Höfner/Hofner

Distinctive features of Hofner basses available after 2000:

	Cavern 61 50th Anniversary	500/1 62	500/1 63	Contemporary 06	Contemporary 07	Icon Series
Origin	Germany	Germany	Germany	China	China	China
Year	2006	2005-	2005-	2006	2007-	2006-
Pickups	H510B (Diamond)	H511B	H511B	H511B	H511B	China, 65's frames
Controls	'tea cup'-knobs cream slides	'tea cup'-knobs cream slides	'tea cup'-knobs cream slides	silver knobs black slides	silver knobs black slides	black knobs black slides
Sustain block	no	no	no	yes	yes	no
Zero fret	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Top	german spruce	german spruce	german spruce	spruce	spruce	spruce/plywood
Back	one piece german maple	german maple	two piece african maple	two piece maple	two piece maple	maple/plywood
Sides	german maple	german maple	african maple	maple	maple	maple/plywood
Neck	2 piece maple	2 piece maple	3 piece maple-beech-maple	3 piece maple-beech-maple	3 piece maple-beech-maple	1 piece maple
Tuners (all open)	single, Hofner	stripe (2+2), Hofner	single, Hofner	single, Wilkinson	single, Wilkinson	single, Far East
Other Hardware	german	german	german	partly german	partly german	chinese or korean
Finish	Nitro Cellulose	Nitro Cellulose	Polyurethane	Polyurethane	Polyurethane	Polyurethane
Logo	White vertical	Gold	Gold	Gold	Gold	Pearl
identifying feature	position and diamond engraving of pickups	double (stripe) tuners	single tuners axis through knob	no neck binding and side dots	neck binding, dots on upper neckside	no zero fret
Notes	Anniversary note and Hofner Logo on pickguard			Trussrod cover says: Contemporary Series (easy to change!)	Trussrod cover says: Contemporary Series (easy to change!)	- black nut - no Hofner bridge - stringholder rounded - pickgd. screwed fm top - not avail. in Germany