Re: The Hofner Contemporary Bass

---I bought it new from ZZsounds & it came with a really nice hard case for 612.00. They go for about 849.00 to 749.00 at GC,  MF & 123, but without the case. MF was having a big 20% off sale on all their basses. So I went over to ZZsounds called them up & told them about the 20% MF was having & they matched the price & thew in the case too. I think the reg price before retail is around 1,100.00. But what a great bass this is to play. Some people like to put flats on Hofners, to get that Beatles tone, but I knew this bass could do so much more with rounds & it really does too. I've played Thin Lizzy, to AC/DC  stuff with it & it gets the job done very nicely. It really shines on blues & jazz too. IMO it's just really all around great bass.
 In [email protected], mark monillas <alembic4@...> wrote:
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> Sooo what was the attached price tag?  or ball park of?
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> Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove, If you ain't got no pocket !
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> --- On Mon, 7/27/09, jollyr465 <jollyr465@...> wrote:
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> From: jollyr465 <jollyr465@...>
> Subject: [Bass Place] The Hofner Contemporary Bass
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 9:57 AM
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>                   Has anybody else tried one of these babies out? I've tried out the Icon & was very impressed with it,  but I wanted a better build quality & I couldn't afford a German made 1963 reissue 500/1, so I bought the Hofner Contemporary 500/1 bass. The Icon is a nice bass, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Contemporary 500/1 bass, which is a much better built bass with real German Spruce, real German nickel hardware & real Hofner pickups {much better parts & tone than the Icon} too. They also put a block inside the body of the Contemporary bass, for really great sustain. I've been playing this bass pretty hard too. It looks fragile, but it's as tough as nails though & with round-wounds, it's a very versatile bass. I've been really putting this bass through the paces & it hasn't let me down yet. It'll play just about anything too, except for maybe metal & funk. Otherwise, I highly recommend this bass to anybody that wants a nice lite bass,
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