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Next up: a poorly Hofner Senator Bass in for neck repair
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Hmm Diagnosis of high action?
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Lovely Old Hofner Pickguard
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Hofner Makers Label inside body
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Guitar repair tip: no more No More Nails
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Maker's writing under the detached Hofner fingerboard extension
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Neck joint prepared and ready to reattach
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Hofner Senator Bass neck reset and re-glue underway
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Next job: Refret! Pulling the old Senator Bass's frets out
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Preparing the worn fingerboard for it's new frets. Hofner Refret & Restoration
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New Sintoms brand frets pre-bent and cut to size
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Slightly larger more modern frets are installed into this Hofner Restoration project
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Getting stuck into fret end dressing - Guitar refret
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Fret end dressing stage II rounding off each of the new frets
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New frets are dressed, time to clean up the rosewood fingerboard
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Quandry! Do I clean off this vintage dirt? Or do I keep the vintage crackling? hmm!
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Hey it's time to string up the Hofner bass
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A fully restored Hofner Senator Bass brought into the modern day with a nice low action
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Completed Bass guitar Restoration
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This old pack of Hofner Bass strings would go well with the Senator Bass
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Here's the bodger himself! Chris happily reunited with his old faithful Bass