I've always wanted to try a Verythin there are still some 500/8s around and I'm very tempted to get one even though I have 5 Hofners already.
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Hofner-(not just Beatle Basses)-Group Part 2
- Thread starter Bryan R. Tyler
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The Verythin because it's different .
Is there any logic to the application of the umlaut on the headstock? Some basses have it; some don't. I thought that maybe it would appear only the German models, but even there it's not consistent. Some models even appear to have only one dot.
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Just wanted to say I love all the activity on this thread lately. It's nice to see enthusiasm and everyone chatting.
- Feb 26, 2011
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that one left handed scouser touched mine a few years back (but, he wouldn't let me touch his, for some reason). so, he decided to tag mine as if he was some homie gang member. the nerve of that guy!!!
Heres some recent crappy phone pix of ours (my wife actually owns it):
If memory serves, it is a 'made in Germany' '62 reissue.
If memory serves, it is a 'made in Germany' '62 reissue.
I want to add that I was just playing around with it last night and REALLY love the sound of it. Very full and warm and thumpy. Honestly it gives my P basses a run for the money. My only issue with it is the narrow neck. My sausage fingers fumble a bit, as they're used to the wider P bass necks I generally play.
Yeah, we build up muscle memory on one type of neck and it then be difficult to switch. Not necessarily a bad thing.
I've got the opposite problem; I super used to Basses with tight string spacing and pencil necks. Consider yourself lucky!
Funny thing too is that the V62 is the bigger neck. The V63 and later are the thinner necks. I tend to like the V63. I have a reissue 63 and a 68 and they both have the thinner necks, but I've always liked the smaller necks. In high school a buddy had a 69 and I just couldn't feel comfortable with it. At the time I didn't have access to Hofners, but played Ibanez instead.
Sorry, my buddy had a 69 Fender P and I couldn't feel comfortable with the neck. Maybe if I gave it more time?
Good news for me...My right hand has recovered sufficiently from my stroke that I can now start playing the closer string spacing of my Hofner Ignition Club bass. I have greatly missed playing it during the last 10 months. It may take a while to become as proficient with it as I was before but it will happen.
Thank you all. Keepin' on keepin' on.
Any tips on eqing Hofners ? I use TI flats on my Hofner and use both pickups on full, I don't use the bass slider in the on position like most people as it sounds good on its own but with my current band my bass would sound kind of muddy with the bass slider on.
I have a Fender rumble amp with the bass(80hz) rolled back to around 9-10 o clock, low mids(280hz) flat and high mids(1.2khz) boosted to around 3 o clock, treble flat, this tone cuts through but I am after a thicker tone. I am thinking of getting a boss geb-7 or the behringer copy, I am thinking if I get one a cut in low lows and a small boost at 120hz and 500hz should hopefully give the thicker, defined tone I am after, thoughts? thanks
I have a Fender rumble amp with the bass(80hz) rolled back to around 9-10 o clock, low mids(280hz) flat and high mids(1.2khz) boosted to around 3 o clock, treble flat, this tone cuts through but I am after a thicker tone. I am thinking of getting a boss geb-7 or the behringer copy, I am thinking if I get one a cut in low lows and a small boost at 120hz and 500hz should hopefully give the thicker, defined tone I am after, thoughts? thanks
