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Hofner-(not just Beatle Basses)-Group

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music fun said:
Hi Kinetic. Thanks for the offer. I do want to get the full hollow-body Icon, however. I know that the CT's form factor is probably superior to that of the Icon, but I want the one that's under five pounds and I'm interested in the resonance of the hollow body. Good luck finding a buyer. Your price is quite attractive.
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No worries, just thought I would let you know, good luck with your search for an Icon. If I see one available I'll PM you.
 
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DrSteve said:
MusicFun;

Thought it was 449 and I believe shipping is free. Since they are that hard to find right now, 449 might not be too bad. Who knows what they will cost when they become available.
It might be worth a phone call. They may even match the out-of-stock Sam Ash price.

Either way, good luck with your search.
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Doc,

It is $449 but shipping is about $50. Maybe I will call them, although, again, it's not clear they have one in stock either.

Also, you raise an intriguing point that I've been wondering about. Is Hofner taking this product off shelves for a while to stoke demand, as a prelude to a price jump? That would be consistent with their distributor change-up of the past month, wouldn't it? It's entirely possible that Hofner has done some market analysis and seen how popular the Icon is, and some MBA is telling them they can charge a lot more for it. What better way to jack the price than to make it suddenly impossible to buy for a few months?

I have no information that supports that scenario, and I have nothing against the Hofner company. But in the absence of real information, I'm left to wonder.

Some day this will all go away, and we'll have our answers, I hope.
 
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bassplayer8953 said:
If you want one, call them. NRG's doesn't state that the Icon is currently available (or that it isn't, gotta call) but the price certainly is right, worth a 5 minute call...
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Dear 8953,

Right you are. It never hurts to call. Norman apparently doesn't want to bother with weekend voice mails, however, so I will call them Tuesday morning. I don't know where the title of that link came from (...available now!!!), but we'll see on Tuesday.

Thanks for chiming in.
 
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music fun said:
Dear Shadow,

Many thanks for the tip. I'm kicking myself, because I logged off just before you sent it, until just now. Norman's closed at 6 PM and is closed until Tuesday. I'll try calling them then.

This is good karma, though, for you in selling your beautiful black gem.

All the best,
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No problem and thanks!
 
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Hi all!

Well, I already have the Grover Tuners from Stewart - MacDonald.

To change them, I used a round file to vast timber of 9 mm diameter, and a small Philips screwdriver tip. I used the file rotating, not backwards and forwards. With patience, it took me five minutes for change to tuner.

The Grover working very well. My original tuners not going up. Particularly, too, I liked the most physically grovers all metallic, than Höfner with plastic piece..

I put photos before, during and after.

Just one question. Should lubricate?:help:

Bye.

Dog.
 

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