"The neck position delivers some deep and snaky sounds, while the bridge offers extra focus via a more biting upper range and edgier bass."
Mahgany makes up most of the chassis, high gloss, black cherry finish that's contrasted only by cream edge binding.
Complete with nickel-plated metal covers carrying the company's 'diamond' logo
these mini humbuckers sit in old-style small surrounds and, as before, they're secured by minuscule, side-mounted grub-screws.
The controls employ metal-topped knobs that replicate the originals first seen in the '60s and their straight-line layout also echoes some early Hofners.
The adjacent pickup selector switch is conveniently positioned and safe from over-enthusiastic strumming.
We get a volume for each and a master tone but each humbucker employs four-conductor cable, so coil-splitting is an easy mod.