Franz Hoffmann™ Concert Bass Starter Kit - 3/4 Size French

The Franz Hoffmann™ Concert Bass: Best In Class Just Got Better.

When a student starts out on a bass of lesser quality, it's easy for them to get discouraged early, to blame themselves for problems caused by the instrument itself. Students deserve better! With its excellent European construction and materials, the Franz Hoffmann™ Concert bass — the “Best in Class” value and performance in the Hoffmann line — offers just that.

The Franz Hoffmann™ Concert Bass is built to exacting construction metrics and utilizes seasoned tone woods, making for one of the finest student-level basses on the market today. Each instrument is outfitted with premium Thomastik Alphayue strings, offering unparalleled playability and tonal quality for this price range.

All Concert basses are set up at our facility in Beijing and undergo an extensive quality control process. They are then carefully shop-adjusted upon arrival at Shar’s facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This level of attention to detail and quality is rarely seen from any other bass shops online, but we at Shar strive to bring our decades of experience to bear to ensure that each Concert bass is among the best basses for beginners for sale.

Each Concert bass is built from high-quality materials, featuring geared pegs, an ebony fingerboard, a hand carved bridge, a hand-applied spirit varnish, and a composite endpin. All instruments are outfitted with a Guarneri chinrest for comfortable playing.

This Shar-exclusive outfit is also packed with cool bass accessories, which afford students everything they need to get started on their path to musical excellence.

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Due to the hand made nature of these instruments, your bass may have a different visual appearance than what is pictured.

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Beginnings are critical. That is why we are committed to offering the best student instruments to beginning players. We believe this commitment is why Hoffmann instruments have become so popular with teachers, schools, parents, and beginning students of all ages.

We designed Franz Hoffmann instruments to give you the absolute best student violins, violas, cellos, and basses available on the market today. The consistent quality in materials, construction, playability, tone, and visual appeal make them a great value for every beginning string student.

Working closely with workshops, we have carefully designed and crafted each Franz Hoffmann instrument to ensure our specifications are met. These instruments are then sent to our Ann Arbor workshop to receive final adjustments assuring easy playability and polished looks.