1956/57 HOFNER MODEL 500/1 BASS
GUITAR
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GRAHAM STOCKLEY, HOFNER HAGENAU, GERMANY:


Note the area worn
into the solid spruce top by the previous owner's finger.




A one-piece heel with
a spruce fingerboard extension.

Rosewood pickups!


The old bass amongst
its 21st century descendents.
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