I played in some pretty good rock bands back in the 60's. When I went away to service my country during the Vietnam Era, my Hofner and Vox Super Beatles Amp was stolen. Now, after 40 years, I own a Hofner again! The craftsmanship is not bad. It's pretty sweet for a cheap Hofner bass.

I swopped out the strings for RotoSound 77 Short Scale Monel Flatwound strings. This added a bit more of that 60's vibe. I also sanded the neck a bit to allow for faster and more comfortable playability. This is a quality, light weight axe that you'll luv if you're a hugh Paul McCartney fan as I am. Excellent deep vibes!

Rock on!

Ditto

I bought this bass over the higher end contemporary series because of two things. 1. This bass has nice high frets and I prefer high frets over the smaller vintage sized frets offered on the contemporary. 2. I am not a fan of the intern block on the contemporary to give more sustain, it kills the kind of hollow upright bass sound you can get with this bass. It comes with a set of roundwound strings, I actually like the sound you can get with them, but it's worthwhile to pick up a set of flatwound strings to give that traditional thuddy sound.

Faults: The insert jack would come loose a lot and would give me unpredictable performance it would work and then not work cuz it was moving around inside. You need to unscrew it, and you may need to bend the pins inward that come into contact with the patch cord, then really tighten the everything so it is solid and it will be awesome after that. Also the bridge on mine was slightly angled off to the side, so I unscrewed it from the wooden base, and wrapped some electrical tape around the screws, then screwed it back in straight and now it's perfect.

The neck on this bass is straight as an arrow, but because it's short scale and the strings wobble around more, you will never be able to have ultra low action and not get string/fret noise. So you have to enjoy playing a bass that has high action, but because the strings are loose, it's very easy to play it. What will drive you crazy is that your bass will probably be full of all kinds of weird buzzes and noises that need to be checked out before you play or record. I had buzzing from the pickguard, loose screws and the bridge, most things are easy fixes, but you may have to take it into a tech depending on the problem. That is my only real gripe. Seriously this bass is excellent for such a low price. Buy it now.

The sound of this bass is incredible if you run it through a good preamp of course, it's also a looker,

I bought this bass only say 4 months ago but I love it. It has a nice warm sound to it, and while the quality isn't that good, Ive had to get the pickup fixed twice, for those who like Hofner design and want to be like Sir Paul, its cheap, looks cool, and has a good sound. Just make sure you have a store nearby to fix it.

This is a very low end bass, looks kind of neat. It's too bad nothing functions on it. And that it falls a part very easy.

I purchased the Hofner Icon Beatle Bass and glade I did. I got mine with the custom case from the factory. It fits like a glove. I liked it so much I got two of them the sunburst and a white one. They play like Paul's bass ,but at a lower price. I brought it into work to show my friends and they wanted to buy it from me. No I said you have to get your own. IT LOOKS GREAT.