Not so Rare Hofner

bobjones2260 · **Posted:** July 2nd, 2018, 6:57 am

The description makes my skin crawl, Yes like many here I am a huge McCartney Fan and this maybe a great auto-graph however the description and price are so off base.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273332242876?ul_noapp=true

fivebass52 · **Posted:** July 3rd, 2018, 3:34 am

Is this bass indeed extremely rare, as there is no info as to date - and just how much is Sir Pauls signature worth, especially on a bass he only signed, and never played?

LHBASSIST · **Joined:** November 20th, 2008, 7:01 am **Posts:** 323

Wow. The audacity of some Human units is always entertaining. This isn't even one of the true German made Beatle Basses, it's an 'Icon(?)'
So, 3 seconds of a legendary bassist's time, and effort with a Sharpie, is worth about 14k?
The truth, is that no one besides a person with the same fetish that seller has, would pay more than a slight premium for that bass with Paul's signature on the pickguard. OH WAIT! It's his 'old style' signature! O.K., where do I send the check! lol!

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 937

LHBASSIST wrote:

Wow. The audacity of some Human units is always entertaining. This isn't even one of the true German made Beatle Basses, it's an 'Icon(?)'
So, 3 seconds of a legendary bassist's time, and effort with a Sharpie, is worth about 14k?
The truth, is that no one besides a person with the same fetish that seller has, would pay more than a slight premium for that bass with Paul's signature on the pickguard. OH WAIT! It's his 'old style' signature! O.K., where do I send the check! lol!

Yep! You're buying a signed pick guard that does't fit that bass, most probably not original and almost certainly wasn't on the bass when it was signed.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** July 3rd, 2018, 5:38 pm

crescenze wrote:

LHBASSIST wrote:

Wow. The audacity of some Human units is always entertaining. This isn't even one of the true German made Beatle Basses, it's an 'Icon(?)'
So, 3 seconds of a legendary bassist's time, and effort with a Sharpie, is worth about 14k?
The truth, is that no one besides a person with the same fetish that seller has, would pay more than a slight premium for that bass with Paul's signature on the pickguard. OH WAIT! It's his 'old style' signature! O.K., where do I send the check! lol!

Yep! You're buying a signed pick guard that does't fit that bass, most probably not original and almost certainly wasn't on the bass when it was signed.

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