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Hofner-(not just Beatle Basses)-Group Part 2
- Thread starter Bryan R. Tyler
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Went to see a band on Friday that a friend is in. The bass player, whom I had not met, was playing a '78 Club with blade p'ups. Sounded good through a Vox Bass amp (Adio??)
Guess I'm also in the club now. Found a dead-mint HCT-500/1 including case locally for a bargain (2nd hand Ignition-money), came already strung with flatwounds as an added upside.
It feels weird and quirky, but is very well built, and sounds really good. Needs teacups though!
It feels weird and quirky, but is very well built, and sounds really good. Needs teacups though!
Guess I'm also in the club now. Found a dead-mint HCT-500/1 including case locally for a bargain (2nd hand Ignition-money), came already strung with flatwounds as an added upside.
It feels weird and quirky, but is very well built, and sounds really good. Needs teacups though!
Guess I'm also in the club now. Found a dead-mint HCT-500/1 including case locally for a bargain (2nd hand Ignition-money), came already strung with flatwounds as an added upside.
It feels weird and quirky, but is very well built, and sounds really good. Needs teacups though!
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Good looking bass & even better when you get a bargain, enjoy itGuess I'm also in the club now. Found a dead-mint HCT-500/1 including case locally for a bargain (2nd hand Ignition-money), came already strung with flatwounds as an added upside.
It feels weird and quirky, but is very well built, and sounds really good. Needs teacups though!
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Question for Hofner owners:
Is the current Ignition series the only way to get a bass without neck binding?
I want a Club Bass, full hollow body (Made in Germany ) but without the neck binding
Is the current Ignition series the only way to get a bass without neck binding?
I want a Club Bass, full hollow body (Made in Germany ) but without the neck binding
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The Ignitions are fully hollow and don't have neck binding. Neck binding I standard on the HCT models, and they have a sound block in them.
AFAIK, hollow body made in Germany without fingerboard binding gets you the Green Line...
Club Bass - Green Line
^^^This. My Green Line 500/1 has no fingerboard binding. It's a work of art.AFAIK, hollow body made in Germany without fingerboard binding gets you the Green Line...
Club Bass - Green Line
www.hofner.com
This might be a bit of sacrilege, heresy, or blasphemy (never can remember the difference) but what other than a Hofner gets close to the the tone of the Hofner in a bass that feels and plays more, well, traditional? I ask because the tone of the Contemporary Club I own is quite nice but I struggle with the playability and controls a bit. I'm going to take some very fine grit sandpaper to the neck to take off the gloss. I find it quite difficult in warm temps and I've done that to other basses and can't wait the years it will take to happen naturally.
Do German Hofners play much differently from the Asian models? I'd hate to spend that much money on an instrument that I will also struggle with.
Thanks!.
Do German Hofners play much differently from the Asian models? I'd hate to spend that much money on an instrument that I will also struggle with.
Thanks!.
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The necks on the Ignition models are wider than the German models and HCT models. If neck width is part of your struggle there ya go.