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Looks very much like it, definitely Italian

Hofner Ignition series violin bass bridge replacement

Yes indeed. Rock isn't dead but it's been in a vegetative state for years. It's all down to rhythms: the youngsters have absorbed funk and hip-hop rhythms and find straight 4/4 rock as quaint as we find '20s jazz. In the UK stadium bands like Muse, Coldplay and Radiohead all draw massive young...

Indeed. My brass bits just rest on the surface, don't penetrate: it's held on by string tension alone

Control layout is 75% rational, 25% mad. Bass On gives neck, Treble On gives bridge, both On turns them *off*, both off turns them *on*. As you guys say, go figure...

> Is it a Vox Cougar Crucianelli bridge? Haven't had the instrument for 30+ years, and it definitely wasn't a Vox, but that looks like the same bridge - probably used by several makers back then.

It was off a nameless Italian bass from the sixties, glitter paint, pretty much like the cheapo ones Framus used to do.

I put a cobbled-together metal bridge onto my Hofner Ignition Violin Bass and it transformed tone, action and sustain. Pix here:

Recently returned to bass playing, having sold my leftie Ibanez long-scale active 10 years ago. I bought a Hofner Ignition Violin bass, recent Indonesian repro, because it was cheap and looks nice. It's well made for the price, and with a bit of fettling it plays nicely enough. Then I saw Tina...

One of these and a holiday trip to Jamaica: Hofner Ignition Violin Sunburst

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