Hofner Bass: Part Deux

[wingsdad]

I went in earlier today and edited my post responding yesterday morning to Strum's original thread on the '63 Hofner Violin Bass he stumbled upon, to expand on some points about it, and correct a misstatement about the Reissue models.

Talk about your Cosmic Events, Kharma, whatever you want to call it...:

I stop in my favorite local GAS Station about an hour after making that post yesterday to order some D'Addario XL Chrome Flatwounds for my Fender Musicmaster Shortscale bass, and what do I find hanging on the wall?

A brand-spankin' new Hofner Icon Series B-Bass. I didn't even think twice. (Maybe I didn't think at all.) I took it down, plugged 'er in to the same little bass practice amp I have, and punched my Ticket To Ride with her a bit.

So, I had to order 2 sets of those short-scale strings, 'cuz I simply couldn't resist my excruciating GAS attack, especially when the GAS Station owner offered her to me for a crazy price, as this one cost him no freight; the Hofner rep had it in his car, cased & boxed fresh:




Oh, my...this little hollow body (no sustain block inside) is as light as can be, even sounds nice unplugged. Now I need to hunt for some knobs to make it resemble 'the real deal' a bit more.

And here she is in my 'Fab Four Family Foto'...none of them are really truly completley faithful reissues, but they work for me :