I have a spare CT club pick guard since I converted my Club to Cavern pickups. So it doesn't fit anymore. You can have it if you PM me your address.
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Hofner-(not just Beatle Basses)-Group Part 2
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I have a spare CT club pick guard since I converted my Club to Cavern pickups. So it doesn't fit anymore. You can have it if you PM me your address.
Thank you for the kind offer however I am in the UK so sadly probably not cost effective to send it but thank you for the offer
Hey Bikemusic;
Did you do the conversion yourself or have a luthier do it? If luthier, someone in the Philly area?
And did you also switch over to Diamond pickups, or keep the Staples?
Thanks
Did you do the conversion yourself or have a luthier do it? If luthier, someone in the Philly area?
And did you also switch over to Diamond pickups, or keep the Staples?
Thanks
I discovered due to my herniated neck the Sire VP3 I acquired was just too heavy for me. So I returned it, and picked up this beauty! I love it! It has a bit of string buzz on a few frets, but I can live with it as I am learning at home. I had to initially get used to the flatwound sound but I'm used to it now and like it just fine.
After hearing Chris wood (of Medeski, Martin, and wood) play his hofner with dead roundwounds and get a bit more punch and less woof, I have ordered rounds for mine. This is pretty wild because I’ve played strictly flats for close to 20 years now
I like the flats on solid body basses because it gives me that low end thump but the solid body already gives me the punch. With the hollow hofner it’s so woody already and the bottom end is massive I don’t need what flats give me. So it should be a fun adventure trying rounds again after 20 years. My calluses will have to adjust to the courser strings.
Hi all, so I have a small conundrum to work out, I recently brought a bass and then returned it so am due to receive a refund.
I have been wondering whether to use the funds to get another Hofner hct club bass or whether I should put the money into having the frets dressed on my current Hofner hct club bass and having the crackly Jack socket replaced
I am in the fortunate position of living near one of the best guitar/bass luthiers in the UK that also do repairs so I know that they would do a really good job if I took it in to them but at the same time like most people I love something sparkly and new
What would you do if it were your money?
I have been wondering whether to use the funds to get another Hofner hct club bass or whether I should put the money into having the frets dressed on my current Hofner hct club bass and having the crackly Jack socket replaced
I am in the fortunate position of living near one of the best guitar/bass luthiers in the UK that also do repairs so I know that they would do a really good job if I took it in to them but at the same time like most people I love something sparkly and new
What would you do if it were your money?
Take the one you have to a tech.
The next one you get will still need some work to make it perfect...
Thank you, I was edging towards doing that as almost every bass I have ever brought has needed some work
(Crosspost, same message also in EUB, sorry for that)
Hi all,
I've got the offer to buy a Hoffner electric upright, probably from the 70's or 80's, but I'm not able to find anything substantial about this instrument on the internets.
Does anyone recognize this bass, and in what ballpark should I think for a reasonable price for this instrument?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Hi all,
I've got the offer to buy a Hoffner electric upright, probably from the 70's or 80's, but I'm not able to find anything substantial about this instrument on the internets.
Does anyone recognize this bass, and in what ballpark should I think for a reasonable price for this instrument?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Very odd happenings around these parts. The pickguard on my new-to-me Ignition Club was a little ragged around the edges at the fingerboard, and I eventually got around to trying to file it straight:
As I started filing something started to come away from the surface. I thought it might be original protective plastic, so I naturally gave it a tug. Unfortunately, it was the actual pearloid layer - transparent over white - and it would not stick back down, so I carried on pulling. Are all pearloids made this way, or is this another cost-control measure for the Ignitions?
I previously replaced pearloid with white on my Ray34, so I put the white back on but it looked too stark. But a £5 sheet of sticky-backed 3M faux-tort looked like fun. Hopefully not too sacreligious, but you Hofner guys seems a lot more tolerant than some of the Fender Precision die-hards:
As I started filing something started to come away from the surface. I thought it might be original protective plastic, so I naturally gave it a tug. Unfortunately, it was the actual pearloid layer - transparent over white - and it would not stick back down, so I carried on pulling. Are all pearloids made this way, or is this another cost-control measure for the Ignitions?
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here's a pretty strange hoffy that i sold years ago:
Finally got this cute little dude on my music stand:
