NBD

Looks nice.
I'd say you need to correctly position the bridge, both for intonation and to get the string spacing correct.

 

Nice, congrats!

 

I see a lot of Hofners with the bridge like that, there's not much adjustment with those little things. I had one years ago but don't remember how I adjusted it if I even did.

 

I went from a long scale Japanese POS with high action to the Hofner and played so hard on the poor thing all the bridge things popped out. I was about 17-18.

 

Don't you get short with us, mister!*

*Looks great, Itsy! Enjoy!

 

It's funny, Geoff over at Fanblade Instruments just did a Youtube series on the one he just got. The first thing he did was rip that bridge off and redo the whole mess.

 

congratulations on your new ax, eats! it's the bomb!

 

Nice fiddleback maple. I learned to play bass on one of those.

 

Don't they sell little slotted saddles for this type of bridge? I know I'd want to put those in.

Congrats on your new bass, OP! I gather the flats will yield some nice tones.

 

Nobody asked, but here's what I do with violin basses to get them playing in tune.

1. Intonate the G and E strings as close as you can to perfect.

2. Don't worry so much about the intonation not being perfect on the D or A strings. Intonation on shorties doesn't have to be a perfect science for them to play in tune. All you have to do is tune the A and E string by fretting them at the 5th fret and trying to get those notes in tune. Notes on a shortie will lose pitch as they decay on those lower strings if you hit the strings a little too hard, so tuning this way seems to make it play in tune the best.

3. Good call on the LaBellas, I can usually get at least 3 of them to be intonated correctly. A string sometimes is a tad off, but refer to #2 in those cases.

 

Glad you got something you like! Bass on

 

I remember when those first came out! Rock it in good health!