New Gear: Hofner Ignition Club Bass

Body of the Hofner Ignition Club Bass with Rotosound Jazz flatwound strings

Club bass beside Violin bass

Curiosity got the better of me and I ended up ordering the Hofner Ignition Series Club bass to see how it differed in tone from the Hofner Violin bass... since it looks like the same pickups are being used in both basses.

The only difference I've noticed (so far) is the body shape between these two hollow body basses. The Club bass is more comfortable to play sitting down because the body shape isn't awkward like the Violin bass. It also seems a bit more balanced.

Tone-wise, these two pretty much sound identical to me, although I did use Rotosound Jazz flatwound strings on the Club bass and LaBella Beatle Bass flatwounds on the Violin bass. Not sure how much I like the Rotosound flatwounds yet, so I may do a separate post on those in the future after I've gotten a little more mileage on them.

Specs can be found on the Hofner site. Sound Demo video can be found below.