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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:56 pm
by mgeek
joeSG100 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 6:35 am
found this incredible neck repair looking at hofners on ebay
Somewhere on my computer I've got a folder called 'fucked Hofners', cos I realised so many turn up it's worthy of a Tumblr.
I think they sold so many in the UK/Europe that they got taken for granted, but they are really nice guitars. At any given time there are at least a couple of Verithins with humbuckers routed into the top kicking about... I've seen loads
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:03 pm
by joeSG100
mgeek wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:56 pm
joeSG100 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 6:35 am
found this incredible neck repair looking at hofners on ebay
Somewhere on my computer I've got a folder called 'fucked Hofners', cos I realised so many turn up it's worthy of a Tumblr.
I think they sold so many in the UK/Europe that they got taken for granted, but they are really nice guitars. At any given time there are at least a couple of Verithins with humbuckers routed into the top kicking about... I've seen loads
amazing i need to see these pictures! i have a senator and apparently the glue they used on the neck joint dries out and crumbles on most of them which is what happened to mine
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:11 am
by mgeek
joeSG100 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:03 pm
amazing i need to see these pictures! i have a senator and apparently the glue they used on the neck joint dries out and crumbles on most of them which is what happened to mine
Also the solder they used inside most of their pickups corrodes and eats away at the coil. Pretty much any metal covered Hofner pickup from like, '61- to... 68(?) or so has either been rewound or it's just a matter of time. I've had a V3, Verithin and a single pickup senator and out of those 6 pickups, only one didn't need rewinding .
I guess in the 70s and 80s people were just like... uh the pickups are broken I'll dig some holes in the top and stick shit korean humbuckers on there.
Here are some 'favourites'
These are nice guitars, they don't deserve this! If you put holes in a Hofner semi top for some other type of pickup you've basically ruined it.
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:51 am
by PorkyPrimeCut
Erm...
...what the hell is going on with the back of that neck?
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:23 am
by mgeek
My guess is that they tried to thin it down and hit the truss rod cavity
Sometimes with these mods I feel like letting a toddler with a hammer loose on them would have resulted in less damage
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:08 am
by PorkyPrimeCut
Maybe they were pioneering the all-new Y-shaped neck profile!
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:01 am
by MrFingers
That last one... the more you look at it, the worse it gets!
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:30 am
by mgeek
MrFingers wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:01 am
That last one... the more you look at it, the worse it gets!
yeah comprehensively ruined.
The twelve string flat top bridge isn't even in the right place! intonation point is most likely between the points of the f holes
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 2:43 am
by joeSG100
these are incredible lmao
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:14 am
by mgeek
There's a total plague of it
My biggest bugbear is routing the tops. Hofner semis have surface mounted pickups it's not like routing a solid body for a humbucker where it's a bit sad but can be hidden...it fundamentally alters the construction and sound of the guitar
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:19 am
by Zork
Ouch!
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:25 am
by s_mcsleazy
yeah. from what i've seen. hofners (except the violin basses) tend to get the poor mods.
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:21 am
by gusgorman
MrFingers wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:01 am
That last one... the more you look at it, the worse it gets!
yeah was anyone still playing it when it reached that state
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:13 pm
by will
Hey!
Everybody!
Stop selling your feet!!!
Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:14 pm
by will
Also, get that Rickenbacker outta yer groin!