Looks like it's in pretty good shape for what it is and how far it travelled. Too bad about the "104" on the back but then again it's on the back. Have you been able to plug her in yet?
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NBD Finally!!!
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OK, so if I play this thing through my Pignose amp, this thing does sound like the description. It sounds like an old AM Transistor radio with a 2" speaker.
When I play through my GenzBenz Streamliner 600, it sounds pretty good. In fact, it's in kinda harsh shape, but it's not a bad player at all. The tuners are so hard to turn with the strings on that I'm going to have to develop new callouses, or wear gloves to tune the thing.
It's a fun toy!
When I play through my GenzBenz Streamliner 600, it sounds pretty good. In fact, it's in kinda harsh shape, but it's not a bad player at all. The tuners are so hard to turn with the strings on that I'm going to have to develop new callouses, or wear gloves to tune the thing.
It's a fun toy!
i wouldnt mind hearing a demo of one of these by someone who actually plays/can make a good recording hard to find a good recording of one of those basses.
i wouldnt mind hearing a demo of one of these by someone who actually plays/can make a good recording hard to find a good recording of one of those basses.
Now that I've got strings on it, the action is coming way up, and I'm going to bring it to my favorite repair shop. The guy who owns the place is a bass player. I'll ask if he'll make me a demo if you like. Is there a particular style you would like to hear?
Yep, that's Stella the russian guitar (it's a guitar not a bass) - I own one but with green pickguard.
Same input - 5pins - i had a local electronic guy made me a '5pin-to-2mono 1/4" input Y cable' (you have to be russian secret agent to decipher what i just said) to which i plug in two normal guitar cables and use two amps for lower three and high three strings. It's a beast of a tone variations - 5 volume/tone pots and myriad of switches, from super boomy sound to mosquito nasal thing.
edit: yeah, it's stereo guitar all right - mine was made in '79, i think they stopped producing then in '81 or so
Same input - 5pins - i had a local electronic guy made me a '5pin-to-2mono 1/4" input Y cable' (you have to be russian secret agent to decipher what i just said) to which i plug in two normal guitar cables and use two amps for lower three and high three strings. It's a beast of a tone variations - 5 volume/tone pots and myriad of switches, from super boomy sound to mosquito nasal thing.
edit: yeah, it's stereo guitar all right - mine was made in '79, i think they stopped producing then in '81 or so
Interesting. The Russians do things a bit differently in many areas. But a MIG-21 by any other name is still pretty cool.
