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I'm blown away that ANY of you guys would travel out to AZ for our album release... just blown away... Rock and Roll!!! That is just too cool![]()

dude, you look like rob flynn from machine head in that pic. lol
dude, you look like rob flynn from machine head in that pic. lol
My Coda 5 Deluxe arrived 3 hours ago but I had to be snapped back into realty and take some quick photos. The Coda's real color is not captured by the camera. It has a pearl luminescent copper green hue to it in the light that the camera doesn't catch, except a tiny bit on the lower horn at the tip on 1 picture. It's an overcast and spitting snow day. The strings are set super low to the neck, the neck's thickness front to back is super thin! much like my former Forte 5 or even thinner, I'll take neck measurements when I go put the GHS Precision Flats custom's on and send the measurements to Patrick. Very fast neck! It's an oiled neck.This Coda 5 Deluxe definitely says "High Quality" big time!!!
Enjoy the photos!

Some side shots, with my Spector guard dog Olivia,![]()
My Coda 5 Deluxe arrived 3 hours ago but I had to be snapped back into realty and take some quick photos. The Coda's real color is not captured by the camera. It has a pearl luminescent copper green hue to it in the light that the camera doesn't catch, except a tiny bit on the lower horn at the tip on 1 picture. It's an overcast and spitting snow day. The strings are set super low to the neck, the neck's thickness front to back is super thin! much like my former Forte 5 or even thinner, I'll take neck measurements when I go put the GHS Precision Flats custom's on and send the measurements to Patrick. Very fast neck! It's an oiled neck.This Coda 5 Deluxe definitely says "High Quality" big time!!!
Enjoy the photos!
More pics


Damn...
Congrats Mike!!! WOW!!!That thing is SUPER SEXY!!!!
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that coda is amazing. congrats! I wonder if they'd do a deluxe in a solid finish. I like the no pickguard look and the control layout better than the standard pickguard and control plate look.
Good God, man. That's unreal looking. Some mighty fine Spector porn there. Congrats and Enjoy!![]()

Here's a question posed to me by my guitarist. I'm planning to swap out my EMG 40HZ in my Rebop for a 40P5 and a 40J, and the TonePump for an EMG BQC or USA 18V. I'm also swapping the bridge to one with intonation screws.
I'm going to be left with the guts from my ReBop, and I have an old Fender MIM P-bass that has a bad J-bass Bridge route & is gutted. What do you guys think about putting the 40HZ's, the TonePump & bridge in my P? Give it a Fender Rebop kind of flair. Think it would sound similar?? I know the pickups are oversized, but I'm going to have to cover the bad bridge route with a 4" pick-up anyways...
Thanks JPS! Hope to use a good camera other than my iPhone 4 when we get some sun.Awesome!
Beautiful top. Love the color.
Just be careful moving it indoors too quickly! I'd hate for that finish to crack...
Enjoy it. It looks super sexy.
Thanks Sum! I shall! First Jazz Spector for me too.mike. that bass is so f'n beautiful. congrats, buddy! play the sh!t out of it![]()
Sweet! That was taken in 1999. I was looking at that photo and I had dual Mitsubishi 900U Flat CRT monitors back then. Those things were the bomb! I bet they threw enough radiation out to cook a burrito!
Is it weird I always think of him as Rob Flynn from Vio-Lence?![]()
i dont know. get up to date, homie. he is machine headlol
Well I know that.I just remember when Burn My Eyes was being advertised as the debut album from Rob Flynn's "new" band. I knew Vio-Lence first.
Yes that makes me feel old.
Down the neck shots