Hofner HCT-500/5 President Bass, Sunburst Overview
Hofner President Bass, Sunburst
Inspired by the iconic models of the 1950's and 1960's, the Hofner President is the contemporary version of the classic Hofner 500/5 President Bass as used in the early days of The Beatles, in the hands of original bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe.
A true classic in both shape and sound, the Hofner President is a fully hollow body bass with a gorgeous spruce top and flame maple back and sides that help to bring a crisp top end to the warmth of the hollow body sound. The Hofner President is stunning to look at, brilliant to play and sublime to hear.
- BODY
- Shape: President Bass
- Wood Top: Spruce
- Soundhole: Traditional F-Hole (2)
- Wood Back: Flame Maple
- Wood Sides: Flame Maple
- Binding (Top): Black / White / Black / White / Black
- Binding (Back): Black / White / Black / White / Black
- Binding (Sides): White
- Centerblock: None
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- NECK
- Wood: Maple / Beech / Maple
- Construction: Three Piece
- Headstock Shape: President Bass
- Logo and Artwork: Script
- Neck Joint: Hofner Archtop Bass Set Neck
- Joint At: 16th Fret
- Thickness: Neck + FB At 1st Fret - 22mm
- Thickness: Neck + FB Near Heel - 24mm
- Heel Cap: Pearl
- Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
- Scale: 30" / 76cm
- Nut Width: 42mm
- Width At 12th Fret: 48mm
- Inlays: Dots
- Binding: White
- Side Dots: Yes
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Type: Hofner Fretted
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- HARDWARE
- Tuners: Single Nickel
- Tuner Buttons: Pearl
- Tailpiece: Trapeze Nickel
- Nut Material: Plastic
- Pickguard: None
- Neck Pickup: Hofner Staple
- Bridge Pickup: Hofner Staple
- Potentiometer Knobs: Black and Silver
- Strings: Hofner HCT Roundwound
- Approximate Weight: 2.4kg
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- SETUP
- Bass String Action at 12th Fret: 3mm
- Treble String Action at 12th Fret: 2mm
