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Highlander
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Bizarre old Hofner for sale...
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July 07, 2009, 04:08:04 PM »
An old double neck...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hofner-191-Doubleneck-Bass-Guitar-1962-Rarest-of-all_W0QQitemZ130316004329QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1e57706be9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1688%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
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Pilgrim
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July 07, 2009, 09:25:01 PM »
My, they're proud of that one, aren't they??
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Dave W
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Re: Bizarre old Hofner for sale...
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July 07, 2009, 09:31:34 PM »
I can't remember seeing a doubleneck Hofner before. Price doesn't surprise me at all.
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Chris P.
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July 07, 2009, 10:33:41 PM »
I love it!
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Rhythm N. Bliss
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July 08, 2009, 05:47:00 AM »
I'd kill for that if it was a lefty. In fact, I'd kill twice!! heh
Perfect for the ol' One Man Banned thing.
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chromium
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Re: Bizarre old Hofner for sale...
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July 08, 2009, 02:07:30 PM »
If you like this one, you might prowl around for old
Carvin doublenecks
. I've seen those floating around out there before. They used to source some of their parts from Hofner.
Actually, this thread got me looking at old Carvins, and now I done gone off and setup a notification on Ebay
. Not for these doublenecks, but for some of the other Carvin/Hofner hybrids - like the ones pictured here
http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofnerfs/factfiles/carvin.html
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This act usually results in depletion of discretionary funds... so if I ever end up with one, its all Ken's fault
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Highlander
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July 09, 2009, 03:37:06 PM »
Joe, how could you be so cruel...?
That Carvin EB2-a-like looks awfully like my first bass, a weird copy called a "GRENN" of which I know only have the name plate - still have a hankering for another semi, but gotta do a lot of ebaying first...
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ilan
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July 10, 2009, 12:21:29 AM »
I've seen at least two 191's on eBay before. I thought it was ugly but that's just my own taste, YMMV.
Here's another one on eBay - $5K BIN (it was originally listed with a $7K BIN price):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hofner-Double-Neck-191-i-1960-SUPER-RARE_W0QQitemZ250459297985QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3a508998c1
Never played one but the placement of the control plate on the bass side will make it difficult (if not impossible) to play with a pick.
There are current Asian knockoffs of this model.
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