin Bass Natural, 2014

❌SOLD❌ Hofner Gold Label 500/1 Violin Bass Natural, 2014

The Hofner Gold Label series, introduced at NAMM in 2013, features the highest quality German components, with custom colours and pickup combinations. You can even get a 3-pickup violin bass! This example of the Hofner Gold Label Series 500/1 Violin Bass is one of two, built with this wood selection – a carved solid Spruce top with a five-piece back of Flame Maple, Sapele Pommele (the two large quilted sections) and Indian Rosewood.

Used
Price: $3,950.00 CAD

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NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner 500/2 Club Bass

NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner 500/2 Club Bass

Based on the Club guitar, the Hofner 500/2 Club Bass was introduced in 1965 and built to 1970. It was never as popular as its cousin the 500/1 violin or ‘Beatle Bass’, but its more traditional single cutaway guitar shape perhaps works a bit better without a strap.

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Price: $0.00 CAD

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❌SOLD❌ 2012 Hofner 500-1 UK Jubilee Bass

❌SOLD❌  2012 Hofner 500-1 UK Jubilee Bass

Today we are fortunate to be viewing a 2012 Hofner 500-1 UK Jubilee Bass, a rare and interesting model.

For Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, Hofner built 60 500-1 UK Jubilee Bass models. This is number 40, and is a new instrument –

New
Price: $3,900.00 CAD

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NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner HCT500 1 SB Violin Bass Contemporary Beatle Bass

NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner HCT500 1 SB Violin Bass Contemporary Beatle Bass

We’ve just received a shipment of CT basses including the Hofner HCT-500 1 SB, great reproductions of vintage Hofner instruments!

New
Price: $0.00 CAD

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NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner 500/1 – 62 Reissue Violin Bass

NO LONGER AVAILABLE!!! Hofner 500/1 - 62 Reissue Violin Bass

Based on Paul McCartney’s 1962 Violin Bass, the Hofner 500/1 62 Reissue bass has delighted Hofner aficionados by replicating details of the original.

New
Price: $0.00 CAD

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Hofner 500 1 Vintage 63 Bass DISCONTINUED

Hofner 500 1 Vintage 63 Bass  DISCONTINUED

Walter Hofner conceived of the idea of a short scale violin shaped hollow electric bass guitar in 1955 and introduced the finished product at the Frankfurt trade show in 1956. Little did Hofner know that as the ‘Beatle Bass’ this new instrument was to become the flagship of the company for decades to come!

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Price: $0.00 CAD

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