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Biggest regret - Selling a Hofner V'63 to fund going back to school I sold the German Hofner (and a Ric 330-12) to get my HR certification thinking I'd get a decent job in HR and replace the Hofner. Nope. Kept getting stuck in sales roles. Sure, they'd let me train new hires but never made me...

Damn. Hate posting from my phone. Didn't notice I'd scrolled down so far.

I've had a Rumble 100 V3 for years and it does what I want/need. It's almost entirely used in my home studio and writing and recording have been my focus for years. I'm upgrading and maybe/probably getting back into gigs. I'm primarily a singer/songwriter and guitarist but I'm looking at...

Tough call since I play a Hofner and a Mustang PJ. But if I could only pick one... Hofner.

Hmmm... Yep, Paul McCartney. I think his bass work with The Beatles, from Revolver on to the end, was great... when he was playing on John's or George's songs. I can't stand the majority of his songs, with The Beatles or solo. Funny thing is I love Hofner basses and people assume I'm a...

Put them on this morning and just put the bass down after a couple of hours of playing. They feel great and I definitely don't see the need to try the FS set. The FL is definitely working for me. Now if only my replacement Hofner would arrive soon... A tech killed it but the store is replacing...

Well, my 760FL-S set arrived yesterday. I won't be putting them on for a couple of days because we've just started a two day "heat event" as the meteorologists call it now. With the humidex pushing temperatures into the mid-40s Celsius range the ACs will be running for a couple of days. No...

Yeah, the LaBella set for Hofners, 39-96 is all I use on my Hofner so I know their strings well. Hoping my Mustang PJ sounds as sweet. Ordered the FL set yesterday.

I've been leaning towards the FL set and that very thought is part of why. I found a thread from a few years back where someone quoted an email from a LaBella employee who basically said they only made the FS 45-105 for the people fixated on round numbers. Also found one, might have even been...

Heh, yeah, another 760FL vs 760FS thread... I've read quite a few threads here trying to decide which set to put on my new Mustang PJ bass. It's a top load bridge so LaBella's normal short-scale strings fit. Stock strings are Fender's 45-105 rounds and I'm definitely a flatwound player. I'm...

I've never done any work beyond basic setup work. Filing slots, fret work etc, I know the theory but no hand on experience. Fortunately I've got a guy I trust. Unfortunately it's 3-4 weeks to get your guitar back but it it what it is. Now I did discover something interesting... Some of the...

True. Different brands have different characteristics and quirks. The setup was good out of the box and when I did my own tweaks I used the specs I found on danguitars.com. I've made a few tweaks up and down with the pickup height one the low E side to try and fix the weird warble but it's...

I found a tech I trust, did great work on my Gretsch Penguin, and I already have a replacement nut. So, if the current one needs more than filing, I have a new one ready for him. Unfortunately he won't be back from vacation until mid-April.

It did, yes. I've done a tone of reading about it. Sure, short scales can have issues with the low E. I've had two Hofners and the low E always sounded fine. I've read a few threads about folks having similar issues to mine with Longhorns and the low E always sounds just a little off. Mine...

Well... Since a certain retailer here in Canada busted the truss rod on my Hofner the Longhorn is now my only bass instead of my backup bass. So, I put finally put flats on it which mitigated the rattley vibration on the open E to an extent compared to the stock rounds. But two things...