Bass ID needed

gearHed289 · May 13, 2015, 01:33:57 PM

Can anyone ID this bass? Hofner by chance?

uwe · May 13, 2015, 02:36:59 PM

Looks krautish. Höfner, Hoyer or Framus, Klira.

godofthunder · May 13, 2015, 03:31:09 PM

Hofner for sure. Model 182 I think. Let me double check.

ilan · May 13, 2015, 04:24:22 PM

No model number yet, it was just "Solid Bass Guitar", 1st version.

godofthunder · May 13, 2015, 04:28:26 PM

Yep 182 Geddy's only has one pickup.

Highlander · May 13, 2015, 04:34:26 PM

one pickup...?

godofthunder · May 13, 2015, 04:41:03 PM

Never mind my bad. Two pick ups.

uwe · May 13, 2015, 08:05:31 PM

Looks horrible. What could possess him to play it?

gearHed289 · May 14, 2015, 08:51:09 AM

Quote from: uwe on May 13, 2015, 08:05:31 PM
Looks horrible. What could possess him to play it?

I'm guessing maybe he had one as a kid. The new show appears to have them traveling backward through time. Figured I'd go on the hunt for a cheap one of these. I think the value may be going up soon.

Dave W · May 14, 2015, 10:40:52 AM

Now we know where the Wolfgang body shape came from.

amptech · May 15, 2015, 03:30:21 AM

Quote from: uwe on May 13, 2015, 08:05:31 PM
Looks horrible. What could possess him to play it?

Wife?

I have heard it numerous times: `it´s no point buying another bass guitar if you are not going to use it!´

uwe · May 15, 2015, 07:07:45 AM

Quote from: gearHed289 on May 14, 2015, 08:51:09 AM
I'm guessing maybe he had one as a kid. The new show appears to have them traveling backward through time. Figured I'd go on the hunt for a cheap one of these. I think the value may be going up soon.

This monstrosity is ample proof that ugly basses were built at all times. I had to grow up with these things, trust me. Back in the 70ies they were strictly flea market fodder, no one wanted to be caught playing them.

OTOH, the heart is a strange muscle. I miss my first Johnny Guitar Jazz Bass Ho too (which my dad threw away after - I had defretted in delusions of being a mini-Jaco and miserably failed turning it into a functional fretless - leaving it for years discarded in our cellar). $:-\$ Today, I'd just have it refretted and sometimes play those Harvey Vinson bass riffs on it with which I started in 1977!

gearHed289 · May 15, 2015, 08:52:37 AM

Quote from: uwe on May 15, 2015, 07:07:45 AMOTOH, the heart is a strange muscle. I miss my first Johnny Guitar Jazz Bass Ho too (which my dad threw away after - I had defretted in delusions of being a mini-Jaco and miserably failed turning it into a functional fretless - leaving it for years discarded in our cellar). $:-\$ Today, I'd just have it refretted and sometimes play those Harvey Vinson bass riffs on it with which I started in 1977!

Funny - my first Kingston suffered the same fate! Except I wanted to be a mini Percy Jones. Didn't work out too well. I also tried to do an Alembic-style omega cut at the bottom with a hole saw and jig saw. Not good... I had it mounted to the wall at our old condo, but since we bought our house 15 years ago, it's been sitting on a shelf, neglected in the basement. I've been seriously thinking of burning it to set its spirit free.