Aa some of you may know, I'm strong with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). Before I decided to use only RondoMusic Hadean violin/Hofner bass ukes, I had various short scale guitars converted to mini bass guitars. When I saw the Rickenbacker 325 22.75" scale Fire Glo reissue a few years ago, I wanted to convert it, but at $3400, it was out of the question. I checked AliExpress for Chinese knockoffs and found one for $225 and had it converted by my go to place, Eric's Guitar Shop, which came out great.
Selling it to focus on only Hadean violin/Hofner style bass ukes, I kind of missed the look of the Ric mini bass. Well, I decided to put together a mock up of a Hadean to see if I like the Ric look on a Hofner style. It came together, but I keep questioning if I'm pushing the envelope too much compared to my other more mild mods (I'm even thinking of adding three fake pickups).
Selling it to focus on only Hadean violin/Hofner style bass ukes, I kind of missed the look of the Ric mini bass. Well, I decided to put together a mock up of a Hadean to see if I like the Ric look on a Hofner style. It came together, but I keep questioning if I'm pushing the envelope too much compared to my other more mild mods (I'm even thinking of adding three fake pickups).