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500/2 Club bass
Höfner Gmbh & Co.
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth American
Not on view
Though Höfner was mostly known for its 500/1 “violin” body style, this bass guitar features the same short scale length and deep, warm bass tones in a more guitarlike design with a single cutaway, where part of the upper body is sculpted away from the neck to improve access to the upper frets. Tina Weymouth purchased her first Club bass from a fan at a Talking Heads concert in 1979 and bought this example secondhand in 1980 as a backup. She continues to use it today.
Technical Description:
Hollow body with Venetian cutaway; spruce top, maple back and sides, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 30 in.scale; cherry sunburst with cream binding; set neck with zero fret, dot inlays and ivoroid binding; raised gold plastic Hofner logo on headstock; two mini humbucking pickups, two volume controls, bass & treble pickup on/off and rhythm/solo volume boost switches; ebony adjustable bridge, brass trapeze tailpiece, metal tuners, pearloid control panel with plastic knobs and switches
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