Baxter Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 My 1964 Verithin - Due to Get it back this week, but here are some tasters of the work done so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Great pictures! What's the story to go with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Hi Burrito - it has got a story attached. The bass was my dad's from new. It was refinished in black in the early 70's as the original red nitro finish was wearing down to the wood, I guess it wasn't a very strong laquer! He replaced it with a Fender Jazz bass in 1976 - which he still plays BTW, but it will be mine someday - Sometime in the late 70s the Hofner was half heartedly stripped down as future project but dissapeared from sight and mind. It turned up a few months back when the loft insulation at my parents house was getting redone. I claimed it and gave it to George Russell, local luthier, and he reckoned it was worth saving and gave me projected cost which was within my means - so he got to work. It is still running the original pickups, but all the other electrics were shot and needed replaced. It still has the original tailpiece too. Replacement parts are repro scratchplate, truss cover and knobs. A set of genuine 1960s tuners and new genuine Hofner bridge George has re fretted and cleaned up the neck. Added marker dots to the upper neck binding. Refinished the entire guitar with a slightly aged look to match the tarnished original chromework and tobacco stained binding, items that we weren't willing to replace. So it looks like an old guitar in really good order. Should be getting it this week, the earlier the better - I've a gig in the ABC in Glasgow and I want to give it a whirl then, even just for a couple of songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Excellent stuff - did he reset the neck while he was at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 what a cool bass! bet it sounds great when it's done. should be worth a few quid n'all. what style of tunage do you play? i dont get these archtop cutaways though. it looks as though the bass side is actually cutaway more than the treble. same as an sg build on here. why would anyone do that? enlighten me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Any feedback issues? My friend has one, and I remember it being hard to control at any reasonable volume. I think he stuffed it with tea towels, which helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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