bigjohn Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Very similar to this [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas20.html"]Hofner[/url] Except with slightly different pickups. If the serials are sequential, it's older than this one. It's a bit covered in crud, but seems solid enough... I've not plugged her in yet, needs a good clean up and a restring... Is my girlfriends fathers. I never knew he had it 'till this weekend... I've now got it my possession Anyone know anything about em? Edited March 20, 2011 by bigjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 [quote name='bigjohn' post='1169773' date='Mar 20 2011, 06:31 PM']Very similar to this [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas20.html"]Hofner[/url] Except with slightly different pickups. If the serials are sequential, it's older than this one. It's a bit covered in crud, but seems solid enough... I've not plugged her in yet, needs a good clean up and a restring... Is my girlfriends fathers. I never knew he had it 'till this weekend... I've now got it my possession Anyone know anything about em?[/quote] I expect Happy Jack will know, he'll be along soon. Nice inheritance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I suspect it was intended to go with the Colorama guitar, judging by the body shape, but I'll sit corrected if I'm wrong. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Well, your photograph links to the Daddy of all Hofner sites: [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas20.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas20.html[/url] That's Steve Russell's Vintage Hofner site - a brilliant resource. The "Diamond" pickups immediately date your bass to 1961/62, the two main years in which that pickup design was used. The pickup spacing later became known as "Cavern" spacing because Macca's original Violin bass (the one that was stolen) had that spacing when he played with The Beatles at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. These early solid-body basses just pre-date The Beat Boom and have never been quite as sought-after as the models which replaced them, the 182 (Professional) and the 185 (Artist) which were obviously intended to be sort-of shortscale versions of the Precision and the Jazz. The "Solid" series never had a real identity, and weren't particularly associated with any famous pop stars. Nothing wrong with them (well, nothing more wrong than other European basses of that period!) but not especially valuable. Edited March 20, 2011 by Happy Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Ta for info... Not really that bothered how much it's worth as I'd never sell it (he says in his best Antique Roadshow). Actually, more like I'd never sell it as technically it's not mine and 'Er Indoors would wear my b'llocks as earrings if I sold it on. I'll start cleaning it up tomorrow... stick some pics in the repairs forum. I need to find some short scale strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Vintage mojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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