Custom Hofner Committee bass 1963 Maple Sunburst

Rare Hofner Committee Bass

The Committee bass was only made from 1963 to 1965, and made in very small numbers.

Serial numbers started at 200 and went up to 353, only 154 of them were made.

This 1965 Hofner Committee thin-line hollow electric bass, has a big 18 inch lower bout, 2 inch body depth, 30 inch short scale, serial number 202.

Thus this is the THIRD one to ever roll off the production line!

This bass was gigged for the first 15 years of its life and is therefore not in pristine condition, it does however look OK for a 50 year old guitar.

The lacquer has checking/fine cracks in the surface, there are also many small dings and scratches all associated with age and play.Please see the photos.

The back is a beautiful single piece of birds-eye maple with ornate inlay- simply stunning!

There is a small area of lacquer wear on the rear upper bout and front 'plectrum' scratches. Only one of the original pickups remains, but sounds great.

The neck is moderately bowed and will require some truss rod adjustment and the action could be further improved by acquiring a correct replica bridge.

Consequently the string height measured at the 12th fret is currently 5mm measured from the top of the fret to the underside of the bass E string.

All the binding and inlays are nearly all present. There are two pieces missing on the fret-board.

The binding at the waist has shrunk and separated slightly, this is very common with the celluloid binding on Hofners.

The controls don't all work as are the original pots and need to be replaced as they have gone past the point where they can be cleaned to get them working.

The control knobs are black replacements - not the originals I think...

There is small screw that has been fixed into the underside of the neck where it joins the body.

The machine heads are not original, but work perfectly.

Once 're-rejuvenated' with very little work, as all the replacement parts are currently available; a very do-able project

This guitar would be a great addition to a collection, studio use or even occasionally gigged.

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