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Old 03-28-2013, 01:28 PM
Simon Miller Simon Miller is offline
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Default Possibly Hofner 1970's 7/8's

Here is my bass... and me... apologies for me diluting the photos :P

I bought this bass a few months ago.. absolutely love the sound. It's a thunderous beast which nearly caused me being evicted!

I'm at work at present and hope to snap off some better shots later to update the post with, but this is what I've got now.
You may have seen this bass on talkbass a while back.
I'm pretty sure it's a Hofner now, I just want confirmation/ as much information on the workmanship and opinion/ ballpark value of these basses (of course it won't change my opinion of my bass)
I bought it off a retired jazz/concert bassist... the thing has been shall we say well gigged, but all wear is just aesthetic. No cracks that haven't been fixed..although there's some light warping causing one F hole to curl out slightly. Nothing horrendous though.

Also, looking at emailing hofner, they no longer answer inquiries on older string instruments... which makes my investigation a tad more challenging.

thanks in advance for any responses!

Simon
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