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 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. In 1965 the double cutaway style was changed from the soft “Venetian” cutaways to the sharper “Florentine” cutaways as seen on this “De Luxe” model.
This 1966 Verithin De Luxe model features a factory fitted Bigsby unit – the majority of the Selmer Verithins were fitted with this Bigsby unit. The guitar is in really good shape although is does have several small marks on the body and back of the neck – we have tried to capture all of these on the pictures. The guitar comes complete with a 335 shaped hard case.
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