Hofner Cavern 500/1 “LOST BASS” quick review, discussion and brief history.
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Review and discussion of Hofner Limited Edition Cavern 500/1 “LOST BASS”.
Quick trip from Paul McCartneys 1st Hofner bass then from its refinish and repair job, until it being stolen during LET IT BE/ GET BACK sessions.
Thanks to Nick, Cathy, Rob and everyone over at Hofner for making these beautiful bass guitars and for letting me obtain one.
Now the FOUND bass! How brilliant is that?
Thanks for sharing with US all .Ardy ..AMAZING 😁
Hey Ardy, wanted to point out a few incorrect details from your video. Paul didn’t send his bass to Hofner to be refinished it was done by Bruns techs in London. Which is why it has a custom made pick up mount and not a “hofner esque” paint style. Also it’s not documented Paul used his Cavern on any recording from Let it Be. Thankfully we have gotten to see it a few more times because of the Get Back film. But it was mainly seen in twickenham besides that one day at Apple studios which at that point they weren’t finished writing the songs.
*Burns Tech
Yeah, thanks for the corrections x. Again this wasn’t really a history lesson, just an over all review. But I do appreciate the info
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Hey Ardy/Paul
Another comment I want to share with you. I just found out you were in Pittsburgh and I live only 1&1/2 hour from there in WV. How I missed that show is so beyond me. I will see you guys I promise. Just a short story on my name
The Song Get Back Paul wrote for me as my name is Joann but everyone calls me Jo Jo also my last name is Loretta so you figure it out.lol. much love and respect
I wish hofner would come out with a rooftop bass. He had it refinished to almost like a toasty look, then refinished back. From what I was told.
McCartney's lost bass didn't have yellow on the sides like this one did it?
Love it too much, can't get enough... Ardy .. you are so awesome...my fav.... the night before... excellent job!
Thank you, much appreciated
Paul got it back today
He actually got it back in September. Yesterday was just when they publicly confirmed it.
Great bass! Looking forward to future videos and hopefully seeing you guys again later this year.
Happy ending at last....
Enjoyed the video. I have long been intrigued with the history behind Paul's basses.
Yeah, the low E "thud". When I bought my 125th Anniversary '64 Reissue (that came with flat wounds), I actually called my vendor immediately and asked "What's with this thud?" He reassured me that's just the way Hofners sound LOL. It wasn't the volume so much (you would know more about that than me) but the non-musical, almost toneless unamplified thud.
@MN Mitchell Makes sense. I replaced the wound strings on my Rickenbacker 4003 (and a kit bass) and no thud. I wrote that up to the longer scale. Don’t think I’ll ever need to change the Hofner strings (the bass never leaves my bedroom LOL) as the amp improves the thud.
Great video! I love the information that you share; I've been a Beatles fan all my life and I'm still learning more about em. lol Your bass collection is astounding! I have 3 lefty basses: a Rogue VB100, a Hofner (with black flatwound strings), and a Rickenbacker 4003. I'm actually gonna be playing em again soon since I recently joined a Beatles cover band. 😊
Hi Ardy.
If I may I'll just tidy up a couple of things. Höfner didn't do the rebuild of the bass. This is from a magazine article I wrote in 2021...
In the spring of 1964 the 61 bass was sent off to Sound City for an overhaul and repairs though it is not known who decided to do this, nor precisely what they requested should be done. Whatever, the bass was significantly altered. It was completely resprayed, possibly by Burns, in a three-part dark sunburst poly finish, the two pickups were mounted in a single large (presumably) wooden housing, and the original "tea-cup" knobs were replaced with what seems to be knobs from a radio. Why such drastic action was taken is not known as all it really required was a general overhaul, the broken pickup frame replaced, and a thorough clean.
It is very likely that the refinished bass can be heard on just one Beatles recording that was released and this is "Revolution", the single version. The LP version is probably the Rickenbaker 4001.
Anyway, all good and a great video my friend.
Hey Ardy
Thanks for sharing about the different Hofner bass guitars.
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Another great vid brother! In “Get Back” you can see Mal working (possibly punching a new hole in) on this strap presumably after the Hofner was stolen. George is then seen using it. I assume it’s the same strap just passed down after the burglary lol
Cool , thank you for sharing, you are AMAZING !
