I just bought the same bass, see my pics. I emailed Hohner and a guy there believes it to be an early 80s Arbor series but said there are very few serial numbers from this era. here is is reply,
[color=#1F497D][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]The Arbor series dates back to the early 1980s a range of instruments given it's name to the address of where M.Hohner had it's address in London " COLDHARBOUR LANE" the U was dropped and called and the range "Arbor". I am not absolutely sure if they were from Korea of Japan.[/size][/font][/color]
Its a nice bass. Mine is a solid body with the same neck, check the pics.
I've struggled to find any other info, so its good to see another out there.
Tim
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