This Crews Maniac Jackson is awesome. It would make a great Pedulla substitute if I ever locate one.
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Pedulla Substitute
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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This Crews Maniac Jackson is awesome. It would make a great Pedulla substitute if I ever locate one.
Wow! That thing sounds great!
I may have to start following him again. I guess his punishment is over by now.
I may have to start following him again. I guess his punishment is over by now.
It looms and sounds great indeed, but aside from the coated fingerboard I wouldn't really think of it as a Pedulla substitute. The bolt on neck, jazz body shape and active EMG's are some way from the Pedulla recipe, but I really do like the look of it.
The coated fingerboard is what caught my eye.
Are you still missing your Pedulla? It was a beauty but I understand why you sold it.
Yes I miss it. I should probably just play entirely different fretlesses because nothing else will be quite the same.
@Dr. Cheese fwiw I have modified several Squier VMFJ basses with Bartolini pickups and electronics that were very close in sound to Pedulla Buzz basses with decent playability. Those basses have risen in price but are still worth looking for and using as a platform.
And yes I agree there ain't nothing like a Pedulla and i regret not having my Penta Buzz but like you sacrifices musta been made for life and fam and we soldier on.
And yes I agree there ain't nothing like a Pedulla and i regret not having my Penta Buzz but like you sacrifices musta been made for life and fam and we soldier on.
I may look at Squier again. The one I had was ok, but the fretboard warped and it could not be intonated anymore. I may eventually get a Gary Willis signature or maybe I will find a used fretless Stingray for not too much.
I get you and wish you luck. I'm beginning a build for myself as my drummer buddy just gave me a beautiful fretless neck saying he missed me playing fretless so i am inspired to take it up again. My two have been sitting idly by as my other basses have been getting all the love so it is well past time. I've got a project body and am shopping pickups now planning something 'different'
The Pedullas I remember were always world class at one thing - they had that odd shaped, skinny upper horn, which always looked like it'd snap off if you looked at it funny. I've never seen any other bass that looked that "fragile". I suspect it's probably more robust in a drop than a Gibson neck (isn't everything?), but whenever I saw one, I wondered if it was a good idea.
Similar sounds, and I agree that those sound the way fretless basses are supposed to.
Skjold basses aren't getting any cheaper, but he has a real talent for fretless. If you ever see one available, might be worth a look. Really no way you could try it in advance though.
You know what, I'm done buying Squier and overall "cheap" stuff.
My USA G&L has been trouble-free for 25 years. My Stingray, before I stupidly sold it, was trouble-free for 18 years.
All the other "lesser expensive" instruments I have purchased in the last 12 years or so have been plagued with problems and issues (some to a lesser degree than others) that I'd just rather do without. The last complete bass I purchased was a 2014 Squier VM Jazz V. I thought this one was the exception. But low and behold, earlier this week I found out that it's like all the others. Issues that come up 6 years down the line…
Buy something good and buy it once.
They do look kinda wimpy but Pedullas are actually crazy strong and sturdy. You feel that upper horn and you'd swear that a Fender's upper horn would break off easier.
I was kinda copying the Pedulla vibe with my CB 4 string, which has a coated fingerboard and Bart P/J pickups. Also went with 35" scale and a 3 band (push/pull mid frequency). Sound is very similar.
I wish I had access to it right now, but I can't get at it for the time being, but my carvin icon fretless 5, with jazz single coils (in soapbar cases) and piezos under the bridge, with 3 band eq plus varimid frequency, and blend between mag pickups and between mag and piezo....
and coated board
that thing was my personal pedulla replacement. Doesn't look like one, but sounds amazing and CAN get the pedulla tone, more or less, if you want it.
the OP video post sounds great though.
For the comment about pedulla body shape not being like the OP bass.... that's just how it looks (I said feels originally, which may or may not be true when playing), not how it sounds, so at least from that perspective I'd prefer to see creativity other than jazz bass body designs, also. But at least any active EMGs always sound amazing on any bass, without fail, and coated boards sound amazing too for that pedulla "buzz" bass thing.
and coated board
that thing was my personal pedulla replacement. Doesn't look like one, but sounds amazing and CAN get the pedulla tone, more or less, if you want it.
the OP video post sounds great though.
For the comment about pedulla body shape not being like the OP bass.... that's just how it looks (I said feels originally, which may or may not be true when playing), not how it sounds, so at least from that perspective I'd prefer to see creativity other than jazz bass body designs, also. But at least any active EMGs always sound amazing on any bass, without fail, and coated boards sound amazing too for that pedulla "buzz" bass thing.