Good day Ardy! I adore your musical skills and I idolize you so much. You don’t know how many time I’ve watched Fab Four videos here on UA-cam. I think you’re one of the rarest people to even come close to Paul’s vocal and instrumental skills, which make The Fab Four more ultimate than any other Beatles tribute bands. I think you’re awesome brother, and I’ve watched your cover on Paul’s song “Here Today” (I think it’s very wonderful and easy to listen to). Keep up the great work, I idolize your skills very much. I’m still using my sister’s acoustic guitar which is good enough for me anyways because of tight budget, although I play her right handed guitar like a left handed one because it turns out that I’m left handed when it comes to playing guitars and my finger placement is upside down when it comes to playing the chords. Your tribute band, The Fab Four was actually the main factors that inspired me to grab my sister’s unused dusty guitar and bring some life back into it, (she doesn’t use it anymore, but she does let me borrow it). You’re playing motivated me to learn how to play the guitar. I think I’m doing my best, although it wouldn’t hurt to keep on practicing. God bless and good luck to all of y’all in the future Ardy! Peace and love to you brother!
Great video. Awesome show in Atlantic City
So Amazing
Thanks for showing us this Ardy. Very interesting. I noticed you have one of the Jubilee 'Union Jack' models. Any chance we could see this in more detail some time? Cheers
Hofner didn’t do the work on it in 1964. Sound City in London did all the work including the Fender style three tone Sunburst refinish. It also had non Hofner knobs on it when he got it back
Wow. That's awesome!! I am useless with my left lol. Kudos to you but I'm sure it took ALOT of practicing patience and determination. 👍😎😊
Sounds amazing actually.
Its been found!
I love this!
Lost and found! Nice work FabArd! One thing to mention contrary to this vid, the 61 Cav bass was NOT refinished by Höfner.! Google Burns, and or Sound City, matey. Cheers!
You are correct, yeah I didn’t do my research, I should’ve
The foam peice: James Jamerson, the bass player for many Motown sessions, used a foam piece. Paul likes James' playing. He probably wanted to emulate that technique. This is just a guess.
Hi Ardy! If you listen closely to Paul's bass on Honey Don't, it sounds like he has that sponge under the strings on that bass. It also sounds like he's using some treble pickup too! Have you ever noticed that? Thanks for the cool videos!
That is crazy being stolen. I do remember him talking about that at an interview. Is it harder to play bass as to say acoustic or your other eletric guitars? I kindve like the sound of that bass 👍😊
Have you heard the news that the original was finally found? 🤔
yeah
Amazing !!!!!
That's a nice looking bass Ardy,I'm a musician as well and mainly a bass player but I just found out yesterday that Paul McCartney has hired Hofner to go find his original Hofner bass,it's his favorite bass and he really wants it back,I'm sure it's worth a lot of money today,you don't happen to have it do you? Bob
And since the bass has recently been returned to Paul we now know that it has an arched back, unlike all of the replicas that Hofner has apparently been selling all of these years.
Ardavan
Hi there
Long time no see
I'm Tiffany from Jersey City NJ
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I Love This Video So Much
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Nice basses ,
Long before I knew Paul had two Hofners or could differentiate between them, I had thought the colorful sunburst was a result of aged video of the Let it Be film.
Carol Kaye used a mute to record her bass, it got rid of the boinginess I guess. Paul loves Carol's stuff so much, probably heard she did it. Keep up with these Ardy! really good!
James Jamerson used the same trick
Great video as always Andy, I have a question I’ve been curious about, how long did it take you to transfer from right handed to left handed playing efficiently? A year, 5 years?
Sorry I misspelled your name haha, I type quickly and clearly didn’t pay attention to what I was doing, I’m transitioning to left handed playing slowly but surely, and I was just curious how long it took you to switch over
hi seems like it needs some adjustments..calibrating cos the string looks like muted .. it should not sound lower in volume than the others
I put labella flat wound beatle bass strings on my 67 and my cavern reissue i like them there light paul never used the trebble p/u on his 63 but on this they where so close to the neck i heard he used both that was a source i can't quote because i can't rember the source
In the photos the panel is switched to neck only. Granted. That’s only in the photos where it’s visible. Which isn’t many.
Hey ardy if you flip over the strap on pauls bass yes it's the same strap George has too
That’s also the same strap that John used on his Gibson J160e while stripped back to its natural finish which was also used for his bed-ins in 1969, The fender jazz bass 6 as seen in the Hey Jude video, in a photo it was also used on George’s Epiphone casino guitar when it was also stripped back to its natural finish, and of course the Epiphone Rivoli bass which was seen in Peter Jackson's Get Back movie was also wearing the same strap.
