Building the Hofner Violin Beatles Bass

[TorVic]

[media]http://youtu.be/qCOycca1ezo[/media]

An iconic bass! A rather long video but quite fascinating to see how it is made.

[jaydentaku]

I love this kind of thing. Like the program How Its Made, but something I am actually interested in and no annoying narrator!

I shall be searching for more like this

[Jellyfish]

Less puns than 'How It's Made' as well, which is always a good thing.

[GarethFlatlands]

Very interesting vid, thanks for posting.

[jaydentaku]

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Less puns than 'How It's Made' as well, which is always a good thing.
[/quote]

Ah! You BEAT me to it!



That was sh*te. sorry

[Matt P]

Thanks for posting this, a great watch, i also watched one of the videos suggested afterwards which was of a factory in the USA making a certain brand of instruments the name of which i won't write, but it was a tour of the factory by their CEO (who has the initials JH, was surprised to hear him state that he was a bassist near the end too.)

Matt

[evilLordJuju]

thanks for posting, I really enjoyed that! They make it look so easy too...

[AndyTravis]

Do Hofner have a custom shop?

[jaydentaku]

Not that I know of. Nearest would be their limited editions.

[CPBass]

Nice post.

Really enjoyed that. So much so I'm off out the shed.

Great stuff

[AndyTravis]

[quote name='jaydentaku' timestamp='1340047740' post='1698328']
Not that I know of. Nearest would be their limited editions.
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Fair enough, miss my 'cavern' violin bass, but the sunburst made everyone make the Macca connection, I've spotted a few 'contemperary'/'Icon' series in weird and wonderful finishes. May catch one of these used.