Violin Bass – Rooftop ’69
Handmade in Germany
Hollowbody made of flamed maple with a spruce top. Three-piece maple neck with beech reinforcement and rosewood fingerboard. Nut width 42mm, scale length 762mm. Aged Sunburst finish. ’69 Rooftop Edition with black nylon tape wound strings and the legendary BASSMAN sticker.
Includes Höfner Vintage strap and case.
| Specification | ||
| Instrument: | Violin Bass Rooftop ’69 | |
| Model: | H500/1-RFT-0 | |
| Category | Term | Description |
| Body | Shape | Violin Bass |
| Wood Top | Spruce | |
| Soundhole | None | |
| Wood Back | Flame Maple | |
| Wood Sides | Flame Maple | |
| Binding Top | Black / White / Black | |
| Binding Back | Black / White / Black | |
| Binding Sides | White | |
| Centerblock | None | |
| Neck | Wood | Flame Maple |
| Construction | Two 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 | None | |
| Side Dots | None | |
| Number of Frets | 22 | |
| Bridge | Material | Ebony |
| Type | Hofner Fretted | |
| Hardware | Tuners | Strip Nickel |
| Tuner Buttons | Plastic | |
| Tailpiece | Hofner Trapeze Nickel | |
| Nut Material | Plastic | |
| Pickguard | White Pearl | |
| Pickup Neck | Hofner Staple Nickel | |
| Pickup Middle | ||
| Pickup Bridge | Hofner Staple Nickel | |
| Potentiometer Knobs | Gold top | |
| Electrics | Hofner Pearl Panel | |
| Strings | Hofner Flat Wound | |
| Approximate Weight Kg | 2,1 | |
| Setup | Action Bass String at 12th Fret | 3mm |
| Action Treble String at 12th Fret | 2mm | |
| All Specifications subject to change | ||
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