Ardy,
Paul prefers very high action.
Do you also like that?
I definitely don’t mind slightly higher action
Great video Ardy. Love the history of The Lost Hofner Can you tell me what strings you use again? Thanks, Ardy.
I believe he uses La Bella 760FHBB Deep Talkin' Beatle Bass Flatwound Bass Guitar Strings - .050-.100 Standard (for his Hofners) although I only know for certain the brand is LaBella (as he mentioned).
@@homemovies751 Thank you.
Hey Ardy have you picked up one of the Hofner Relic Basses yet?
If you did or if you do you definitely need to do a video on it mate!
I'm lost.... is this the lost bass that inspired the song In Search Of The Lost Bass? Lost love on a lost island is the final loss. BTW... your bass sounds VERY nice. Usually a string that lacks the same volume should be replaced. Unless of course is some other issue, like the saddle or the nut slot.
1:52 Paul used black rubber coated strings on this re-modelled bass.
Hi Ardy, Do you have any original 60's Beatle guitars, or are they all re-issues?
All my basses and guitars are re issues. I did own a 1969 Hofner, which was my first and it was a righty But sold it to buy my first lefty Hofner
Do they make righty versions of the lost bass?
Yes they do
Hi Ardy. I see from the Now and Then video that Paul has his own 'lost bass' recreation. Wonder what he makes of it. How's yours sounding?
So glad he got his back at last. Mine sounds pretty good, thick neck and the E string is a bit dead sounding
What is it with Höfner and the E string being dead/lower volume anyway?? I tried 3 brand new basses and ALL of them had this issue, even across different models (violin vs club).
@@mr.k905 could be the strings they use for them as stock. I prefer La Bella’s strings. This bass hasn’t had new strings yet, still the stock ones. Curious to see if a new set and different brand strings make a difference
@@ardavansarraf2973 Unfortunately, I know first-hand that other strings do not produce positive results with the reissues. However, I tried these basses about 10-15 years ago so maybe they changed something meanwhile. Back then Höfner said that this is the case with all their basses. I find that a bit hard to believe. And if it's true, how do they sell any??
I also wonder if the Contemporary Series or the Igition Series have the same problem.
Hi Ardy! I have a question for you, what is your favorite beatles album? Mine is Abbey road.
I’m not a fan of Hofner 500/1’s. Every one I’ve owned I’ve moved on because I’m a Rickenbacker guy but if I was ever going to get another it would be a Cavern as they have way more thump than the 62/63’s
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Do you play all those Beatle guitars or you just like to collect them??
Believe it or not, I actually do play them all when I can, any given week I pick one up for a while, tune and then play
How does it feel to be the greatest Paul tribute in the country?
"Somebody in the world has Paul's very first Hofner bass, it looks something like this"
hmmm 🤔 jk
I love you ardy
That's really cool....I don't get why the pick-ups are set up so close together that way.
Cavern style early models.
@@DugNastyMusic I mean what was the thinking of putting them that close together....doesn't make sense to me.
@@richbailey8174
hofner werennt known for quality guitars back then (still arent really). They were primeraly cheap entry level violin makers. And the basses were a rip off/copy of, at the time gibsons new EB1 with its single, front loaded mud bucker pickup. So i guess the thinking behind the two p/u were two's better than one philosophy, and as the the hofner is hollow, they probably thought it would make up the difference tone wise..... Just guessing, but you could see how i might be right
@@rainblaze. I can see that thanks
@@richbailey8174 I don’t know why, but, I think it makes more sense rather than the nearly useless (just my silly opinion) pickup near the bridge. Maybe others have a use for it, but the sound is wonky to me.
This pickup configuration sounds much more boomy and bass-like to my ears. Sometimes I wish I had got a 61 instead of a 63.
Interesting that there is no finish in the cutaways
There is, it’s just a lighter shade
hello ardy
do you know which sites
do you buy all outfits beard mustache wigs glasses shoes and many others from paul john george and ringo? I would also like to imitate them would you forward all those sites to me please?
Greetings
brent buyle
I get whiplash seeing you out of character lol
So do I 😎👍
Hi there! My name is Brian, someday, I want to collaborate with you! I play drum set!
Hi ardy
Happy easter
The lost bass worth $10 million doesn't play as well as the $2k copy, or the $500 copy.
Hey u can tell on the david frost show thats not paul right he is way taller plays the bass alot different