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  1. shoulderpet
    Longscale roundwounds will generally be absolutely fine, used longscale rounds on short scale basses with no issues, it's usually only things like flats and tapes that are problematic and even some of those will be ok but it's much more of a risk
  2. shoulderpet
    And JB-62 ordered in the Dakota red colour, whilst the JJ-450P looked tempting there is some degree of familiar comfort with the JB-62 being a simple passive jazz bass, my luck with ordering online hasn't always been great so fingers crossed
  3. shoulderpet
    That sounds good to me, on the description on the webpage it says "twin tone pot" is this bass and treble?
  4. shoulderpet
    Thanks for the replies, I think I am going to go with a Harley Benton Now the question, I want a bass with 2 jazz pickups , do I go with Harley Benton JJ-45OP https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jj_45op_white.htm or Harley Benton JB-62 https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_62cc_dr.htm ? They both look great
  5. shoulderpet
    Thanks for the replies, I have put my Hofner (plus case )up for sale in the for sale section of this fine forum so if anyone feels like snagging a bargain due to the issues that I have mentioned have a look
  6. shoulderpet
    Hofner club bass and case for sale, the CT series which is usually about £700 new so even with the below mentioned issues this is a very good price Nice sounding bass, very deep and thumpy, the reason for the low price is that although the setup is fine and the action is decent the truss rod is at its tightest so it is fine with the strings that are on it but if you wanted to use higher tension strings you might struggle. The bass is currently strung with Labella low tension flexible flatwounds which are low tension but feel a little tighter than there tension would suggest, I had TI's on before these and they felt looser, the action is decent, not super low but noticeably lower than Hofner factory spec, the short scale and slim neck makes it a breeze to play. Condition wise it is on reasonable condition, its not a case queen and has been used for a number of gigs, as a result there are some scratches and wear on the bass but nothing bad. Collection from Croydon or can meet up if in the London area
  7. shoulderpet
    Hi all I am currently down to just one bass and whilst I love the playability of my Hofner Club bass tonally it is no longer a good fit for the kind of stuff I am playing, I am reluctant to move it on as although the truss rod is working I don't think it has all that much (if any) adjustment left on it. Now understandably I am really wanting a new bass, something I can get a brighter more aggressive tone from but me and my wife are planning to move very soon so money is super tight, this means I will need to buy something very inexpensive for now, I quite like the look of the Squier affinity jazz bass but at 240.00 I feel Squier is kind of getting demolished by other brands in terms of price to quality. Which of the uber cheap brands are worth buying? I see there is Fazley which offers a jazz bass with a roasted maple neck for under 150.00 quid, Gear4music offer the LA Series basses which are another contender, any others I should look out for? Thanks
  8. shoulderpet
    I'm going to add my slightly contrary input on this, I played my friends Epiphone Thunderbird for a gig, it was the cheapest version, was pretty comfortable to play, on the large side but comfy to play, sounded amazing, it had this lovely dark growl to it. Anyway I brought a Vintage pro from either Andertons or Gear4music(can't remember which) and it looked lovely but after a couple days once the new bass glow had worn off I wasn't really wowed by it, the tone was brighter than the cheaper Epiphone, was lacking that dark low mid growl that the cheaper Epiphone had, ended up returning it.
  9. shoulderpet
    I do wish my Hofner had the bridge pickup in the middle position, the bridge pickup is useable and useful but a middle position pickup would be good as it is as you say useable on its own
  10. shoulderpet
    The shape is similar but that's it, the Gibson is solid body whereas the Hofner is hollow in an attempt to get closer to the tone of a double bass, the pickups are very different also and the Hofner has a wooden bridge also to try and get closer to an upright tone, the EB1 on the other hand sounds nothing like en upright so I think inspired by is possibly more true than copied
  11. shoulderpet
    No, not saying I would never spend more than that but I would be acknowledging mentally that I was being ripped off. The prices are getting crazy now, I mean look at the Fender gold foil jazz bass, 1300.00 for an MIM bass with horrendous quality control problems that offers pretty much nothing that justifies the price, bbot bridge, passive electronics, one pickup, big plastic pickguard.
  12. shoulderpet
    Also I noticed that people are generally using flatwounds with there Hofners, I have used flats many times in the past but I am currently using rounds and they sound pretty good on the Hofner, nice gnarly,meaty tone to it. The Killers bass player uses a Hofner with rounds on the song Joy ride https://youtu.be/v3s8Aympo-4
  13. shoulderpet
    I just use the Daddario clip lock straps, work just as well as strap locks imo without having to make any modifications
  14. shoulderpet

    Anyone here use short or medium scale Rotosound swing bass? Just put a set on my Hofner and the E string has some really weird overtones, wondering if these die down once the strings break in.

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    2. naxos10

      naxos10

      This scenario happened on my Jazz Bass 77s flats but itdid dissipate after checking for twist and making sure it was at the right witness point. The katter took 3/4 attempts and then after a week or two the E string started to settle down

      You could contact Rotosound and thety will probably send you a new E string out.

    3. Osiris

      Osiris

      I seem to think that I read about this issue ages ago where some short scale Roto's had weird overtones. It may have been on Scott Whitley's website which was called something like shortscalebass.com but doesn't look like the site is still active for me to go back and check. Either way, IIRC, you're not the first to notice this. But I always use long scales strings on my short scale basses and have never had any issues and I've been doing it for a few years now 😀

    4. naxos10

      naxos10

      You are right about the comments on the Scott Whitley bass site Osiris, I remember those as well.

  15. shoulderpet
    I found this video which may be of interest, this guy replaced the Chinese control panel in his contemporary Hofner for a German Hofner control panel, even on a YouTube video you can hear that the German panel sounds better https://youtu.be/93s9ogv_m1U
  16. shoulderpet
    Now £25 shipped
  17. shoulderpet
    Tried these on my Hofner club bass for all of 10 minutes and the tension was a little too low for me so moving these on, there are some kinks in the strings(see pics) that were there when I opened them but do not seem to affect the strings. £30 shipped to UK address
  18. shoulderpet
    You will probably be fine as long as you are careful with them, I also had a set of Ernie Ball flats (100-45) on a short scale Mustang and they were fine on that
  19. shoulderpet
    I actually had the Ernie Ball 95-40s on a short scale Jaguar bass, they worked fine YMMV but worked fine for me
  20. shoulderpet
    About to give the Labellas another try, my hands really do not like stuff strings and the Rotos and Daddario are both a little bit stiff for me which leaves the Labellas as the next obvious choice, fingers crossed I can make them work this time.
  21. shoulderpet
    Just got my CT Hofner back from having the frets dressed, enjoying playing this bass again, these basses are so much fun to play
  22. shoulderpet
    To be honest the machine heads are the only things that need to be upgraded, the other parts are good and the pickups are the same as is used in the German Hofners. With regards to the fret levelling it's annoying to have to do it but I don't think I have ever had a bass that didn't need some kind of fretwork. I haven't played an Ignition bass but the CT series feel like quality instruments when you play them, I would think that the ignition series is probably decent for the money but probably much cheaper feeling. The German Hofners are really, really nice instruments, expensive but if you can afford them then they are worth the extra money.
  23. shoulderpet
    Now £30 posted
  24. shoulderpet
    Yes you must have been lucky, I brought a set and the E string sounded like a bass drum, a dull thud with no discernible pitch, contacted the seller as I thought I must have got a duff E string, they sent me another and it was exactly the same.
  25. shoulderpet
    I tried these and they were probably the worst strings I have ever brought, Labella and TI's are leagues better imo
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