More Hofner Hijinks

 

Hofner Bass Pickguard

 

I made a template from my 1967 Hofner pickguard for a fellow who wants to make one for his bass. I needed to post the photos somewhere, so it might as well be here.

My New Guitar!

 

Bill's Hofner 5000/1B Bass Rebuild

 

 

Doctor Restuffin'

 

I had a "dead" humbucker on a junked guitar I bought back in February. I also had a box of miscellaneous pickups I've been hoarding since last century. I found ONE that has the screw pole pieces in almost the right configuration, so I pulled the shell apart and did my best to re-stuff it with the new coils.

You can see how the screws are just a bit off, but I'm going with it.

The coils came from a unit that had a threaded bottom plate, while the new housing didn't. My solution was to scrounge up some nuts to hold them in place. I also managed to add a strain relief for the cable.

I could not get the ground to solder to the case, so I added a bit of braid as a grounding strap and soldered to that. (Visible in the lower-left of the photo.)

I had bought a new set of humbuckers, but they did not fit the over-sized frames or routing in the guitar, so I had to "Frankenstein" this half-assed solution.

Here's the guitar in question. The problematic pickup is the one in the bridge position.

Collecting

I've collected various items over the course of my misspent life; records, sound equipment, films, health issues to name a few.  

These two comic panels pretty much lay it all out:

Bill's Build - Part Final!

 Bill has finished his Silvertone 1484 project!

Grill cloth has been added.  

Speakers have been installed and wired up. 

The amp is in the cabinet.

Let's take a look, shall we?

Front view with home-brew footswitch.

Rear view with those vintage 10" speakers.

Amp head tucked into the speaker cabinet.

Wing nut on bottom holds amp in place!

Pretty awesome, don't you think?

Bravo, Bill!