Hofner pickups

[Ice de la aqua]

Hello, i have an original 63 Hofner senator bass. It has one pickup, however although it is the original one; it is broken, it doesnt produce the bass tone, only treble.
I was wondering if there is any way of repairing it, or if anyone knows someone who can. If not, how to go about putting a new one in.
It really plays beautifully apart from the pickup.
Looking forward to hearing any advice. Thanks for reading.

[Prosebass]

[quote name='Ice de la aqua' post='323368' date='Nov 6 2008, 01:00 PM']Hello, i have an original 63 Hofner senator bass. It has one pickup, however although it is the original one; it is broken, it doesnt produce the bass tone, only treble.
I was wondering if there is any way of repairing it, or if anyone knows someone who can. If not, how to go about putting a new one in.
It really plays beautifully apart from the pickup.
Looking forward to hearing any advice. Thanks for reading.[/quote]

Have you tested the pickup or is it still in situ in the bass and the output is only treble ?

[Ice de la aqua]

[quote name='Prosebass' post='323432' date='Nov 6 2008, 01:53 PM']Have you tested the pickup or is it still in situ in the bass and the output is only treble ?[/quote]

i have not touched the pickup as i dont have the skill to do it without potentially breaking the whole bass. All i know is that when the tone knob is turned towards the low end it just gradually attenuates until silent. The pickup is quiet anyway.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Sounds more like a wiring fault than the pickup itself.