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Dating your old Hofner still unknown
Hofners built later 2000  Copies of Rick 4000 Series

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and Violin shaped Basses (solid)

 
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Academy

Acepro
Akkord
Aceto
AG  (Gracia)

Alden

Alden

Ampeg

Antoria







Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo


Aria
Aria

Aria

Aria (Custom Shop)





Aria Diamonds
Aria Diamond
Aria Diamond
Ariston

Aston

Atlas

Atrics

Audition
Audition

Aurora

Axiom

Ayar

Aztek
Baltimore
Bakers

Baton Rouge

B.C.Rich





Bell
Bellwood
Benford
Bently
Black Jack
Black Jack
Brice

Bridgecraft

Brownsville

Bruno





Burns
Burns
Burns
Cameo
Cameo
Canora
Career

Carlo Robelli

Castley
Castley

Challenge

Checkmate

Checkmate

Cherrystone

Classic

Condor

Conqueror

Conqueror

Conqueror

Conrad

Conrad
Coral

Coronet

Coronet

Coxx





Crest

Crest

Crest

Crestwood

Crestwood



Crown

Crown

Crown

Custom Built



Davison
Davidsson

Davoli







Defil
Defil
Del Rey
DelVecchio
Demian

Demian

De Rosa

De Ville

Dillion

Dimavery

Diplomat
Domino
Dot On Shaft

Douglas

Duesenberg


Eastwood

Effin

Egmond
Eko
Electra
Electra
Electra
ElliSound
Emperador
Encore
Epiphone
Espana
Estrada






Faim

Fandel
Fernandez

Fine



Firstman

Firstman

Firstman

Firstman

Firstman

Firstman

Frankinstein
Freeman

Fresher



Gallan

Galveston
Gession

Giannini

Giannini

Glen Burton

Goldklang
Grant
Greco
Greco

Greco

Greco

Greco

Greco
Groovin

Grote

GT

Guyatone

Guyatone

Guyatone

Hamer

Harley Benton

Harmonic

Harmony
Hawes

Heit

Hernandez

HK





Hofner
Hofner
Hofner
Hofner
Hofner
Hofner
Honey

Hoyer

Hoyer

Hoyer





Hüttl
Hüttl
Hutchins
Ibanez

Ibanez
Ibanez







Ideal
Ideal
Imperial
Irvine
IYV
Jason
Jason Lyrebird
Jay Turser
Jim Harley
Johnson
Johnson
J.R.Beck





Karera
Kawai

Kawai

Kawai

Kawai

Kawai

Kay
Kay
Kent
Kenell

Keytone


Kimberly

Kimberly

Kimberly

Kingston
Kingston

Kingston
Klira
Klira
Klira
Klira
Klira

Klira
Kremona
KUC




Legend

Le Marquis
 
Leonardo

Liberty

Lion

Ltd. X

Lumanog








Maestro
Maestro
Mannix

Mansfield

Marathon

Marlin

Maton

Maton

Mavis

Maxitone

Maya



Mayfair
Mayfair
Mayfair
McCartney
Meazzi

Meazzi

Meazzi

Migma

Monroe

Moreschi

Mozz

Muraro
Naklada

Naklada



National

National

National

Noble

Norma

Norma

Norma
Onyx

Orfeus

Orfeus
Oriolo
Orlando



Orpheum

Orpheum

OSP
Otwin
Palmer
Parksons

Penncrest

Perl Gold

Perl Gold

Phantom

Philharmonic

Philharmonic

President

Prestige

Prestige

Prestige

PXF
Pyramid
Quincy
Raven

Raven

Rayson







Realistic
Recina

Redwood
Regent
Regent
Rexina

R(e)ythmline

Richwood

Ritter

Riviera

Roeder

Rogue

Royal

RoyalArtist




Sabolovic
Sakai
Samick
Santana

Santander



Sekova

Sekova

Series10

Shamrock

Shine



SilverStar

Silvertone
Silvertone
Skinder
Skylark

Snake

Solo

Sonatone
Sonatone

Sorrento

Stadium

Stagg

Starfire

Stellfner

Stellfner

Sterling

Stewart

St George

Sunsmile

Supreme



Taco
Tanglewood
Teisco
Teisco Del Rey
Teisco Del Rey
TeleStar

Tennessee

Todt

Tokai
Tony Smith

Trump


Univox

Univox

Univox







Veillette
Venson
Ventura

Ventura

Ventura

Ventura

Vintage

Virtuoso

Vision

Von Tietz





Vox
Vox
Vox
Vox
Waldman

Welson

Welson

Weslson

Wesley

Westfield

Winston

Winter
Yairi

Yamato








ZenOn
Zenta
ZimGar
ZimGar



You're welcome to tell me something about the following unknown basses:

unknown 1
unknown 2
unknown 3
unknown 4

unknown 5

unknown 6
unknown 7
recently solved!

unknown 9

unknown 10
unknown 11
unknown 12











Violin Shaped Basses (solid)

Airline

Bassman
Cort
Davidsson

Edwards
Eko
Epiphone

Fumero

Gibson
Grass Roots
Greco

Ibanez
Ibanez
Jon Kammerer

Krunk

Le Compte

Maxitone
MD
x
Odessa

Orfeus
Orr

Rivertone



Satyr
S.D.Curlee

Sekova

Supro


Vox

Wilkat

Wishbass

ZZryder







Curios and Fakes

Crest body with Kingston neck

Greco hofnerized
Hagstrom neck
Hagstrom neck on EB-1 body

Heit hofnerized
Hofner fake fretless
Conrad neck on Teisco body

 Longscale. Hofner?
Lyle neck on Domino body







Old Cavern white painted

Old Hofner green metallic
Genuine Hofner with 'better' bridge
Genuine Hofner with 'improved' pickguard

Genuine Hofner with 'improved' electric panel

Hofner neck with Kremona body