Glad you're happy with your instrument, Doc. That makes playing it much more joyful.
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Glad to hear you're still getting on with your Pentabuzz. I had a one a while back and it even made me sound (almost) good on a fretless!
I've wanted a Hexabuzz with black hardware for probably close to 20 years. You just never see them come up for sale.
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Has it REALLY been 16 mos, Doc? Dang!
Glad you and that beautiful bass have bonded so.
Glad you and that beautiful bass have bonded so.
Yes, I took it home March, 2018. It is a wonderful bass. This was the first video at home:
That Pentabuzz is a sweet bass. I remember when you bought it. Keep enjoying it!View attachment 3483867 Today, I brought two basses to church, my Pedulla and my SB5000. As most of you who read my posts know, I love Jazz Basses, passive and active. My SB5000 did not gell with me at first, but it is the best active Jazz I have ever owned. I just had to appreciate how the electronics work. Frankly, my V7 works like a charm too now that I took
Marcus Miller’s advice and turned off the midrange unless I need it.
All that said, the bass that sounds the best in anything except really sizzly or grindy and slap happy songs is my Pedulla. After 16 months, my intonation is good, maybe even very good. I don’t need to look, and I hear minor slip ups clearly when they happen. The PJ setup also provides a beefier bottom than the Jazzes. I love that sound for most of what we do. As much as I love Jazzes, my Pentabuzz is my number one and a true workhorse (even if it is as pretty as a show horse) of a bass!
Why wouldn't it be?View attachment 3483867 After 16 months, my intonation is good, maybe even very good.
It's a lined fretless.
Still...always nice to read, people enjoying their instruments!
I owned Pedulla Buzz basses for about 30 years. The best one was a Hexabuzz with soapbar pick ups. Then I traded for a Roscoe Century 6 string fretless and sold my Buzz bass. My Roscoe has a diamondwood fingerboard and plays and sounds great.
I also own an Ibanez GWB 205 that is also a fantastic fretless that I enjoy very much.
For what it is worth, I owned 5 Buzz basses and the two that I preferred had soapbar rather than the more common P/J pu’s. I also had a Pentabuzz with J/J pu’s that I special ordered and it was my least favorite.
I also own an Ibanez GWB 205 that is also a fantastic fretless that I enjoy very much.
For what it is worth, I owned 5 Buzz basses and the two that I preferred had soapbar rather than the more common P/J pu’s. I also had a Pentabuzz with J/J pu’s that I special ordered and it was my least favorite.
When dealing with a builder the quality of Michael Pedulla, all of basses are going to be good. The question will be what flavor pleases you most. I remember when GC carried Pedulla, a local GC had a wide spaced JJ Rapture that I loved. The same goes for Roscoe. I love those Ibanez GWB basses too.
NO argument from me. I always love seeing the pictures you post of it!
I was exclusively a Spector player for years (decades?). That being said, I agree 100%, PJ is the best configuration. I did play a Fender USA Jazz Deluxe fretless for about year, got bitten hard by the fretless bug.
I still love other configurations, but that PJ Pentabuzz of mine works just fine nearly all of the time!
Your Pedulla is almost TPTP (Too Pretty To Play)!View attachment 3483867 Today, I brought two basses to church, my Pedulla and my SB5000. As most of you who read my posts know, I love Jazz Basses, passive and active. My SB5000 did not gell with me at first, but it is the best active Jazz I have ever owned. I just had to appreciate how the electronics work. Frankly, my V7 works like a charm too now that I took
Marcus Miller’s advice and turned off the midrange unless I need it.
All that said, the bass that sounds the best in anything except really sizzly or grindy and slap happy songs is my Pedulla. After 16 months, my intonation is good, maybe even very good. I don’t need to look, and I hear minor slip ups clearly when they happen. The PJ setup also provides a beefier bottom than the Jazzes. I love that sound for most of what we do. As much as I love Jazzes, my Pentabuzz is my number one and a true workhorse (even if it is as pretty as a show horse) of a bass!
You found out that your Pedulla is the Superstar on an all star team!I'm extremely happy for you!
San Marcos (San Diego area) GC has a nice Carvin thru body jazz bass - PSA.
I will forever kick myself for passing on a Pentabuzz that I found at a great price. Pedullas are great basses in general but definitely amazing Fretless basses - very possibly my favorites though Roscoes and Fbass ACs are also incredible.
My Stambaugh was an attempt to combine the things I liked about all three. I don't know how successful I was but I love my fretless
too.
The key (as you've discovered Doc) is really just committing to the instrument to where it becomes completely natural .
My Stambaugh was an attempt to combine the things I liked about all three. I don't know how successful I was but I love my fretless
too.
The key (as you've discovered Doc) is really just committing to the instrument to where it becomes completely natural .
Yes, commitment is the key. I dabbled with other fretlesses before, but I knew that if I were going to make the financial commitment to buy such premium bass, I was not going to embarrass myself by playing it poorly in public. I will also say, yes it is a lined fretless, but good intonation still requires practice.
SB4000 - works great - I think the SB5000's problem is it has one too many strings.
