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  1. shoulderpet
    The shape is similar but that's it, the Gibson is solid body whereas the Hofner is hollow in an attempt to get closer to the tone of a double bass, the pickups are very different also and the Hofner has a wooden bridge also to try and get closer to an upright tone, the EB1 on the other hand sounds nothing like en upright so I think inspired by is possibly more true than copied
  2. shoulderpet
    No, not saying I would never spend more than that but I would be acknowledging mentally that I was being ripped off. The prices are getting crazy now, I mean look at the Fender gold foil jazz bass, 1300.00 for an MIM bass with horrendous quality control problems that offers pretty much nothing that justifies the price, bbot bridge, passive electronics, one pickup, big plastic pickguard.
  3. shoulderpet
    Also I noticed that people are generally using flatwounds with there Hofners, I have used flats many times in the past but I am currently using rounds and they sound pretty good on the Hofner, nice gnarly,meaty tone to it. The Killers bass player uses a Hofner with rounds on the song Joy ride https://youtu.be/v3s8Aympo-4
  4. shoulderpet
    I just use the Daddario clip lock straps, work just as well as strap locks imo without having to make any modifications
  5. shoulderpet

    Anyone here use short or medium scale Rotosound swing bass? Just put a set on my Hofner and the E string has some really weird overtones, wondering if these die down once the strings break in.

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    2. naxos10

      naxos10

      This scenario happened on my Jazz Bass 77s flats but itdid dissipate after checking for twist and making sure it was at the right witness point. The katter took 3/4 attempts and then after a week or two the E string started to settle down

      You could contact Rotosound and thety will probably send you a new E string out.

    3. Osiris

      Osiris

      I seem to think that I read about this issue ages ago where some short scale Roto's had weird overtones. It may have been on Scott Whitley's website which was called something like shortscalebass.com but doesn't look like the site is still active for me to go back and check. Either way, IIRC, you're not the first to notice this. But I always use long scales strings on my short scale basses and have never had any issues and I've been doing it for a few years now 😀

    4. naxos10

      naxos10

      You are right about the comments on the Scott Whitley bass site Osiris, I remember those as well.

  6. shoulderpet
    I found this video which may be of interest, this guy replaced the Chinese control panel in his contemporary Hofner for a German Hofner control panel, even on a YouTube video you can hear that the German panel sounds better https://youtu.be/93s9ogv_m1U
  7. shoulderpet
    Now £25 shipped
  8. shoulderpet
    Tried these on my Hofner club bass for all of 10 minutes and the tension was a little too low for me so moving these on, there are some kinks in the strings(see pics) that were there when I opened them but do not seem to affect the strings. £30 shipped to UK address
  9. shoulderpet
    You will probably be fine as long as you are careful with them, I also had a set of Ernie Ball flats (100-45) on a short scale Mustang and they were fine on that
  10. shoulderpet
    I actually had the Ernie Ball 95-40s on a short scale Jaguar bass, they worked fine YMMV but worked fine for me
  11. shoulderpet
    About to give the Labellas another try, my hands really do not like stuff strings and the Rotos and Daddario are both a little bit stiff for me which leaves the Labellas as the next obvious choice, fingers crossed I can make them work this time.
  12. shoulderpet
    Just got my CT Hofner back from having the frets dressed, enjoying playing this bass again, these basses are so much fun to play
  13. shoulderpet
    To be honest the machine heads are the only things that need to be upgraded, the other parts are good and the pickups are the same as is used in the German Hofners. With regards to the fret levelling it's annoying to have to do it but I don't think I have ever had a bass that didn't need some kind of fretwork. I haven't played an Ignition bass but the CT series feel like quality instruments when you play them, I would think that the ignition series is probably decent for the money but probably much cheaper feeling. The German Hofners are really, really nice instruments, expensive but if you can afford them then they are worth the extra money.
  14. shoulderpet
    Now £30 posted
  15. shoulderpet
    Yes you must have been lucky, I brought a set and the E string sounded like a bass drum, a dull thud with no discernible pitch, contacted the seller as I thought I must have got a duff E string, they sent me another and it was exactly the same.
  16. shoulderpet
    I tried these and they were probably the worst strings I have ever brought, Labella and TI's are leagues better imo
  17. shoulderpet
    I will have to have a look and see if mine has designed in Germany on the headstock but looking at the pictures in your other thread it all looks spot on, right shape,control panel,truss rod cover, has the zero fret, the striped nut, binding,tuners look correct, even the strings look correct (the cheapo stock strings on Hofner hct basses have that same dark green silk so I don't think for a second that there is any question that this bass is an authentic Hofner contemporary bass and certainly not an ignition as they don't have the binding.
  18. shoulderpet
    Also, it is worth swapping out the tuners on the contemporary Hofners, projectguitarparts sells various Hofner tuners, I replaced mine with a set of the rugby ball shaped tuners
  19. shoulderpet
    Yep, there is something special about a Hofner with flats and once you get used to them they play effortlessly, you made the right decision with the lighter gauge as Labellas always feel a bit heavier than the numbers the gauge provides. The German Hofners are pricey but they are lovely basses, if you can afford it then it is totally worth it imo, tonally they go slightly deeper than the contemporary models (but that might just be down to the Pyramid flats that they ship with)
  20. shoulderpet
    Dimarzio Ultra jazz neck pickup for sale, £45 posted to UK address, not sure if I still have the original box but this has never been used and I believe these are around £80 for a single unit so I think £45 posted is fair, 4 wires means you can wire the 2 coils in series with each other for a beefy tone or in parallel for a brighter tone
  21. shoulderpet
    These are great strings, be careful fitting them though as they get very skinny at the tuner end so there is potential to stab yourself accidentally with them or to snap them if you are overzealous fitting them. Daddario tapewounds also work well Another thing to note is that you will need medium scale strings due to the tailpiece.
  22. shoulderpet
    Wow, wtf, how long before Fender renames the American basses as the premium range or similar and prices them at 3k and prices the MIMs at 2k ? I wouldn't be surprised if it happened
  23. shoulderpet
    Wow, that is pretty bad for that kind of money, glad he told it how it is on this. The thing is in the bass community we often tolerate and excuse sloppy QC,I know it is not the case in this instance but people even make excuses for it based on price(oh it's only a Mexican Fender/only a Squier etc you have to expect some QC issues)or based on things that they can fix that they shouldn't have to (it plays well so I will fix the other flaws) and I would bet that Fender knowingly crank out some lemons knowing that probably only half of them will be returned to them.
  24. shoulderpet
    If you cannot stretch to buy the German Hofner then the contemporary is the next best thing imo, that being said the tuners on the contemporary are awful so I swapped the tuners on mine for some nicer ones I brought from projectguitarparts. The Hofner ignition gets closer to the sound of the real deal than the contemporary but feels much less nice imo. The German made blows them all out of the water imo, I don't own one because they are way out of my price range but they feel like a work of art and the tone is just gorgeous.
  25. shoulderpet
    Now £390 , collection from Croydon or can meet up if you are in the London area
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