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01-20-2010, 02:33 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | Michael Tuttle Guitars Now @ Rocket Music
Sorry I've been absent the past few days, I've been scrambling around behind the scenes picking up new lines and getting them to show up on our website.
I announced TC Electronic last week (bass amps here, pedals here), and today I've been getting ready to show off some Michael Tuttle Guitars. If you've not heard of him, Michael was the neck & fret guy for Don Grosch, a well-known builder of boutique guitars. Michael is on his own now, and he's still a very small operation (I just ordered Serial Number 100). His neck and fretwork is apparently sublime, and the closeup picture of the neck in this listing attests to that. I'll know for sure when this first guitar arrives next Wednesday.
Anyway, Michael also makes 4- and 5-string P & J basses, too, so I'll eventually be ordering some basses from him. Just guitars for now, but I doubt I'll be able to hold out TOO long on the bass front... |
01-20-2010, 02:39 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Isn't Michael Tuttle the fat "wooly booger" guy on American Chopper? 
He's on 'is own too huh? First Junior, Now Mikey 
God Bless, Ray
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Ray is correct! | |
01-20-2010, 02:39 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Nice!!! 
Nicer!!! 
WANT!!!! 
I can't begin to imagine what all those controls are doing, but who cares? That thing looks lethal!!  |
01-20-2010, 02:41 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LilRay  Isn't Michael Tuttle the fat "wooly booger" guy on American Chopper?
He's on 'is own too huh? First Junior, Now Mikey
God Bless, Ray | Yeah, I L'dMAO when I first googled "Michael Tuttle Guitars" and Mikey showed up in the results. I don't want to buy a bass from that doofus!! A scooter maybe, but not a bass  |
01-20-2010, 02:51 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMusic Yeah, I L'dMAO when I first googled "Michael Tuttle Guitars" and Mikey showed up in the results. I don't want to buy a bass from that doofus!! A scooter maybe, but not a bass | Tuttle's got some nice stuff.(You need at least one bass from him). And actually IIRC Mikey's name is Teutel, right? Hey, I might buy a bass from him before I'd buy some of his artwork. 
God Bless, Ray
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Ray is correct! | |
01-20-2010, 05:35 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | *consults magic 8 ball*
I predict Tuttle P's & J's, that somehow have Barden pickups......  |
01-20-2010, 05:42 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike *consults magic 8 ball*
I predict Tuttle P's & J's, that somehow have Barden pickups...... | I LIKE the way you think!
Now what in the world are all those knobs and switches about?!? That must be one crazy preamp...
I feel compelled to mention to him that they make stacked knobs but on the other hand, those basses just look completely bada$$... part bass, part bulldozer w/ all the hydraulic controls... |
01-20-2010, 05:45 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | Yeah, I can dig these for sure:  
Neither of them is exactly on the mark for my picky tastes, but they are both a dang good start.
...Now where's that $3225 I left lying around?
(Also, as a fan of the movie "Brazil", I couldn't help but think about Buttle Guitars.  ) |
01-20-2010, 05:46 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMusic I LIKE the way you think!
Now what in the world are all those knobs and switches about?!? That must be one crazy preamp...
I feel compelled to mention to him that they make stacked knobs but on the other hand, those basses just look completely bada$$... part bass, part bulldozer w/ all the hydraulic controls... | Maybe he's stuffed a Shuttle 6.0 onboard  the body'd have to be chambered.
God Bless, Ray
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01-20-2010, 05:49 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | Oh, man, the fretboard on that second one is killer. I love all that red, it's the perfect combo with that pickguard. And the pickups look beastly. Definitely not your father's Fender.
Last edited by RocketMusic : 01-20-2010 at 10:43 PM.
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01-20-2010, 05:51 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMusic I LIKE the way you think!
Now what in the world are all those knobs and switches about?!? That must be one crazy preamp...
I feel compelled to mention to him that they make stacked knobs but on the other hand, those basses just look completely bada$$... part bass, part bulldozer w/ all the hydraulic controls... | Yeah, that pre must be nutz.....
I'd assume a 3 band, master volume, blend for neck single and bridge "humbucker" a blend between the two bridge halfs, and a series/parallel switch for the bridge. And thats still a switch short......... |
01-20-2010, 05:53 PM
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01-20-2010, 05:54 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | | I don't care for the "pizza spatula" headstock. The second one is better at "flowing". The "spatula" is disproportionate, IMO.
God Bless, Ray
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Ray is correct! | |
01-20-2010, 05:56 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike Yeah, that pre must be nutz.....
I'd assume a 3 band, master volume, blend for neck single and bridge "humbucker" a blend between the two bridge halfs, and a series/parallel switch for the bridge. And thats still a switch short......... | Last switch could be active/passive? I'd want the bass to emit a long descending "whooooosh" when you put it into passive mode, though. |
01-20-2010, 05:57 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | hahahaha, that would be awesome! |
01-21-2010, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LilRay I don't care for the "pizza spatula" headstock. The second one is better at "flowing". The "spatula" is disproportionate, IMO.
God Bless, Ray | I'm only offering the 4x1 5 string headstock now, It's more uniformed with my 4 string. |
01-21-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Nice!!!
Nicer!!!
WANT!!!!
I can't begin to imagine what all those controls are doing, but who cares? That thing looks lethal!! | Those are the Xotic Trilogic preamps,3 band,high & mid cut. |
01-21-2010, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Stumbo | That bass belongs to a great bass player by the name of Terry Wilson. |
01-22-2010, 09:16 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bestfrets I'm only offering the 4x1 5 string headstock now, It's more uniformed with my 4 string. | Mike,
Just a visual thing for me. I have no idea how the performance of the two styles differ.
But thanks for responding.
God Bless, Ray
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01-22-2010, 09:29 AM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bestfrets Those are the Xotic Trilogic preamps,3 band,high & mid cut. | Ah - thanks for the info, Michael. Good to see you on TalkBass! I can ask you this privately or publicly... might as well do it publicly so everyone else learns at the same time
Do you have a specific list of electronics packages that you offer for basses, or is each bass pretty much customizable in terms of the pickups and preamp you install?
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