Höfner HI-BB-SE-SB Violin Bass Ignition SE (Sunburst)

I have had guitars for the most of my life but with age I have found, in my case, forming chords, etc. is not as easy as it use to be as my fingers are not as agile as they were. Playing bass guitar has opened up my enjoyment of guitars once again and the Hofner Violin Bass is a favourite of mine.

I absolutely love this bass, it sounds so different to most other basses.
However, there are a couple of issues worth mentioning.
The old fashioned floating bridge design is tricky to intonate properly and why on earth Hofner fit these with roundwound strings I'll never know. This is bass made for flatwound strings.
Because of this, it does take some work to get the best out of this bass but it's definitely worth it.
It looks great, sounds great, it's cheap and it's a joy to play.

Having owned a vintage late 60s Höfner violin bass this is a great well made reproduction of the original violin bass without all the inherent worries of the neck coming unstuck and pickups failing which are all potential risks with all vintage Höfner guitars.

Sounds great, action is lovely and for the price it's a low risk instrument to take out.
Very pleased.