Hofner Beatles Bass Ignition SB + Accessories

It's a pretty nifty wee thing. I'm very happy with it. About as small as you would want to go and attaches on easily. Top marks.

I bought this as a first bass for my petite 10 year old daughter. It sounds superb, light yet robust, her teacher keeps trying to nick it. A perfect, quality first bass.

Already left a revue with strong praise, but felt the need to add to it after I had ditched the strings and re-strung with flatwound. What a transformation...if this guitar wasn't already a joy to play, now it has really gone up through the gears. Absolutely chuffing amazing! No fret buzz, wonderful slinky movement round the fretboard, and the sound especially on the upper notes is bloody amazing. They also inhibit fret wear. Tip: don't buy short-scale, they are too tight. Get medium scale. I forked out £40 for Chrome flatwound, but they will never need changing. It's a no brainer, and my playing has come on leaps and bounds on this incredible instrument, and the tone is marvelous... can't put it down.

Cheers. CJS.

Fucking beautiful guitar

Well Chuffed...

This was a thrill to unbox.. I couldn't dismiss the courier fast enough! On opening I was amazed at the sheer beauty of this instrument and couldn't wait to plug it in. A quick look over to check for any transit damage, but the ample packaging had done it's job well. After accustomising myself with the pickup selector switches I was soon noodling around the fretboard with ease exploring it's various tones. I love the stubby double bass tone associated with the Beatles right through to the gritty Stranglers punch, and then back to warm and mellow blues. Even being short-scale, it's sustain is incredible considering I'm only playing through an inexpensive 20W amp, plus there is more ground to explore with flatwound string options.

I am fairly new to bass, as I've played six string electric guitars for years...but the transition to this little Hofner gem was little more than effortless. It is light and incredibly easy to play, and because of it's small size, it feels like a regular six string when strapped on. I would recommend this instrument ideal as a first bass for budding bass men as it's size makes it so easy to zip your fingers around and develope your playing.

Even unplugged it sounds warm and rich, and the build quality is very good for it's price.

I am absolutely delighted as you may tell... can't praise it enough...look, my tea's gone cold!!!

Happy days.

CJS.

Hofner violin bass fits perfectly. Nicely padded. Looks very cool indeed!

I love this guitar.. Can't play it yet but can't argue with the price or the service from Bax.

Delighted all round

Really like the playability and fun of this bass. Sounds great. Looks great from a bit of a distance.



Up close you can see this is a budget bass. Mine had some issue which Bax sorted out - the tailpiece was scratched, the scratchplate bracket was missing a screw and one of the strap pins was incorrectly moulded. The neck to body joint isn't as seamless as say epiphones usually are. The binding looks aged yellow in some places and bright white in others.



But they were building to a price, and on the plus side you get genuine spruce top, lovely flame maple back, maple sides, hard maple neck and rosewood fingerboard and bridge.



So on balance - I think I am glad about the compromises made. I have a bass that sounds and looks great and plays as you would expect with this style bass (short scale hollow body Beatles style bass).

These are as small as you could wish for. Any smaller and they'd be pretty useless! Clipped to a guitar head they are unbeatable. The clip is less reliable on any instrument that is uneven or odd-shaped. No good on my Appalachian Dulcimer, for instance. But they are so cheap you can have a handful for what it used to cost to buy an Intellitouch 15 years ago. Planet Waves are the gods of guitar porn, that's for sure.

Ik heb het terug moeten sturen, het apparaat was gewoon niet accuraat genoeg.