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That’s really interesting 👍

To my mind the fact that Chris Wood, a highly creative virtuoso player known as much for his electric as for his upright playing, chooses to use a Hofner pretty much exclusively (occasionally seen with a Fender also), speaks volumes. I've never played one and often thought about it, but then remember that I really don't appear to get on with short scale basses

There’s a big thread on this 👍

If you post the dimensions of the circuit and battery I can tell you for sure, but I suspect the answer is no

Making current models Pre-Hohner Hofners 👍

No I'll be taking an M-Pulse and a rather interesting Mesa cab with 1x10 and 2x6 (essentially top part of a 1516). I've yet to find a room in which that rig sounds anything less than bloody good Top cab here....

True 👍

So, last night we rehearsed in a room about 50m from the room above and it couldn't have been more different. Lovely rehearsal space, very well designed and maintained, but with a Mark Bass head and Ampeg portaflex cab that no matter what I did EQ-wise would not punch through, I had to rely on a nebulous rumble to fill out the bottom end in most songs, bloody glad I had a fretted with me as I simply could not hear the note. Next time we use that room I'm taking my own rig

You do if you're watching Chris Wood..... 👍

Frankly I’d get a different bass, pretty clear the QC on this model is poor

…and narrow frets 👍

Wood is wood, they will all vary, but Jazz width, shallow, and small headstock will be lighter all other things being equal. Material of truss rod will be a factor also

Exactly 😆 There's a song by Dylan, I forget which one, and it has the most awful dissonance at one point - it's in a sax solo - to the point that it makes my teeth hurt! My bandmate's can't hear it, or more to the point, it isn't dissonant to them. Brains are funny things

BTW it has NOT been explained, sensation and perception are a major player in audio, what happens inside the skull can be as important as what goes on outside it.

Some people don’t like sunburst finishes, some do 👍

A placebo effect is still an effect 👍

Agreed 👍

Flats on a stingray are glorious 👍 But then flats on any decent bass are glorious 🙂

Preference requires no inference 👍

Irrespective of the science, I prefer 15s also 👍

Plus 1 to all of these 👍

They’ll come after Basschat next 🤔

Yes, this is most certainly not a data capture exercise it is 100% aimed at revenue generation