Sure enough! Didn't think to look there. You're #3, ko_stradavarius. And indeed, nice bass 
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Thanks. i LOVE that bass. I had to send it back to Doug to get the very tip of the headstock fixed after some turd in a club knocked it over when he was cleaning up.
I forgot I had that pic up there. That Eden gear is looong gone.
BTW it has a purpleheart back and also wide string spacing.
Awesome! Care to sell it?
Just kidding (unless you would). Got a photo of it? You could be #4!
If I ever came across a fretted 4 string Petite I would probably sell all of my other basses(except my current Curbow) to pick it up. My Petite 5 is by far the best sounding bass I've ever played, through any amp at that.
I still wish I could get the guy here on TB to sell his 6 string Curbow that Nitti used to own. It has narrower spacing than the standard basses. Man I'd love to have that!
Just spotted this (no affiliation):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Greg-Curbow-Pet...h=item4aa8f4a387&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101
If I had the scratch to spare, I'd be on it. Ugh... it's times like this I regret not being rich. Figured someone here might be into it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Greg-Curbow-Pet...h=item4aa8f4a387&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101
If I had the scratch to spare, I'd be on it. Ugh... it's times like this I regret not being rich. Figured someone here might be into it.
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You've have already seen the bass in another Curbow thread
in 2010...
The blue one with quilted maple top.
I don't have a picture here. I am at work.
in 2010...
The blue one with quilted maple top.
I don't have a picture here. I am at work.
Stretchcat is #4! Hoping to see a pic of badaxe24's Curbow, but I was only able to find a couple broken links in other threads.
I have a few pictures of it--it's the fretted twin (left) to my fretless (right)...
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Nice! This makes badaxe24 #5. Both beautiful basses. When and where did you get the fretless, mike? I don't recall seeing that one before. I'd love to come across one of those one day.
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Nice Basses guys.
I have been trying to get my Curbow back from the guy I sold it to for years. He always tells me if I can find something that will replace it to trade him he will let me have it. I have not found anything he likes so far.
I sold it after loosing my job a number of years ago. We needed grocery money unfortunately.
My Curbow is an IEP neck through 4 string. It is one of only two that had MOP inlay for the headstock of Curbow's signature. Adam Nitti had the other one IIRC.
Mine had book matched flamed Koa for the top, a neck through of Purple Heart with Ebony streamers running through it, and the back was booked matched Purple Heart. The body was sandwiched with a piece of Ebony running through it. The neck had an Ebony fingerboard with large Shark Fin inlays. It had a set of Sperzel keys with a hip shot made into a Sperzel with cooperation from both companies. A guy in Nashville IIRC made the Curbow inlay and it was trimmed with Ebony dust and Epoxy. The serial number is the year it was made and my full name. I installed the Bartonlini preamp my self.
Adam's Bass was just like mine but his was a 5 string and had no inlays on the fingerboard IIRC.
At the same time I also owned an Alder neck through 4 string fretless that was rather plain but sounded like God and a Purple Heart bodied bolt on with Rockwood Neck 5 string.
I think Michael Coronet knows where my fretless is but he will not return my phone calls. I had pretty much sold off all my gear through the economic stress we were having while at the same time having a child on the way.
If I could get that Koa bass and fretless back I might just keel over.
I have been trying to get my Curbow back from the guy I sold it to for years. He always tells me if I can find something that will replace it to trade him he will let me have it. I have not found anything he likes so far.
I sold it after loosing my job a number of years ago. We needed grocery money unfortunately.
My Curbow is an IEP neck through 4 string. It is one of only two that had MOP inlay for the headstock of Curbow's signature. Adam Nitti had the other one IIRC.
Mine had book matched flamed Koa for the top, a neck through of Purple Heart with Ebony streamers running through it, and the back was booked matched Purple Heart. The body was sandwiched with a piece of Ebony running through it. The neck had an Ebony fingerboard with large Shark Fin inlays. It had a set of Sperzel keys with a hip shot made into a Sperzel with cooperation from both companies. A guy in Nashville IIRC made the Curbow inlay and it was trimmed with Ebony dust and Epoxy. The serial number is the year it was made and my full name. I installed the Bartonlini preamp my self.
Adam's Bass was just like mine but his was a 5 string and had no inlays on the fingerboard IIRC.
At the same time I also owned an Alder neck through 4 string fretless that was rather plain but sounded like God and a Purple Heart bodied bolt on with Rockwood Neck 5 string.
I think Michael Coronet knows where my fretless is but he will not return my phone calls. I had pretty much sold off all my gear through the economic stress we were having while at the same time having a child on the way.
If I could get that Koa bass and fretless back I might just keel over.
I got it a few months ago, a lucky Ebay find. It had some cracks on teh neck that needed fixed, but after talking with Doug it wasn't too hard, and I love having a Curbow fretless again! It's even more beautiful in person, much closer to the color in badax24's pictures.
