Höfner, 191 Doubleneck Violin Guitar, 1962

Produced between 1961 and 1970, this was a semi-solid instrument with two necks for normal 6-string and bass. The first version of the 191 was finished in tobacco sunburst, and initially had a set-neck joint. Later examples have a bolt-on neck. It had a single pickup for the bass and twin pickups for the normal guitar. Production of this version was from 1961 to c1964. The later (c1964 - 70) version of the 191 which had a fully solid body and Strat-type cutaways. This version referred to as the 191(ii) had two pickups for the bass and three pickups for the normal 6-string guitar.