Classic gear: Hofner Verithin | Guitar World

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In the 1950s, Hofner laid American guitars on the ground thinly in the United Kingdom, thus filling the gap in thin lines.

The Hofner Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company was founded in 1887 by the skilled violin manufacturer Karl Höfner in the former town of Schönbach (now Czech Republic rupee) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

In the late 1940s after the end of World War II, Karl's sons Walter and Josef Höfner moved to Bavaria, Germany, where they began to rebuild the family business. Since the 1930s, the guitar has been It is an important part of it. 

By the early 1950s, Hoffner started

It soon began to export its products in large quantities, thanks in part to the Anglo-American trade embargo, which ensured that until the early 1960s, American guitars such as Gibson, Epiphone and Fender would not be imported into the UK in large quantities. .

Throughout the 1950s, as jazz and genre music became more and more popular in the UK, the demand for electric guitars increased exponentially. The London-based retailer Selmer is leading the development of the Hofner brand in the UK. Its catalogues are increasingly using American-style Hofner guitars, as well as unique American names such as Congress, President and Senator (in other places, equivalent Hofner instruments are assigned as basic models) numbers). 

Obviously, American guitar culture had a significant impact on the Hofner/Selmer joint venture throughout the 1950s and 1960, and it also followed Gibson’s ES-225TD, ES-350TD and ES-330TD double-pick-up thin-line electric vaults (Selmer) Hofner Verithin (known as Hofner Type 4574 outside the UK and the Commonwealth) was released.

Selmer wrote in the 1960 catalog: "Versin, Hofner... very good

The tone is transmitted through two Hofner Super Response pickups to provide unparalleled high pitch performance...designed for professional players, mahogany mahogany veneer and curved rosewood fingerboard, and nickel silver character. Single head, inlaid with mother-of-pearl inlay...Body size: 20 1⁄4" x 161⁄4" x 11⁄4" ... 52gns." 

Throughout the 1950s, American guitar culture had a significant impact on the Hoffner/Selmer joint venture

Verithin has double Venetian (circular) cross-sections, hollow main vault structure, double F holes, laminated maple back/side, single bunch of rosewood' boards and double single coil pickups, very reminiscent of Gibson ES -330TD-especially when made in cherry red (completed soon after the revised standard is published). There are some important differences, such as the laminated spruce top (ES-330 has a laminated maple top) and the three-piece maple/beech/maple neck (as opposed to the ES-330's single-piece mahogany neck).

Throughout the 1960s, Verithin was equipped with a "Lille" tail or Bigsby "tremolo" system, so the pickup truck type was changed many times. The earliest guitars had "toaster" single-coil pickups (it was called because the metal cover resembled the top of an electric toaster), and by 1961 they had been replaced by the "Diamond" logo 510 single coil. 

In '63, the pickup was changed to a type 511'staple' buzzer, and then reverted back to a single coil in 1967: first the type 512'blade' pickup, then the 513 type notched'blade' in 1969 pickup.

The stereo version of Verithin came out in 1964, and the guitar was renamed Verithin64. The following year, the rare three-pick version Model 65-3 was released. By the end of 1965, the guitar was redesigned to have a Florentine double (pointed) cut corner, and was subsequently renamed Verithin 66. 

Just like the Gibson ES-330TD, Verithin was discontinued in 1972.

Introduced as Verithin (UK and Commonwealth); russet mahogany veneer; "toaster" pickup.

Cherry red finish has now become standard; 510 "Diamond Logo"

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The 4x rotation control replaces the rectangular console.

Added 511 type "staple" humming pickup.

Renamed to Verithin 64; Verithin stereo is available.

Double Florence section; renamed Verithin 66.

Added 512 "shovel" pickups.

Added 513-type notched "shovel" pickup.

Polyurethane veneer replaces nitrocellulose veneer.

discontinued.

The four-digit number and the model information ('Verithin'/'Bigsby') are stamped onto the white rectangular label located inside the bottom of the F hole on the bass side.

Mother-of-pearl Hofner pattern logo and "bellflower" inlay; single binding black nitrocellulose finish.

White knob with metal cover, showing "volume" and "tone"; pearl/white tuner button; three-layer (w/b/w) nut; black pickup surround; black truss rod cover; two-layer (w/b) Heel cap on neck.

Nickel-plated pickup sleeve and Bigsby'tremolo' system; non-original adjustable bridge; six single-open tuners; adjustable truss rods.

Two 510 single-coil pickups with 600 adjustable pole pieces, with "Diamond" logo; independent volume/tone control; four pots and two 0.1uF audio capacitors; no pickup selector switch.

11⁄4 inches deep; completely hollow Venetian double section; arched laminated spruce top; two single boundary f-holes; laminated maple back and sides; six layers (w / b / w / b / w / b) Top and back binding; cherry red nitrocellulose finish.

25 1⁄2 inch scale length; three-piece set (maple/beech/maple); single-layer rosewood board; six seven-band inlays (Pearloid/black/white/tor/white/black/Pearloid); 22 Silver nickel character and zero character.

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