Sercet Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]*** Now £750 ***[/font][/color] *** £730 *** When I bough this I was told it was a 1968, but I'm not sure how you accurately date these basses. Any advice is welcome. It has several marks to the body and a little rust to the tailpiece and screws. The clip that holds the scratch plate on is broken, so the scratch plate only just stays in place. There is a slight fault on the electronics - the sound is distorted if the bridge pickup volume is in full. Back the volume off just a tiny little bit and it sounds great. I would imagine this would be easier to fix, but my preference was to adjust the volume rather than mess round with the electrics. This places much better than most of the Hofners I have tried. I am based in Worcester and would prefer collection or meet-up. [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/IMG_20140829_150146.jpg.html"][/url] Thanks Steve Edited August 17, 2015 by Sercet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sercet Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Additional photos. [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/DSC_0041.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/hofner2/DSC_0041.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/DSC_0040.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/hofner2/DSC_0040.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/DSC_0039.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/hofner2/DSC_0039.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/DSC_0038.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/hofner2/DSC_0038.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/hofner2/DSC_0037.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/hofner2/DSC_0037.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sercet Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Some people asked me some questions, and asked for some specific photos. [b][size=4]Do you have any more info on its date?[/size][/b] [size=3]When I bought it I was told it was a 1968. I've has a look at some information on he web to try and confirm this.[/size] It has a serial number at the top of the headstock (8761). I tried to find a date corresponding to this. I read here [url="http://www.hofner.com/media/wysiwyg//Serial_Numbers/selmer_numbers.pdf"]http://www.hofner.co...mer_numbers.pdf[/url] that only the Hofner basses produced for Selmer had seal numbers. The serial number I have does not correspond to the Selmer numbers. I read somewhere that basses produced for Holland also have a serial number. [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0165.jpg.html"][/url] (You know that thing where you photograph a bass and the marks look really bad...and I didn't even get the whole serial number). I then looked at this site, which allows you to date a violin bass based on the logo, pickups, tuners etc. [url="http://www.fuenfhunderteins.de/brandpages/hof_models.html"]http://www.fuenfhund...hof_models.html[/url] 1. Raised plastic logo - 1963 to 1967 [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/6ae26f46-36b0-494d-8dc1-9a253e13dd84.jpg.html"][/url] (you know that thing when you take a photograph of your bass and it looks like you have never dusted it...) 2. Single closed tuners with plastic wings - 1967 to 1973 [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0172.jpg.html"][/url] 4. Blade pickups with engraved Hofner logo - 1967 to 1972 [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0167.jpg.html"][/url] 5. Cream control panel - 1965 to 1971 [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0168.jpg.html"][/url] If you draw a five part Venn diagram, then one set of criteria imply 1967, others 1968 (assuming the web site is correct of course). it does also say that some 1967 features were carried over to 1968, so I'm going for '68. Off to see Mad Max now. More later. Thanks Steve Edited June 3, 2015 by Sercet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 nice. 68 is my yob. glwts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byo Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I do believe it is a '68 too as sometimes parts from late in the year would eventually end up on a following year manufactured instrument (if you know what I mean). Lovely looking bass, GLWTS mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sercet Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 [size=4]More questions - [/size] [b][size=4]Does it have a case?[/size][/b] Yes. It's not a Hofner case, but it is a period case and a good for the bass. [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0160.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/DSC_0160.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0161.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/DSC_0161.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0162.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/DSC_0162.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sercet Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 More questions [b][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Do you have a picture of the tuners , and back of the neck ?[/font][/color][/b] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0172.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/DSC_0172.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s201.photobucket.com/user/sercet/media/DSC_0171.jpg.html][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/DSC_0171.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebo1 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I've sent a PM about this, might need it for a new project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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