HP BASS Info & date serial n° C300107

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Hello,
I have the opportunity to get a HOHNER HP BASS and I would like to have more information because I have the impression that everything does not fit with the “HOHNER - HISTORICAL GUITAR MODEL” table.
So it’s a black HP Bass, white pickguard, black buttons with a maple fingerboard and two pickups (1 Precision and 1 Jazz). I can’t find a model with maple fingerboard in the pdf table and I don’t have the opportunity to try the bass (it’s for a possible remote purchase) but I have the serial number : C300107

Is it possible to know the year of manufacture ? The wood used for the body ? And the weight ? (I have some back problems and try not to play with too heavy instruments).
Thanks in advance for your answers,
Nico.

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Hi Nico,

according to Hohner Service, the serial no. tells us this instrument was built in 1993. Unfortunately there is no record of body wood or weight. Here’s the available info:

21 nickel silver frets; bolt on one-piece Canadian rock maple neck / Indian rosewood fingerboard; colour: black (RN), red (MN); 1 HP single coil BS-5 (P-style); vol/tone; chrome hardware; graphite nut.

Hope this aids your deliberations. Hohner guitars from this period were often very good instruments and offer great value.