Draft:Höfner 500/5 Bass
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The Höfner 500/5 Bass, also known as the Sutcliffe Bass, the Höfner 333, the Reeperbahn Bass, or mistakenly the President Bass, is an electric bass made by Höfner.
History[edit]
The 500/5 Bass started to be manufactured in 1957 and stopped production in 1979.[1]
Stuart Sutcliffe[edit]
The bass became known for Stuart Sutcliffe, who after going to the Casbah Coffee Club one night was persuaded by John Lennon and Paul McCartney to buy a model for on hire-purchase from Frank Hessey's Music Shop.[2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Bacon, Tony; Moorhouse, Barry (2008). The Bass Book. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-87930-924-4.
- ^ Sutcliffe's cheque book - Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2007
- ^ "The Beatles Anthology" (DVD) 2003 (Episode 1 – 0:28:02) Harrison and McCartney talking about Sutcliffe's first bass guitar.
- ^ Sutcliffe's President Bass rockmine.com. Retrieved: 9 May 2007