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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2014, 04:36:30 PM »
I'd guess Hofner based on the fretboard inlays.
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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2014, 04:37:42 PM »
Looks like Hofner on the headstock

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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2014, 04:49:27 PM »
haha. all the pictures i saw the headstock was cut off. thanks
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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2014, 08:59:56 PM »
There's a bass in that photograph?
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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 12:57:27 AM »
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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 03:25:29 AM »
Höfner was famous for the D-Day Stripes on the neck. It looks like this one has replacement pickups. Can't imagine that Höfner used those.

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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2014, 04:00:17 AM »
this is 1986
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Re: any clue as to what kinda bass this is?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2014, 09:00:48 AM »
That is a 60's Hofner 185 "Artiste" bass with replacement bridge (the original tailpiece was left on) and non-original pickups.

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