The H\u00f6fner 4574 was introduced around 1960 as the European-market counterpart to the Verithin sold through Selmer in the UK. Strictly speaking, \u201cVerithin\u201d was the Selmer model name, while guitars intended for continental Europe and other markets were designated 4574, although the Verithin name is now widely used for both. The design was H\u00f6fner\u2019s take on the emerging thin-bodied electric archtop, but unlike a Gibson ES-335 it remained fully hollow rather than using a solid centre block.<\/p>\n
This 1965 example has the earlier double Venetian cutaway body, finished in translucent Cherry Red. The body is only around 30 mm deep, with a laminated spruce top and laminated figured maple back and sides. The extensive body binding, bound f-holes, black pickguard and distinctive striped fingerboard inlays are typical Verithin\/4574 details. Cherry became the model’s predominant finish after the earliest russet-red instruments.<\/p>\n
By 1965 the 4574 had moved to H\u00f6fner Type 511 \u201cStaple\u201d humbucking pickups, replacing the earlier Type 510 single coils. This guitar has 511 pickups together with four rotary volume and tone controls and no conventional pickup selector. It also has H\u00f6fner’s Micromatic adjustable bridge and the factory H\u00f6fner vibrato commonly found on European-market 4574s.<\/p>\n
There is a fair amount of normal playwear throughout, including marks and finish wear around the body and headstock. There are no breaks or cracks. The frets are approximately 90% there – relatively low but the guitar plays very well, and the vibrato operates smoothly. There is no serial number, which is correct for a European-market 4574. No case or bag is included.<\/p>\n
SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n The H\u00f6fner 4574 was introduced around 1960 as the European-market counterpart to the Verithin sold through Selmer in the UK. Strictly speaking, \u201cVerithin\u201d was the Selmer model name, while guitars intended for continental Europe and other markets were designated 4574, although the Verithin name is now widely used for both. The design was H\u00f6fner\u2019s take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54352,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[202,217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-54351","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-guitar","product_cat-elektrisk","brand-hofner","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n