Hofner shorty violin?

[MaryMary]

Has anyone tried the Hofner shorty violin bass yet? What did you think?

 

[Warpeg]

For those unfamiliar with it: Höfner Shorty Violin Bass

It's...uhh...cute?

 

[MaryMary]

For those unfamiliar with it: Höfner Shorty Violin Bass

It's...uhh...cute?

Clearly it's not for everyone... but it's kind of adorable for a little travel bass.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Is this for when you want to play in the tub?

 

[jasper383]

It is cute as a button.

 

[Qlanq]

I like it.
The Violin basses I see all have 42mm nut-widths.
Just too wide for me.
I'd have some sort of one otherwise.

 

[dalkowski]

Paul was also "the cute one," right?

 

[MaryMary]

Is this for when you want to play in the tub?

Good idea! An application I hadn't thought of!

It is cute as a button.

Right? It's precious!

Paul was also "the cute one," right?

Good point!

 

[MaryMary]

Well, I pulled the trigger (why do we always use gun/weapon metaphors? "Axes"? "Arsenal"?)... Anyhoo, when I get it, I'll review it for anyone who might be curious. I was in the market for a travel bass, and this is just too adorable.

 

[dalkowski]

Well, I pulled the trigger (why do we always use gun/weapon metaphors? "Axes"? "Arsenal"?)... Anyhoo, when I get it, I'll review it for anyone who might be curious. I was in the market for a travel bass, and this is just too adorable.
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It's growing on me. Happy to see a Hofner logo on the headstock, which wasn't visible on the Thomann page. It's a little thing that IMHO lends it some bona fides.

 

[abarson]

Well, I pulled the trigger (why do we always use gun/weapon metaphors? "Axes"? "Arsenal"?)... Anyhoo, when I get it, I'll review it for anyone who might be curious. I was in the market for a travel bass, and this is just too adorable.
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The neck looks monstrous in comparison to the diminutive body.

 

[MaryMary]

The neck looks monstrous in comparison to the diminutive body.

That's part of the monstrous charm?

 

[KohanMike]

I took "shorty" even further; RondoMusic in New Hampshire imports a Chinese made Hofner knock-off named Hadean, 20" scale, 31" long, with saddle piezo pickup. Since I only play bass ukes/mini bass guitars, it's perfect for me. It was a refurb, $169 down from $239. I replaced the tailpiece with a Hofner look-alike, the tuners with chrome and pearl to match the pickguard, the truss rod cover with pearl, and pot knobs with pearl caps. I also added Kala/Galli 20.5" scale flatwound nylon core strings. It's great fun.

 

[MaryMary]

It arrived, and it is awesomely adorable. I will post a full review in a few days. For now I'll say that it is everything I hoped it would be. This is going to be a really fun little travel bass.

 

[andare]

Looks great. Impressions after playing for a few weeks?

 

[MaryMary]

Looks great. Impressions after playing for a few weeks?

I hope to do a proper review soon... for now I'll just say, it's a super fun travel bass!

 

[MaryMary]

Yes, I know I look like Jabba the Hutt. Be nice. Just first impressions of the Hofner Shorty Travel bass, violin style. Playing through a (not great) Joyo MA 10-B amp (not MA 108 as I mistakenly say in the video). Will make better video later when I'm near a better amp.

 

[andare]

Yes, I know I look like Jabba the Hutt. Be nice. Just first impressions of the Hofner Shorty Travel bass, violin style. Playing through a (not great) Joyo MA 10-B amp (not MA 108 as I mistakenly say in the video). Will make better video later when I'm near a better amp.

Thank you Mary! That was a beautiful review and nice Beatles basslines too. Enjoy your new bass!

 

[jblock]

Does it come with the gig bag? That’s a good deal. And it comes with teacup knobs too.

 

[Tanner5382]

Sounds much better than I expected.