Stuart Sutcliffe Hofner Bass
A large hollow bodied bass the body is 17 inches wide and 25 deep to which is fitted a short scale neck of 30 it proved popular with many groups in the 50s and 60s.
Stuart sutcliffe hofner bass. The hofner president bass was introduced in 1963 as a successor to the 5005 333 hofner bass. This is that bass guitar. As is well known they persuaded 19 year old art student sutcliffe to purchase a hofner electric bass. With a fully hollow 165 wide body and close spaced hofner toaster pick ups this is an amazing looking bass.
We buy sell trade whole collections. The painting was bought by john moore the football pools millionaire for 65. It features a 165 wide body with a spruce top and flame maple back and sides a 3 piece maple beech maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and and 30 scale length. George harrison said it was better to have a bass player that couldnt play than to not have a bass player at all 1 stuart straightaway recruited dave may of the local silhouettes to teach him eddie cochrans cmon everybody.
Stuart sutcliffes hofner president bass. Hofner hct 5005 president bass this contemporary series president bass is based on the original model as played by stuart sutcliffe in the early days of the beatles. John lennon who was living with stuart in a flat at gambier terrace persuaded stuart to use the money to buy a bass guitar from frank hesseys music shop in liverpool and join the beatles as their bass player. In january 1960 stuart sutcliffe exhibited a painting in the moores exhibition at liverpools walker art gallery.
Highly rated by all owners as far as im aware and set to become a future classic in its own right. Hofner 1959 stuart sutcliffe beatles bass 5005. Stuart sutcliffe didnt play a vintage hofner but a new one or at least very recent. The hofner ct 5005 president bass the contemporary version of the 5005 president bass inspired by the models of the 1950s and 60s as played by stuart sutcliffe in the early days of the beatles.
It just so happens that the current reissue is as close to a new 5005 as one could get because it is indeed new. Inspired by the bass used by many players but none quite so famous as stuart sutcliffe. With a fully hollow 165 wide body and fitted with close sp. Hofner 5005 stuart sutcliffe president bassthis is the first year reissue 2011 for the hofner 5005 president bass inspired by the models of the 1950s and 60s as played by stuart sutcliffe in the early days of the beatles.