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The "Pre-Cort" version would be those made by Greg Curbow in Atlanta. Greg teamed up with Cort to gain a wider audience for his ideas on ergonomics and synthetic materials. His own place was only building 10 guitars/basses a month but Cort's facilities could really ramp up production 🙂 That was around 2002. Greg passed away 2005 and Cort kept production going for a couple of years longer. I don't know how Tanglewood ended up with the design, they did a bloody good job, but it was post-Cort 🙂 Thought I'd a photo of my two together but nope. Cap on the Tanglewood was nuts 🙂

Pretty simple formula for me. What will it cost me in parts, materials and timber from the sawmill to build. If it's another 100% more to buy then it's expensive .

Would anyone at the BBC go to the trouble of fitting a bridge pickup ? There's what appears to be a Telecaster guitar control plate alongside the standard 51 P-bass plate. Can't quite make out what pickup has been added but it does hint at Ric treble.

Aye, he had £30 to spend but a Fender cost £100 so he bought the Höfner. If he'd had a bigger budget he'd have bought a Fender, Höfner would never have got the Beatles association lifeline and went bust decades ago 👍

I'd say there was little random about it. He needed a bass, one not too awkward for a lefty and it had to be cheap. Doubt he had much choice back in 1961.

Females don't suffer from male weakness. She's had two kids. Don't know about you but I was 9lb 3oz at birth; that's "too heavy" for most fellas on here 😀

Do you think there's a large number of folk, who saw TH 43 years ago, are planning on buying a Hofner and would that number save the company ? See it's all well and good trawling up photos from decades ago but most who were inspired or influenced by those artists have already scratched that itch.

Tina's gear list, on wiki, tells a different tale 😀 Equipment Höfner 500/2 Club Bass[29][30] – Two pickup with single-cutaway hollowbody, purchased in 1978 Fender Musicmaster Bass[29] Used in early Talking Heads performances including Talking Heads: 77 Fender Mustang Bass[29] Used in early Talking Heads performances, seen on Saturday Night Live performance Veillette-Citron Standard 4 String[29] – Neck Through, teal green Fender Precision Bass – Used in early Talking Heads performances[30] Gibson Les Paul Triumph Bass[29] – used in early Talking Heads performances Fender Jazz Bass[29] – Used for Tom Tom Club live performances Steinberger L-Series Bass[29] – Seen during Little Creatures period Fender Swinger Guitar – Seen in Stop Making Sense during the performance of "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" Chapman Stick[citation needed]

Interesting idea Mark 😎

Pros. Only 2 screws to slacken instead of 4. A few more grams of weight shaved off. Less chance some ham-fisted oaf can disturb components when prising the clip off the battery. Cons There is no universal standard size for 9v batteries. That can cause problems at a really inconvenient time, box was designed for Duracell but you're holding Eveready. Not an issue with a control cavity mount.

I've had some lovely drop tops from these folks. https://edelholzhandel.com/Amerikanischer-Nussbaum-Black-Walnut

Brian, eBay store "earlpilanz", has a template for the 44-64. He'll email you a PDF to check against yours and save you sending off the original. It's a Cat 3 size, £42 for standard 3 ply rising to £55 for mirror finish. You'll find it listed in the description for . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114490584526?itmmeta=01KC6FXR70KVEKCGYES866A6MA&hash=item1aa82badce:g:bt8AAOSwloxfnA5O

Stunning 😍

Best have a look at reviews. There's only 3 so won't take long 🙂 2 of them report poor QC regarding the sizes 😞

No, your thinking is sound. It'll go plenty loud, just not the way it's currently hooked up. Main concern last Friday was practical stuff, had I cut the pickup slots in the right place/ did they fit the cavities/ would the bloody thing make a sound etc 😆 Took the coward's route for wiring, 4 pickups in parallel. Going 2 pairs in parallel or 4 in series will up the output.