Good buy or instant remorse? We'll see...

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Mon May 14, 2012 4:35 pm

Apparently I had extra money, because I went online and got me this:

HÃ¶fner Galaxie HCT-GLX-R for 233 â‚¬. Apparently they're supposed to be cheap, yet good.
First I thought I'd get the Colorama, but I really wanted a guitar with a tremolo, so I got this instead.

I'll do an review once it gets here.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Mon May 14, 2012 4:41 pm

i have no idea if it's good, but it certainly looks perty.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon May 14, 2012 4:47 pm

there's a local band that use one of those, sounded pretty chunky from what i remember.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:08 pm

Looks like a ton of fun: 3 pups, loadsa switches and a Jaggie style tremolo. I vote yay.
Hofner RI stuff is generally good quality as well, i once had a Colorama.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:58 pm

I like the looks. they make a short scale bass that interests me.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:20 pm

Love it. Always loved these guitars. Even the wallpapered ones from way back.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:21 pm

Viljami wrote:Apparently I had extra money, because I went online and got me this:

HÃ¶fner Galaxie HCT-GLX-R for 233 â‚¬. Apparently they're supposed to be cheap, yet good.
First I thought I'd get the Colorama, but I really wanted a guitar with a tremolo, so I got this instead.

I'll do an review once it gets here.

Congrats! Now you need a croc skin case for that bad boy.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon May 14, 2012 9:03 pm

i saw these on hello music. pretty good deal. i almost bought one, but the color choice sucks for the guitar.

the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

rich · Post by **rich** » Mon May 14, 2012 9:09 pm

whoa. those basses look awesome. time to google...

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Mon May 14, 2012 10:18 pm

That looks really nice actually. I really dig the Jag trem, although three-pickup guitars aren't my thing these days (they're basswood with a maple neck apparently...not bad at all). Even those basses are very stylish.

TBH I've never really seen Hofners 'in the flesh'; they're not used very often it seems. The Verythin CT looks like an ES-335 knock-off...except they seem to go for less than Â£400 online! The 'cheap, yet good' prediction could well be right...keep us posted on how that beauty sounds pls.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Mon May 14, 2012 10:51 pm

the singer/guitarist in Papercuts uses one, though I think it may be a vintage one?

[youtube][/youtube]

sounds cool though.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon May 14, 2012 10:53 pm

I spent about an hour in a store with the Hofner Club Solid and a few minutes with the Galaxy guitar and bass a while back. Shit-hot guitars for the paltry prices. If I were in the market for a Â£300 solidbody Les Paul-a-like then I'd go for the Club Solid, no question about it. The thing was really, really nice for the price.

First thing that sprung out at me with the bass was how stupidly thin the neck was in almost every dimension. Not in a bad way. It was a very, very easy bass to play from a guitarists point of view.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon May 14, 2012 11:52 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i saw these on hello music. pretty good deal. i almost bought one, but the color choice sucks for the guitar.

the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!! do they sound good?

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue May 15, 2012 1:55 am

sp3k wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:i saw these on hello music. pretty good deal. i almost bought one, but the color choice sucks for the guitar.

the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!! do they sound good?

who cares, no one listens to the bass anyway.

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:15 am

plopswagon wrote:
sp3k wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:i saw these on hello music. pretty good deal. i almost bought one, but the color choice sucks for the guitar.

the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!! do they sound good?
who cares, no one listens to the bass anyway.

impossible not notice bass here
[youtube][/youtube]

and here
[youtube][/youtube]

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:44 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote: the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

I KNOW. I'd love they'd made them in these colours, but I guess they take the guitarists to be more conservative than bass-players. That orange is soo hot.

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:53 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i saw these on hello music. pretty good deal. i almost bought one, but the color choice sucks for the guitar.

the bass comes in these bad ass colors:

I've always loved those inlays. I've seen a guy locally who has a vintage hofner bass that looks a lot like that. Sounded just like it looks; kinda like a precision but with some added thump. P cool.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue May 15, 2012 11:46 am

iCEByTes wrote:
plopswagon wrote:
sp3k wrote:
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!! do they sound good?
who cares, no one listens to the bass anyway.
impossible not notice bass here
[youtube][/youtube]

and here
[youtube][/youtube]

I say this as a self effacing bass player

rich · Post by **rich** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:00 am

i can't stop staring at those basses.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:03 am

why does Icey have the taste of a 65 year old accountant?
anyhoo, the basses look bootyful

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