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Heres a quick’n’easy demo I made of the Grote BB4 Hofner Club bass clone I recently got off Amazon. [MEDIA]
My Grote club bass copy finally came today. Super light hollow body, and the red looks fantastic. Only defects I’ve found are a few blemishes near...
Hi All, Selling a few pedals. Trade interest other synth pedals like a C4, Darkglass stuff, luthier tools, and whatever. All pedals in...
Hi all :bassist:, so i've just bought this crusty (pics!) Hofner model 182 bass from the mid 60's, mostly original (only the tuners have been...
first post here, although I’m always reading threads. I tour a lot, probably around 70% of the year. We play for lack of a better term indie...
I've been having some trouble with my Hofner 500/1 in that it has a very large rattle around the Tailpiece when the e string is played? I've taken...
Hi Guys! I just moved to LA from Europe, so I don't know where to go to get my beloved Hofner '64 bass a neck fix. After I've read the Hofner...
Hey, I’m surprised I can’t find this info but I’m trying to figure out how to get the bass tone on Serge Gainsbourg’s iconic Je T’aime. I think...
I already owned a hofner ignition bass and I was thinking of upgrading my hofner to a Germany made hofner. I have 2 choices, the 500/1 1964 or the...
Hi, All. I picked up a Douglas violin bass over the weekend. It needed a good cleaning so I took it apart (knowing the bridge would fall off...
Hi, I'm to teach a 10yo girl, starting September. She seems to me rather smallish, her mother is a little under the average height. She was...
Lefty HOFNER Beatle Bass "Ed Sullivan Special Edition"
I was wonder will the german made hofner tailpiece work on the hofner ignition bass? I noticed the hole for the strap holder is different. Will I...
Just recently picked this up, but I don’t have much calling for it in my band. Super fun to play, sounds amazing as it’s currently strung with...
I just got my 2nd special edition Ignition Violin bass. This new bass is in the metallic Purple. It was the last one Sweetwater had from their...
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RARE AS ALL HELL & MINT AS DAY-ONE: Here is something you don't see everyday -- this is 1 of 5 Hofner 500 / 1-HGL Green Line Basses made for the...
Given the thread on Hofner and Macca the other day I know people love to speculate on TB. So the question is if Leo had died before making the...
Hey everyone, I'm a pretty big Beatles fan, especially the Hamburg days with Stu Sutcliffe and the crazy stories and just pure rock 'n' roll age...
Here is one for the Hofner Beatle Bass owners... I recently acquired a '67 Hofner 500/1. It is in great shape and I'm extremely happy with its...
Hi All, I bought a Hofner Ignition project that was more of a project than I expected :eek: I have to replace all of the screws for adjusting...
I'm not really a luthier, but I've decided to dabble. Maybe that's how it starts? Anyway, I love my Hofner 500/1s. I now have five of them -...
Love my new Club. I looked on here but could not find any listing of pickups that will fit and replace the original Staple Pups... thank you in...
Never a fan of the Hofner Beatle Bass. Why? Because of the controls. To me it looks like it is just slapped on without any thought of design....
EUR 1150 / USD 1300 A genuine German-built vintage Höfner, the pots are dated week 17 in 1967. It has all the features that match the year 1967:...
hello brothers. I bought this hifner from 1967. It has a refinished body. And blade pickups. They put a piece of wood for the pickups to settle in...
Hey Bass friends, so i've been trying to find, already for years, a good case for my vintage 500/1 and i just can't. I haven't taken it yet in...
Recently returned to bass playing, having sold my leftie Ibanez long-scale active 10 years ago. I bought a Hofner Ignition Violin bass, recent...
The wood and half template
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The mold and blocks
Hey guys, I am having trouble dating this Japanese Hofner 500/1 Bass. I believe the serial # is 06916 but I could not find any results with...
This bass came up in the classifieds and I'm struggling to find information online about it. Would anyone know how much they're worth, where...
Bajo Hofner 500/1 1967 - $ 130.000,00 hello, i`m about to buy this beauty. still i am not sure about it`s originality. does anyone can tell by...
Here in the US, there are three tiers of Hofners. Let's call one the "Ignition" level, very inexpensive, under $400, made in East Asia. The second...
Hello, this is Ron Fearon. I'm a semi-retired bass player in my sixties, veteran of over a dozen New England rock, top-40 and showbands through...
