NBD: 1965 Hofner 500/1 and a Weird Issue

[Johnny Alien]

Bass on will be the neck pickup with no bridge. Treble on will be the bridge pickup with no neck. Both on should not give you any sound at all. Both off should be both pickups on. With both pickup on the Rhythm position works by reducing the volume of the bridge pickup to a small degree which lowers the treble a bit. If I remember it all correctly

 

[Fender4Me]

Bass on will be the neck pickup with no bridge. Treble on will be the bridge pickup with no neck. Both on should not give you any sound at all. Both off should be both pickups on. With both pickup on the Rhythm position works by reducing the volume of the bridge pickup to a small degree which lowers the treble a bit. If I remember it all correctly

Correct. "Bass On" on mine is very low volume.

 

[Fender4Me]

New pickups cured the issues. I bought a pair of new Hofner German pickups and swapped the guts out with my old pickups and everything sounds and works great. Thanks

 

[Shawn Luckman]

New pickups cured the issues. I bought a pair of new Hofner German pickups and swapped the guts out with my old pickups and everything sounds and works great. Thanks

Glad it all worked out for you & your bass. Will you get your original pickups checked?

 

[Fender4Me]

Glad it all worked out for you & your bass. Will you get your original pickups checked?

Yes. I'm going to send them to Fralin.

 

[Scotty-Dog]

I almost bought that bass, and was very disappointed when it sold. Congratulations!!! Glad it went to a good home!