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I was poking around and for some reason this jazz box just kept calling my name and all the possibilities of a Charlie Christian floating pup was in its future.... Well my GAS just got the better part of me and I purchased it. I believe it's 1958 but who really knows. Anywhoo enjoy the pics.... FYI: The last pic is a mockup I made in WORD to show what its going to look like once I get the Pup / pickguard assembly back from Pete of vintagevibeguitars.

I touched them up with testers light ivory hobby paint

See the link below https://www.widgetco.com/hole-plugs-covers-8MM-almond?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkdPJ0uXN7QIVDh6tBh1W-A34EAQYAyABEgIkXPD_BwE

I’ll try and post the link later

See link for plugs I used http://YEJI 25PCS 5/16", 8mm, 0.31in... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076GH7XXH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

So the last two weeks I was trying to figure out how I was going to plug the two tailpiece holes after installing the Maestro and I came across the plastic plugs on Amazon and they worked perfectly. I also painted them with Testers off white paint and I’m pretty happy. I also aged the Maestro by playing basketball then wiping the sweat on the Maestro. After three sessions it’s starting to age it. Lol 😂

Actually I've been looking at the bass amp version

I'm thinking about getting one of those..... every review I have read has been overly positive.

Was a sophomore in high school when this went down...... Terrible evening.

I have that album in mono and it sounds so much better than the stereo version. Never could really figure out why..... The mono has much more of a rock feel to it.

I have two others: One is a 66, the other is a 67. Both of them have a little more punch than the cavern bass and that may be due to the blade pickups. The 66 plays nice, but the 67 is in desperate need of a neck reset and the neck is finished in black. To be honest the Cavern seems to be better made compared to the 66 and 67. But I'm sure age is contributing to some of the kirks in the older Hofners. Funny thing I have never had any issues with off-gassing of my older basses and they live in their respective cases. 66 Hofner 67 Black Back Hofner

I like how the guy eyeballs the fret markers and the fret channels. This kinda takes me back to my high school shop days.

but the question is...... Does it get the brown sound????? Congrats Brad!!!

I wouldn't be upset either.... They ABR1 looks so much better than the harmonica looking Nashville bridge

lead vocal backing track???? Looks like he's lip syncing to me.

It looks like an onion slicer to me

Very Very nice!!!! And Congrats. Part of me still wishes that Gibson would some day figure out how to get the complete Epiphone line built in the USA, but I must admit the current price point and the quality is quite impressive.

Thanks Brad.... I'm trying not to be so much of a stranger in terms of posting but I do lurk.... and as all of us are aware it's been a year to remember and unfortunately not in a good way. Despite the business climate for some, my area of the business has been crazy busy.... so I do feel blessed.

Well I spent the better part of yesterday evening cleaning up the corrosion by soaking all the threaded screws in WD-40, and scrubbing the pickup covers with WD-40 and 1200 grit, and polishing the bass up with Gibson polish. It felt almost like I was cleaning car battery terminals. Fortunately there was no corrosion that made it to the wiring and I was able to find a new pickguard, (man they are asking a small fortune for those) .... Felt almost like I was dealing with Rickenbacker for a spare part. The gassed out case I'm not sure what I'm going to do with, it's in the patio with the case opened.... The dog wont even go near it, so I'm probably just going to toss it unless somebody has some recommendations. So basically the $1300 deal I got for the bass with the added $100 for the pickguard and $125 for the case plus $50 shipping I ended up paying for the $1575 which isn't bad, but I would like to know what year the darn thing is.... I'm guessing it's a 1990's or early 2000 build.... I sent images of the pots over to Hofner so hopefully they will get back to me soon.

It came with an ABR-1????

I just had a conversation with a guy named Fran that has many old Hofner's and he told be to trash the case if it's a contemporary Hofner case. And if I want, store the old pickguard in a brown paper bag in a well ventilated area. He said lighter fluid and or guitar polish should clean off the oxidation off the pup covers.... If that don't work toothpaste will do the trick. He said not to worry about the control panel as the tea cups don't show signs of oxidation, but what some people do is add a few coats of varnish as this seals the celluloid from off-gassing..... I could also do that with the pick guard, but he said a couple hits with a pick will remove the varnish and you'll eventually be back where you started. I found this case on Reverb for $125 and I swooped it up.

Thanks for the response It appears the corrosion is only limited to the pick up covers, the two pickguard nails and pickguard bracket. I had my wife put the guitar case outside opened. I'm going to water it down and trash it then buy a new one. When I get home I'm going to clean the pickup covers with some WD40 and or tooth paste and hope for the best. The control plate seems to be spared thank god

So one of my pals came over last night and I showed him the recent Hofner Bass I just purchased and he told me the pickguard was "off-gassing" and was corroding the pickup covers, and pickup bracket was turning green as well. He then told me to get the case and there was a patch of green lining where the pickguard was hitting was badly discolored. He told be to put the case outside and I should probably get rid of it. He then told me to get some jewelry cleaner and clean off the pickup covers and also get rid of the pick guard and throw it away and get new one. Now I'm a bit shocked by all of this, and the owner did tell me the guitar had been stored for a very long time, so what I'm asking is using jewelry cleaner the right course of action with the pickup covers? Or is it too late to fix.

That's a flamey sucker.... Very nice top!!

It really did, and what made things even more tragic his 22 year old son Cruz was found dead in his dorm by Mike and his mom this past October when they hadn't heard from him in three days. Basically half his family gone in a matter of two months. So we are in direct support of Kirsten his wife and his other son Jesse..... 2020 has been unreal for sure.