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NBD: Hofner Ignition Club LTD

#21
Old Blastard said:
I prefer rounds on my short scales and hollows because they sort of make up for the thuddy thump inherent in the instruments.
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Me too. :thumbsup: I like GHS Pressurewounds on short-scale basses more than I do flats most times. Opens up the range of tone and tames some of that (IMO) excessive thump. Less expensive than springing for a set of TI Jazz Flats, which will also do it.

Gotta love Tina and her dance routines with her Club Bass. Some may have done it better. But nobody did it - and looked cuter while doing it.



Congrats on a great score. Love the retro looks abd baby blue. Play it well. :thumbsup:
 
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Bthebassplayer said:
OP says that the tuners are looking cheap. What do the original tuners look like? What difference is there anyway?
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They are the original tuners. They just like tiny and cheap to me.
When I was a kid I had a really cheap and impossible to play Stella Harmony guitar and the tuners looked like this. The difference is the Hofner tuners work!

So it's just a visceral thing. They seem fine.
 
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Got my Ign Club a couple of years ago and LOOOOOOOOOOVE it. Have a couple other much more expensive basses that ended up taking the back seat. The Club is just F-U-N to play and the tone brings an interesting twist to a lot of the stuff on our playlist! Have played everything from Country and oldies to pop punk and metal on it and it has always sounded cool, with the huge plus that it is feather light and can be strapped on for hours without fatigue!
 
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mongo2 said:
I use my Ignition Club specifically for deep jazzy tones but with Labella tapewound strings, so those tones are achievable. I'm definitely not a fan of the OEM roundwounds.
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As it came, I couldn't get any really articulate dark sounds but I was thinking a bit about tapewounds. I have them on my fretless basses and love the sounds. Been thinking about putting them on my big hollow Ibanez, though. Does it get muddy with the tapes?Do you compensate with pickups?
 
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Its funny... I made a post about this very bass a few days ago and got three replies. Then, the day before yesterday I went out and bought it, talked about the wacky control panel (thanks again, @fermata!) and then today I come across this. Haha

I had a choice between the Hofner Contemporary Club and the Eastwood Club bass version (both in the classic Sunburst finish) and after playing them both, I went with the Eastwood because it was several hundred dollars cheaper but didn't play or sound like a cheap bass!

Anyway, you've got good taste in gear dood! I mean, if I do say so myself. Haha. :thumbsup::bassist:
 
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Old Blastard said:
As it came, I couldn't get any really articulate dark sounds but I was thinking a bit about tapewounds. I have them on my fretless basses and love the sounds. Been thinking about putting them on my big hollow Ibanez, though. Does it get muddy with the tapes?Do you compensate with pickups?
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I use Labella nylon tapewounds for the Hofner Beatle Bass (760NHBB) on my Club bass and D'Addario long scale nylon tapewounds on my Ibanez AFB-200 hollowbody. Both are short scales and the Labellas sound darker on the Club than the D'Addarios sound on the AFB-200. Normally I'd say that's most likely due to the different bases/pickups but my experience using both Labella and D'Addario tapes on several different basses tells me that Labellas are the darker sounding strings.

I haven't felt the need to change the pickups on either bass (if that's what you're asking) because my amp controls are sufficient to get the tone I want from either bass.

I don't use D'Addario short scale tapes on my Club because string holes of its tuner posts are too small to accept the wider silks of the D'Addario E and A strings.
 
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mongo2 said:
I use Labella nylon tapewounds for the Hofner Beatle Bass (760NHBB) on my Club bass and D'Addario long scale nylon tapewounds on my Ibanez AFB-200 hollowbody. Both are short scales and the Labellas sound darker on the Club than the D'Addarios sound on the AFB-200. Normally I'd say that's most likely due to the different bases/pickups but my experience using both Labella and D'Addario tapes on several different basses tells me that Labellas are the darker sounding strings.

I haven't felt the need to change the pickups on either bass (if that's what you're asking) because my amp controls are sufficient to get the tone I want from either bass.

I don't use D'Addario short scale tapes on my Club because string holes of its tuner posts are too small to accept the wider silks of the D'Addario E and A strings.
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Sorry, I meant by adjusting the settings at the pickups. I've been fooling with control panel and finger placement in the right hand and am discovering tone potential the current stock roundwounds aren't accessing.

I find I really don't like a pick on the roundwounds at all, much different than pick/wounds in my Ibby or Epi 5120e which give a good Byrdsy tone. Might be the Clubs strings or string/pickups combo.

I have D'Addario tapes on my fretless basses and love them. I can see The toy tuners on the Club not taking them.

I'm going to play it for a week or so and see. May give the Labellas a try. Thanks for heads up!
 
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Old Blastard said:
Sorry, I meant by adjusting the settings at the pickups. I've been fooling with control panel and finger placement in the right hand and am discovering tone potential the current stock roundwounds aren't accessing.

I find I really don't like a pick on the roundwounds at all, much different than pick/wounds in my Ibby or Epi 5120e which give a good Byrdsy tone. Might be the Clubs strings or string/pickups combo.

I have D'Addario tapes on my fretless basses and love them. I can see The toy tuners on the Club not taking them.

I'm going to play it for a week or so and see. May give the Labellas a try. Thanks for heads up!
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While I like Hofners and the Club and Galaxie are my primary gig basses (Sometimes the HCT 500/5 "President"), I'm not a fan of the Hofner controls/switches. On the Club and Galaxie I usually only use the neck pickup on any two pickup bass so on the Hofner I keep the three switches all in the up position, the neck pickup volume full up and bridge pickup volume full down. I then adjust tone at my amp.

The HCT 500/5 is a different animal and I find all three pickup combinations useful but I still keep the switches all in the up position.

I'm a fingers only player and I usually pluck either over the last couple of frets/end of the neck for a more uprighteous tone or between the pickups for a punchier tone.
 
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How do Hofner owners deal with the little sliding bridge saddles? Every now and again, I rest my thumb on the low 'E' string and it pops off adn the saddle slides away from it's position.

Should I put some sort of "locktite" solution in there to keep it from moving? Is there another, better solution while I work on changing my playing technique?
 
#37
BurnOut said:
Been wanting a club since I saw a paisley one in the NAMM pics last year. This is definitely not helping me here. Sooner or later, sweet bass enjoy.
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Is it this one here? If so, It's pretty awesome looking!

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superheavyfunk said:
How do Hofner owners deal with the little sliding bridge saddles? Every now and again, I rest my thumb on the low 'E' string and it pops off adn the saddle slides away from it's position.

Should I put some sort of "locktite" solution in there to keep it from moving? Is there another, better solution while I work on changing my playing technique?
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Some people put little grooves in the saddles to prevent the string from sliding off. If you do this, make sure the grooves are very smooth, so there's nothing eating at the string.
 
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