I found a Hofner Beatle bass at a thrift shop.... well kinda.

[Blazer]

Well, yeah, it's not a 500/1 bass like a certain lefty bassist from Liverpool plays.

What we actually have here is a controller for the Beatles edition of PlayStation's "Rockband" game.

It simply was too cool to NOT take with me.

 

[NWinther]

Build quality is about the same

 

[Blazer]

Build quality is about the same

Nobody will curse me for putting a set of EMG pickups in this one either.

It's pretty much worthless as it is but once I gutted out the innards, the sky is pretty much the limit.

 

[Telekarster]

Wall art for the music room! Cool find man I had no idea they made such things...

 

[Blazer]

Wall art for the music room! Cool find man I had no idea they made such things...

In three variations actually. I wish I found the Rickie.

 

[HaWE]

Some years ago I ordered a pair of bongos from an online-musicstore.When the postman arrived,he brought ,to my surprise, a real big package.Much too big for just a pair of bongos.So I opened the package and,besides my bongos, there was a bassguitar ! It was a new Höfner "Beatles Bass" (an exact copy of the old bass, but now made in china or indonesia etc ) ! Because I hadnt ordered the bass,I contacted the music-store - it seemed they had put the bass in a wrong package ! So i send it back to the store and received a 10 Euro reward - that was my Höfner-Bass for one day
(Unfortunately only some days later I had to pay 10 Euros to the police because of parking in the wrong place )

 

[Killing Floor]

A Beatle Bass with a Whammy!
That’s Rock.

 

[Blazer]

A Beatle Bass with a Whammy!
That’s Rock.