Machines Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 My Dad picked up a Precision copy for £30 in a pawn shop. It's Lake Placid Blue with maple neck and fingerboard.. it needs a bit of work (new scratchplate and a cleanup) but other than that it isn't too bad. The neck is monstrous.. anyone know anything about them ? Google didn't tell me anything at all.. Got pics but only on my phone at the moment. Quote
ahpook Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 my first bass was a hohner arbor with precision and 'mm-style' pickups...the neck was a bit on the large size, but it was a great little bass for the money iirc. the pickups weren't great tbh...one thing i'd say is that you might want to look at upgrading the pickups. love to see the pics...for old time's sake. Quote
Machines Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 Ok i'll get it uploaded - we've got a PC upstairs with a bluetooth dongle EDIT: Here we go.. Quote
paul h Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 My first real bass....same colour and everything. In fact, seeing as I part ex'd it in a shop in West Brom it might even be the same bass! It had a lovely neck and I was fool to part with it. Paul. Quote
Machines Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 Any special marks or dings you made ? I can check it out and see if it's yours . Quote
paul h Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Too long ago too remember. Over 20 years ago for sure. Are the neck dots abalone'ish? P. Quote
Machines Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 Yeah they are. I haven't had it plugged in yet as my Dad decided to strip it down as soon as he got it. Quote
paul h Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 You know...I have a very strong feeling...without anything to back it up whatsoever....that that was mine once. Guess I will never know for sure. Quote
Machines Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 I'll get it from him in a week or 2 and take some proper pics - then you'll have a better idea . Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I have an Arbour series strat somewhere, it seems reasonably well made, but plywood and surprisingly heavy. Quote
paul h Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 The more I look at that picture the more I am convinced that used to be mine. It looks to me like the dot marker at the 15th fret has quite a large "pearl" section in it compared to the other ones. I am now convinced mine had the same thing. Although how I remember that after over 20 years is beyond me. It might just be my age playing tricks! Paul. Quote
Machines Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 Lol, i'm going to my parents on Friday night so will get some better pics . Quote
Chris2112 Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Can't say I've played one of these but it looks like a great find for the price! I have a Hohner HZ fretless, basically a fretless jazz of excellent quality. I can vouch for Hohner being excellent instruments! Quote
Geek99 Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 I remember reading the original brochure for them (a scarily long time ago) but I recall I decided against as I didnt like the headstock and the Marlin models had a cool fish inlay at the 12th fret. Here ends the nostalgia segment.... Quote
AndyMorrey Posted September 18, 2011 Posted September 18, 2011 Hi, I picked one of these up from a local music shop, I think the previous owned swapped the bridge out, Amazing bass, especially for the £100 I paid for it. I was looking to get a Fender MIM precision but don't see much point any more.. Anyway.. This is the bass! Quote
mike257 Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 The day I became a bassist was when my mates dad loaned my his Arbor series that he had hanging on the wall. It was a grim yellow-gold kind of colour, with a P and an MM, no scratchplate and a RW board. A picture I just found that is far too embarrasing to share with you lot tells me it was an Arbor MX1 series, if that means anything to anybody! Anyway, it did teenage me well for a few months until I bought myself the Squier Affinity that still sits in my rack today - used to take them both out gigging so that I could have one in standard and one in drop-D, thinking I was dead professional-looking! Quote
mike257 Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316439236' post='1377989'] MX1 P/ MM yellow colour . Relive the youth [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260856653344?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1438.l2649[/url] My first one was an Arbor too. white beat up but good. [/quote] Haha, that's IT! If it wasn't so far south, I'd think it was the same bass. Good find, sir! Quote
bassus_play Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) Find myself one of these also, good looking, some minor tweaks needed. Sounds like a beast and looks like ready to rock \m/ Edited March 13, 2015 by bassus_play Quote
wotsy Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 Strange coincidence, a Hohner Arbor MX1 appeared on the Cash G website yesterday for £59:99 http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/product-bass/hohner-arbor-mx1-series-bass-guitar-metallic-grey-AE11531 Quote
bassus_play Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) I tested it today on a keyboard combo, and on my Vox Amplug when I got home. This animal packs a serious punch...beats a lot of the new basses on the market. And I payed 60 quids also. Edited March 13, 2015 by bassus_play Quote
Andytre Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 I also had one of these but in a rather fetching mattalic red, bought it for £60 and ended up selling it for £120ish on the ebayz. It was a very nice bass to play but was far to heavy for me to handle! Quote
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