1965 Höfner Verithin model 4574 sunburst

Very Good condition, 7,5/10, Made in Germany, no case, only slight fretwear, some wear on the edge of the headstock, impressed in the top of the headstock is the model code 4574 and the serial 1165 (November 1965) which was done by the Swedish importer Muskantor when the instrument arrived at their warehouse and not by the factory, more info: When first introduced in 1960, the Verithin was fitted with the toast rack pickups, and the classic rectangular control consul fitted with two volume controls and three sliding pickup/solo-rhythm switches. By the end of 1962 however, the electrics had been changed to as on my guitar, with the "Diamond Logo" pickups (which look like humbuckers - but aren't) and the four rotary volume and tone controls. By the end of 1963, the pickups had again changed to the humbucking "Staple" pickups, but the controls stayed the same up to the introduction of the Florentine cutaway model in 1965, All four rotary controls on my guitar interact with each other to such an extent that to define whether a particular knob controls a particulay pickup is well nigh impossible. All the sounds are there - it's just that finding any particular one is a little difficult! By the way, the guitar's acoustic sound is loud and full compared to other semis. Perhaps not having the centre block in the body helps, but the downside is that the Verithin's pickups feed-back fiercely if played at any volume near the amplifier. Hofner's Micromatic bridge is fitted to this guitar. The ebony slotted type with the fretwire saddles, as on my Club 60, were fitted on the early Verithins (1960-63). The "Lyre"" type tailpiece was fitted as standard throughout the whole period of Verithin manufacture, although another very artistic type (as now fitted to the present-day Hofner Jazzica) was fitted to some of the European market versions. A factory fitted Bigsby vibrato unit was offered in the UK Selmer catalogue, but a large number of European 4574s were factory fitted with a rather strange looking German copy of the Bigsby, which has four large slots stamped out of the flat chrome tailpiece to form an upper-case letter "H" (for Hofner?!) . Not half as much style though as a real Bigsby unit!