Archive for January 8th, 2010
Beatle bass is the name given to a bass guitar produced by Hofner. They have several models of bass guitars this one is The Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass.
It is a semi acoustic bass guitar with amplification. The bass is very light weight due to its hollow body design. Because of the hollow body it has the sound of a double bass. The rich tone and the symmetrically shaped bass guitar body caught the eye of Paul McCartney the bass guitarist of The Beatles, and the rest is history.
Because of the cost of a Hofner Bass it has been replicated by many different manufacturers calling it a violin bass because it’s shape is like a violin, it has even been reproduced for The Beatles Rock Band.