any OLD Pedulla historians out there?

[swojo]

I have a 1976 Pedulla EL12B.

It says "Pedulla-Orsini...made expressly for EU Wurlitzer" on the headstock.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any history or has any pictures of them. I need to install new pickups and would like to see what the original trim rings looked like. Plus, I'm curious if there are any interesting tales about this piece.

I will try to post some pictures soon...Thanks!

 

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[Hoover]

When I first went to Boston (summer of 1977) there were a ton of those Pedulla-Orsini basses around Berklee. They all had natural maple finishes with walnut pickup trim rings around their dual DiMarzio Model Ones.

E.U. Wurlitzer was the big -- in fact, the only -- music store in the area, and they always had a couple of these basses on the wall (behind sliding glass doors).

Never figured out who "Orsini" was, but by 1985 when I was working in one of the few music stores that had sprung up to compete with Wurlitzers, Mike had changed his company name (and headstock logo) to "M.V.Pedulla" and switched over to Bartolinis & Schaller bridges (essentially, the Buzz & MVP models as you know them today).

 

[swojo]

Thanks for the info!

 

[swojo]

I finally found a picture of his monster...It's not mine but...

I finally found someone to do the woodwork for me. No one makes a pickup that is the same size as the old ones. (Dimarzio model ones, I think) so I am throwing in Bartolini passive soapbars. The trim rings and mounting spacer block need to be custom made so it looks right. It's almost done so I can wire it and start playin the dang thing. I will post pics as soon as it's done!

 

[peterkidd]

I was Apprenticing there at the time. No pay but free lunch. That was Sam Orsini. Somewhere out there, one of them say E.U Wulitzer.....

 

[Eminor3rd]

Very cool!

 

[swojo]

I was Apprenticing there at the time. No pay but free lunch. That was Sam Orsini. Somewhere out there, one of them say E.U Wulitzer.....

Well, the headstock does say "made expressly for E.U. Wurlitzer"

That would be pretty cool if it was the same monster....

 

[peterkidd]

Think it was day before driving the shipment from Whitman to Boston (they had these Enormous flight cases), it was noticed that on one of them, the 1st 'R' had been left off of WuRlitzer. I don't recall the Exact quote, but Mike said something along the lines of "Close enough, ship it.."

 

[Pedullist]

I finally found a picture of his monster...It's not mine but...

Think it was day before driving the shipment from Whitman to Boston (they had these Enormous flight cases), it was noticed that on one of them, the 1st 'R' had been left off of WuRlitzer. I don't recall the Exact quote, but Mike said something along the lines of "Close enough, ship it.."

I finally found someone to do the woodwork for me. No one makes a pickup that is the same size as the old ones. (Dimarzio model ones, I think) so I am throwing in Bartolini passive soapbars. The trim rings and mounting spacer block need to be custom made so it looks right. It's almost done so I can wire it and start playin the dang thing. I will post pics as soon as it's done!

I know this is an old thread but I recognized my bass in that pic. I've made sound samples of it, for anyone interested in the crazy amount of switches:

 

[Pedullist]

12 years ago I put La Bella flatwounds on it, because that seemed the right thing to do. Yesterday I put Pedulla roundwounds on it, and wow....it sounds so much better!

 

[Rwelshjr]

This is number #160. Not an Orsini but built for Wurlitzer. I don’t gig it any more. Its actually more a cool bass than a great one. Balance is rough. Let go of the neck and it drops fast. Ergonomics are a little tough up by the headstock. But sound wise its beautiful and I have used it in studio on occasions over the years. Pedullas got a lot better after this.