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03-03-2013, 06:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Illinois | | | NBD Pete Hilton Bass
 
Got her a little under a month ago. Now for some specs:
32" scale
Kent Armstrong pickup
Woods
Body-
Black walnut core, poplar/padauk top and back w/ bocote stripes
Neck-
Curly padauk w/ macassar ebony board and bocote stripes
Headstock-
Black walnut core, poplar/padauk top and back, padauk trussrod cover, ebony and bone nut
She plays as good as she looks, the action is really low. By far she's my new go to bass!
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03-03-2013, 06:48 PM
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03-03-2013, 07:03 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Really cool! Congrats.
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03-03-2013, 07:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | Wow. I really love the woodwork of it. Very unique and "whymsical". 
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03-03-2013, 07:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Pennsylvania | | | Fantastic. I really like his other body shape as well. |
03-03-2013, 07:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Really GASing for a Hilton!
What type of bridge is that? What's the string spacing? |
03-03-2013, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I been everywhere, man... | | | Kahler Whammy bridge
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03-03-2013, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Illinois | | | It's a kahler whammy as the guy above mentioned. I believe the string spacing is 16mm but I'll double check it later.
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03-03-2013, 09:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson,AZ | | | That is a very beautiful bass, congrats!
I have not heard of this builder before, I'll take a closer look at his work.
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03-04-2013, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lincoln, Massachusetts | | | Beautiful. Congratulations.
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03-04-2013, 11:30 AM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Gorgeous
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03-04-2013, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Petersburg PA | | | Very cool! I emailed Pete a while ago about checking out his shop next time I'm in NYC. He seems like a super cool guy. I learned about him when I met Chris Wollard from Hot Water Music. He's been playing a guitar that Pete built and loves it. |
03-04-2013, 02:48 PM
| | | Awesome,,,,Check out Johnny Decker killing it with a ''Hilton'' on Youtube,,,,,,,!!
Alan Ende,,,,,,,,  |
03-04-2013, 04:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnson79  Very cool! I emailed Pete a while ago about checking out his shop next time I'm in NYC. He seems like a super cool guy. I learned about him when I met Chris Wollard from Hot Water Music. He's been playing a guitar that Pete built and loves it. | +1. Pete is indeed a super cool guy.
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03-04-2013, 04:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Illinois | | | That was one of the videos that led me to Pete. He was very easy to deal with and his work speaks for itself.
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