Re: The Hofner Contemporary Bass
Steve Molk <[email protected]>
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Jeez, Guys, Sounds neat...My J weighs more then a 2-15 cab,,,at liest it seems that way towards the end of the noight if you get my drift. I have neve played one in my life, though. Smokey PS,,,Good job on the price! > >From: jollyr465 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 2:31:59 PM >Subject: Re: [Bass Place] 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 bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com, mark monillas <alembic4@.. .> wrote: >> >> Sooo what was the attached price tag? or ball park of? >> >> Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove, If you ain't got no pocket ! >> >> --- On Mon, 7/27/09, jollyr465 <jollyr465@. ..> wrote: >> >> From: jollyr465 <jollyr465@. ..> >> Subject: [Bass Place] The Hofner Contemporary Bass >> To: bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com >> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 9:57 AM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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, >> that can handle just about anything you throw at it . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassplace/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassplace/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/