Overview
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Product:
- bass guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1959 to 1979
HOFNER made the MODEL 500/5 between 1959 and 1979
The Hofner 500/5 is best known as the bass played by Stuart Sutcliffe with the Beatles in Hamburg in 1960/1961.
Specifications (13)
Body
Body shape features | single cutaway |
Body style | archtop |
Pickguard material | white pickguard |
Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Fretboard
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | brown finish |
Number of strings | 4 strings |
Neck
Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
Tuner layout | two-each-side |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 2 pickups |
Hardware
Tailpiece | lyre tailpiece |
Controls
Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
Volume controls | 2 volume controls |