How is "Hofner Icon Series Vintage Violin Bass" which is $350, different from $2700 hofner bass?
Sep 24, 2008 by ricken325c | Posted in Rock and Pop
is it fake? copied by other brand? or lower quality hofner bass manufactured by "hofner"? It has been my dream to get Paul McCartney model bass and when I found this on the internet, I couldnt believe the price I was seeing.
The parts on the Icon series probably are inferior, and cheap asian labour used, whilst the $2700 would have been done in Germany using the proper materials. Either way though, Viola basses aren't that great. I mean they're short scale.
Drop Dead Fred | Sep 24, 2008
Is Hofner a good brand for bass guitars?
Apr 25, 2011 by Brady Banks | Posted in Rock and Pop
More specifically a violin bass. It all looks good to me, but I don't know anything about the company...I was wondering if anyone has owned a Hofner bass that could give me some feedback about the quality.
If a Hofner bass was good enough for Paul McCartney in The Beatles, at one time the most popular band in the world, that should say something about the quality of the brand.
In 1956, Walter Höfner invented an electrically amplified, semi-acoustic
Peepaw | Apr 25, 2011