One of our favourite vintage Hofner guitars the Hofner Verithin appeared in the Selmer London catalogue of 1960, at around the same time as Hofner introduced the same basic guitar with the 4574 model designation in the general European market price list.
The Verithin features a hollow, twin cutaway body with a depth of only 30mm. Laminated flame Maple is used for the body back & sides, with a double “Venetian” cutaway laminated Spruce top.
The neck is a three-piece Maple/Beech set-neck with Pearloid/tortoishell strip fret-markers inlaid into the Rosewood fingerboard, and a "President-style" bell-flower design inlaid into the ebony fascia of the headstock. For the first year or so, the guitar was finished in "russet-mahogany", but this then changed to this brighter "Cherry Red" finish that is synonymous with the Verithin.
This 1964 model is all original, including the factory fitted Bigsby. The guitar is in fantastic condition – up there with the best condition Verithins we have had through the shop. As you expect with a guitar of this age there are a couple of small marks to the top of the headstock, Spruce top and one to the side (see last 4 pictures) – there is also a tiny amount of fret wear along the B string on the first 3 frets, although you have to really look for it. The guitar plays really nicely these Hofner staple pickups still sound great. This Verithin also comes complete with its original Selmer fitted hard case – which does have a “replacement” rope handle – getting harder to find these original cases in functioning condition.
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