I watched that video clip again and the tone/clarity he's getting out of that bass is amazing. Hofner's aren't the greatest basses when it comes to clean clear sound. Muddy is part of their charm and I think the Pyramid strings add to the mud. I think you could clear up some of the the mud by putting TI rounds or flats on it. I'm anxious to see how the bass sounds through my Mesa rig on Monday at practice. I'd love to work the bass into our set list. The weight and short scale are super for me!
I did revise the factory set up. They had the action set pretty high for me, so I lowered the bridge, literally down to its lowest setting. It's perfect now and I'm not getting any major string clatter. Didn't have to adjust the rod. The Pyramids are higher tension than I'm used to, but they are still pretty comfy to play. Also had to lower the treble pup to clean things up. It needs to go a little lower, but they have a foam pad under it and I can't go any lower for now. I'm gonna pop the pup out and remove all or some of the foam so I can go a little lower and eliminate some of the pup distortion I'm creating with the lower action.
The neck is perfect in my hand. It's a little fat, but the width makes up for that. A very easy bass to play if you have short fingers.
I'll let you all know how she does. Through the Fender TV amp, she's typical Hofner. Thump, thump, thump!
