It is a brief overview with this famous bass therefore we can’t explain every modification and modification that has been designed to it throughout the a long time it is often in manufacturing. Neither is it feasible to go over all the people that are many businesses that have contributed to its passage through history.

The bass ended up being created by Walter HГ¶fner in 1955 and first demonstrated to the general public during the Frankfurt Musikmesse into the springtime of 1956. It would appear that Walter’s intention would be to make a bass guitar that might be attracting players associated with upright bass (dual bass) who no more desired to carry such a huge heavy tool around to try out in beat and jazz teams. He additionally designed the bass so your construction technique will be familiar into the employees at HГ¶fner who had previously been making violins for decades. So we got a bass who has the design and form maybe perhaps not unlike a traditional stringed tool and built in quite similar method, hollow bodied, arched topped and a group in throat. Walter utilized elements from the HГ¶fner guitar that is electric and adpated these for the bass, so that it got the familiar ebony connection, the cable tailpiece, the oval control panel, the black colored club pickups. He’d utilized most of these on their Club guitars the before year.

The model Violin Bass in 1955. It varies somewhat from manufacturing models because it features a black scrachplate and control board together with logo design in the human anatomy is regarding the top bass bout, perhaps not underneath the tailpiece. The headstock form additionally is apparently somewhat dissimilar to the production design that is final.

The Violin Bass gets its debut that is public at Musikmesse in 1956. It really is in the final end for the front side row by having a HГ¶fner 126 (Club) electric guitar to its right. During the dining dining table is Wanda HГ¶fner (Walter HГ¶fner’s spouse) with, presumably, an individual.

Today we do not determine if anybody paid any focus on the latest little bass. Maybe they did as an electric powered bass electric electric guitar ended up being, in 1956, a significant brand new thing!

From the delivery in 1956 the 500/1 Violin Bass has encountered many modifications. These have actually the majority of concerned equipment modifications, your body staying practically exactly the same, although the neck has became slimmer. The next is a quick summary of this modifications made.

1956The batch that is first of had the pickups “wide spaced”, this is certainly one because of the throat and something by the connection.

1957Either in belated 1956 or early 1957 the connection pickup was relocated up towards the throat. We do not know why this is done, presumably to enhance the tone.

1959The adam4adam oval control interface modifications into the type that is rectangular. This modification ended up being made on all Höfner guitars and basses from 1958 onwards.

1960The “black club” pickups switch to “Toaster” kinds. Truss rods now found in the throat.

1961The “Toaster” pickup is changed because of the “Cavern” kind pickup. The control interface utilizes cream pearloid and also the pickguard modifications from tortoiseshell to cream pearloid. Laminate tops as opposed to solid tops begin to be used.This may be the famous “Cavern” bass – Paul McCartneys hГ¶fner that is first 1961.

1962The “Cavern” pickup modifications towards the “Diamond Logo” kind. The treble pickup techniques down beside the connection. The headstock logo design modifications and today uses the HГ¶fner script logo design as a decal

1963The “Diamond Logo” pickups are changed because of the “Staple” type. Two piece necks begin to be applied, not on all basses. Solitary tuners start to relace the 2-on-a-strip kind.Paul McCartney got their 2nd bass in 1963. He still makes use of it at evey concert.

1964The throat gets binding that is white. The decal logo design is changed with a 3D white and gold synthetic logo design

1965-66The control interface gets larger. The pickup mounts switch to a kind making height modification easier but what this means is the very best has got to be routed to accomodate the pickups. a smaller tailpiece has become utilized, this being typical to your Club bass additionally.

1967-72The pickups switch to the “Blade” kind. New enclosed kind tuners are employed. By 1968 the raised logo design shall alter returning to a decal in gold. Steel tuner buttons are getting to be utilized.

1970s midThe switches in the control board switch to thinner black colored kind. The höfner is had by some basses logo design regarding the pickguard. Mind logo modifications to silver script decal.

1970s lateKnobs on control interface switch to black colored kind. Höfner logo design stamped regarding the pickups vanishes.

1980s”Blade” pickups changed to your 1965/66 kind on some basses. Control board continues to be the same.(The electric electric guitar into the image is lacking its pickguard.)

1990″Blade” pickups again utilized. Pickguard is screwed to human body top in the place of making use of fixing mails.Pearloid is provided from Japan as German supply is not any longer available.

Through the belated 1980s and early 1990s pressure had been placed on HГ¶fner, from Japan plus the United States Of America, to produce a “content” regarding the 1963 bass as employed by Paul McCartney. This is perhaps perhaps not, but, this kind of task that is simple. All the initial manufacturers of components within the very early 1960s had disappeared so lots of elements had been unavailable. Perhaps the pearloid useful for the control pickguard and panel could never be acquired. HГ¶fner did their utmost to fulfill these demand and a quantity of variations were produced when it comes to market that is japanese. None nevertheless, was just like a 1963 bass.

Around 1990 a uk guitar dealer became included because they wished to make a replica regarding the 1961 “Cavern” bass. They worked along with HГ¶fner plus in 1992 the re-issue that is first had been launched. This is the H500/1-61 model, also called the V61 Cavern Bass.

And thus started the re-issues. Whilst the V61 “Cavern” was being developed with Music Ground HГ¶fner had been focusing on creating a bass that could be just like Paul McCartney’s bass. The end result was the V63 re-issue, launched during the early 1990s. This is a exemplary bass, nevertheless the specification had not been exactly like McCartneys. Further work could be needed before this is accomplished, using the V62 ultimately launching.