HB-4 Bass kit (Hofner Style)

[blaine63]

Building a bass for a graduating high school senior.

My best friend is a high school band teacher. I went to their spring concert recently and when the Jazz band took the stage I saw the bass played with a very familiar bass. In fact...it was the bass* I built for my best friend nine years ago! We talked because he asked if I wouldn't mind he gave the bass to the young musician as he was getting ready to head to an Arts university and didn't have the money to afford his own bass. I told him...no, you can't. I'll build him a bass as a graduation gift. He's a Beatles fan and has small hands. A 30 inch scale "Hofner" style bass is actually perfect for him.

*Picture of me and my best friend with the bass I built for him 9-10 years ago.