Hofner Strap Assembly

petevent · Post by **petevent** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:22 pm

Hi all!

I just got a Hofner Strap for my EJ160E.

Does anyone know how to fasten the leather strap to the neck and the "D" Ring?

HELP!

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:53 am

I tied mine as so you loop the end around the neck down where it meets the body and I used a different clip, much like a very small key chain to hold it together... It's one of the most ridiculous contraptions I've seen. I always had the urge to stick a strap button on back...

mclennon · Post by **mclennon** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:34 am

I don't know if it is the same kind of strap on acoustics and basses but this pics helped me to tie the strap in my violin bass.

Cheers

http://www.voxshowroom.com/northcoast/hofner/hofner_parts/hofner_strap.html

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:38 am

How can something be so cool and so ridiculously overwrought at the same time?

Straps, sub-straps, dogclips, D-rings...

I'd love to see these instructions in the original German...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:16 am

A friend of mine claims that the reason we won WWII was that we didn't have to deal with 'overwrought' nomenclature...

For example, an American Morse code sender on the front line had merely to requisition a 'T...R...U...C...K", while his German counterpart had to laboriously send for a "P...E...R...S...O...N...N...E...N...L...A...N...D...S...K...R...A...F...T...W...A...G...E...N".

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:20 am

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wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:25 am

Sorry...what was that again?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:46 pm

I think its a loopitroundtheneckenthingy.

Whoever came up with that design should be keelhauled. One little screw peg was all that was needed. I always wondered why Paul's strap attachment looked so funky.

same pix that Javier posted from N. Coast
http://www.voxshowroom.com/northcoast/h ... strap.html
can be seen at
http://www.shinseido-gakki.com/hofner/strap.html

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325_fan · Post by **325_fan** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:56 am

It's one thing to be authentic and use authentic accessories, but doesn't that metal clip scratch the bass?

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:17 am

It does, I guess

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:21 pm

Scratches are authentic.