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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: ilan on September 20, 2014, 10:53:25 PM
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1962 Höfner 500/5 - blonde with diamond logo pickups on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-HOFNER-500-5-bass-blonde-Extremely-Rare-German-bass-/321527274155) (no affil.) $4,100 BIN
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDg1MA==/z/XvoAAOSwq7JUGuCW/$_57.JPG)
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B E A utiful, but well out of my league...
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B E A utiful, but well out of my league...
Took the words right out of my cheap-o mouth!
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Neck's too wide for me. ;D
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Neck's too wide for me. ;D
Yeah, those pencil necks always did look out of place on the wider bodies.
Nice top, though.
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1 5/8" nut. Like a P bass.
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1 5/8" nut. Like a P bass.
P bass nut was 1.75 in '62, I refuse to acknowledge the 'modern' width.
Actually my main problem would be string spacing at the bridge. And to a lesser extent below the 12th fret where the G is too close to the neck edge IMO.
Very beautiful bass and tempting, though.
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I have a friend who has one of these... really cool bass but indeed I found it hard to play with such a skinny neck and close string spacing. She had tiny hands though, so it worked great for her.
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You can get used to it quickly. Stanley Clarke plays a short scale and he has huge hands.
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You can get used to it quickly. Stanley Clarke plays a short scale and he has huge hands.
Short scale and narrow neck are two different things. It's a matter of preference, not 'getting used to'.
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Preference is just a measure of how willing (or not) one is to get used to something different. :P
G string too close to fretboard edge is not a matter of preference; it's a show stopper (though I personally don't know if that's the case here - looks close, but I've never played one). ... how close is too close is somewhat variable by player.
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Preference is just a measure of how willing (or not) one is to get used to something different. :P
That may be in your definition of preference but it isn't mine. I prefer the conventional one.
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Can you ever just let a joke be a joke?... and actually the conventional definition of preference is what I said as opposed to 'will not do any other way.' One can have a strong or slight preference - it's a scale; something that is favored over an alternative; that is liked better; or that one would choose over the alternative, and not, that nothing else will do at all ever (necessarily - that is just one extreme of the scale).
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I love jokes, especially when nitwits try to tell them.
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Ah... size matters... :mrgreen:
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I love jokes, especially when nitwits try to tell them.
Gentlemen - and I use the term carefully - let's act like gentlemen.
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So, sexist and racist (especially about Asians) comments are OK but busting balls isn't. Got it.
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:rimshot:
So, sexist and racist (especially about Asians) comments are OK but busting balls isn't. Got it.
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To come back on topic. When I first played a violin bass, I hated it. Too narrow. I kept on making mistakes and pulling the wrong strings (like you guys above;) ) but now I play it a lot without problems. So I got used to it. Still have some difficulties with a 44mm nut but even that's no real problem.
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When I moved to short scale, I immediately clicked with it after playing 34" for two decades. Nut width and neck taper is different,
you get used to it but it takes time. When I completed my first EB0/6 conversion, laying out nut string spacing was tricky. I usually make equal distancebetween outside of strings, but ended up with wider spacing between EADG. Took about a year to play the six stringer properly, but now I have no problem going from EB6 to EB3 - as long as the nut width is the same (about 44mm) but if I pull out my later '67 EB3 it's not comfy at all.. too skinny, at 38mm.
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'61 500/5... brunette and gorgeous
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOFNER-500-5-President-Bass-1961-ULTRA-RARE-/111476396403
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/KGEAAOSwEK9ULBZ4/$_57.JPG)
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That, Ilan, ranks as bass porn.
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That, Ilan, ranks as bass porn.
Yup, axes like these can ebonize anyone!
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I've got '64 and '02 blondes that are gorgeous. :mrgreen:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10665691_862932920384487_1173518041216436813_n.jpg?oh=c30bf0c06c1222a42b87e88751a921b4&oe=54B5DA4E&__gda__=1422404342_e06a9662b1455fac7cf23d45b6c8df18)
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Sweet... ;)
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Nice Tom :thumbsup:
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The resemblance is very clear. Nice photo!
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Will Lee is selling his 500/5 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Will-Lees-early-60s-Hofner-President-Bass-Hollow-4-String-500-5-video-below-/281484099106). $5K starting bid, $8K BIN. I guess he factored in the celebrity element. He calls it a President but it's not.
Beautiful bass, but the back of the neck is painted black for some reason, and the action looks too high, and the bridge was probably shaved, since the height adjustment screws go through its top. So I assume the bass will need a neck reset and a new bridge.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/h-sAAOSwGWNUVFXo/$_57.JPG)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_zleJJ-hw