Hoyer HG454?

[tattsyrup]

I have had this old (I think late 60s / early 70s) Hoyer Bass for about 20 yrs and have never been able to find out much about it. I did once see a photo of one in a book (unfortunately in German so I couldn't read what it said) which if I recall correctly labelled it as an HG454.

I've just been through all my digital photos and amazingly I haven't got a decent one of the bass and I can't get at it at the moment - I'll post a better one soon.[attachment=45085:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.jpg]

Does anyone know anything about these basses please?

Cheers

Dan

[tattsyrup]

Some more photos.

One feature on this bass that I've never seen before is a volume balance across the pickups - you can actually choose to have the G or E string louder.

[Bassassin]

Never seen a Hoyer like yours before - it's a bit of a beast!

I'd speculate that it's a 70s bass, based on the fact it shares a bridge with Hoyer's strangely erotic Rickenbacker copy:



If you don't mind shelling out for a subscription to month's worth of guitar porn, it might be in one of the catalogues on the Vintaxe site:

[url="http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_european_hoyer.htm"]http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_european_hoyer.htm[/url]

Otherwise, sign up to the forum there & post some pics - the guy that runs the site is a genuine enthusiast & will probably ID it for you if it's in one of his catalogues.

Jon.

[tattsyrup]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='786652' date='Mar 26 2010, 09:36 AM']Never seen a Hoyer like yours before - it's a bit of a beast!

I'd speculate that it's a 70s bass, based on the fact it shares a bridge with Hoyer's strangely erotic Rickenbacker copy:



If you don't mind shelling out for a subscription to month's worth of guitar porn, it might be in one of the catalogues on the Vintaxe site:

[url="http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_european_hoyer.htm"]http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_european_hoyer.htm[/url]

Otherwise, sign up to the forum there & post some pics - the guy that runs the site is a genuine enthusiast & will probably ID it for you if it's in one of his catalogues.

Jon.[/quote]


He is a bit of a beast - heavy as can be but sustains forever and does everything from a low clean dub to a trebly rickenbacker sound.

Managed to get hold of a newly reborn Hoyer website and they have given me some info - turns out it is an HG454 which are apparently very rare. It was made in 1977 / 78 and at the time was Hoyer's top of the range bass.

Cheers

[silverfoxnik]

Unusual, but fabulous looking bass...

[Schnozzalee]

How heavy is it?

[tattsyrup]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='818426' date='Apr 25 2010, 07:32 PM']How heavy is it?[/quote]

Not sure but an awful lot heavier than my MIA Jazz - I'll stick it on the scales sometime soon and see if it will register.

Hoyer have now told me that it is a Type HG 454 which is very rare and was made in 77 or 78. At the time it was their top of the line bass.

[Schnozzalee]

Tis lovely, I can get a lot out of my two pickup version but yours must do the lot! The blocks are great to look at, I took mine to Cardiff Guitars and the owner loved it, says he has a collection of his own! I'm tempted to start collecting myself but probably need something like an MIA jazz to begin with. Do you gig both??

[tattsyrup]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='822484' date='Apr 28 2010, 08:53 PM']Tis lovely, I can get a lot out of my two pickup version but yours must do the lot! The blocks are great to look at, I took mine to Cardiff Guitars and the owner loved it, says he has a collection of his own! I'm tempted to start collecting myself but probably need something like an MIA jazz to begin with. Do you gig both??[/quote]


It does make most sort of noises - the most unusual thing is a balance control across the strings which I've never seen on anything else.

Recently I've been a bit biased towards the Jazz (probably coz it's fairly new) but since starting to talk about Clarence on this site I have been missing him and am going to start rotating them.