Yeah, haven't you like got a forum or something, just for that kinda stuff.....
That'd be silly. It'd be full of a bunch of guitarist wannabes.
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The Explorer Bass Club
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That'd be silly. It'd be full of a bunch of guitarist wannabes.
Lolol. I do love that ironbird. Hey, if my dad ends up selling my bass, do I have to give up my number? (he "repossessed" my explorer...I'm not even kidding 
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)Lolol. I do love that ironbird. Hey, if my dad ends up selling my bass, do I have to give up my number? (he "repossessed" my explorer...I'm not even kidding
Your club, your rules.
Lolol. I do love that ironbird. Hey, if my dad ends up selling my bass, do I have to give up my number? (he "repossessed" my explorer...I'm not even kidding
Why should you have to give up your number? It's the spirit that counts, isn't it? Once you start digging Explorers, you can't go back.
Do what it takes to get it back. Or else you're going to wish you did for years to come. If it really matters to you.
True...but I'm having trouble getting a job. I owe $242. And, it does really matter to me. That's the first bass I bought with money I earned. Then, I racked up a cell phone bill texting all summer (same time I bought the bass), used my leftover cash to pay part of it back, and now owe $242. Augh. I made about $10 a day at my summer internship, bought the bass, and now might just lose it.
And isn't it pretty?I fell in love with this bass all over again today. It truly is a masterpiece. Now that it's set up for the way I play (it took a little trial and error to get it dialed in), I've got no problems whatsoever with the trem. With my Hamer in an unplayable state, I needed my Kahler fix and this bass is very satisfying. Neck dive is a bitch, though.
If you look at the "arm"/lower horn of the body, you'll notice that it's the same shape as the Jackson/Charvel pointy headstock. This bass's body feels vastly different from any Mockingbird I've played. The Mockingbird feels a lot more comfortable and stable, but I love the Kelly just because of how wild it is. And I think the body shape looks a lot better on bass than guitar because the neck and headstock appear more proportionate.
My Kelly is my dream bass. If you handed me a Jackson CS order form, I'd have it spec'd out pretty much just like that (I wouldn't have thought of the purple bevels, though. But that's Rough Cutt for ya). Except you can't get the EMG HB pickups that easily anymore.
And that's a beautiful bird, rubato!
That is a really nice bass you have there! I always wanted to try one of those but I have yet to see one in person. I have the guitar version in dark metallic red SN#000077, it really is a nice guitar, it's really a shame I don't play guitar very often, but when I need one it is there.
Mhmm. It really is. Even though Jackson could care less about making basses, when they do, they make some mean axes. A friend of mine has a brand new custom shop Rhoads and the neck contour is exactly the same as the one on my Kelly, replete with neck and headstock binding and sharkfin inlays. 25 years later, they still have the same magic.
How old is your Kelly guitar, then?
I want to get the aforementioned guitarist friend to sell me his Kramer body/Japanese Fender neck Frankenstrat with an OFR and Full Shred. It makes me sound like I can play guitar and I'd love to have an electric kicking around. Some day. 
Early nighties maybe 92-93, it's made in Japan. I got it real cheap in the late nighties when pointy stuff was at it's lowest. I got the Destroyer guitar I posted around the same time and it was thrown in in a deal with a power amp, they just wanted to get rid of the thing:scowl: I got a gibson explorer case with the thing.
here's a pict
Wow...that thing must have really been (ab)used for a good number of years for that to happen! Did you get a 2400 cam, then?
A 2400 on an Ironbird--there's another fantasy of mine. Never thought I'd see it, though. When was that bass made? I don't think that any production model Ironbird could fit a Kahler onto it--there isn't enough room on that little jut for the bridge.
Have you used a Kahler trem before? They are designed to allow you to drop the strings really low and they are made primarily for lowering pitch, although they have decent range in both directions. I know people who can drop the strings an entire octave/until they don't hold tension any more. You can only get about 1-1 1/2 steps of rise before you start stretching out our strings and breaking them, most of the time.
There isn't a lot of reference material for people to find out about Kahler trems and how to set them up properly/maintain them. It sounds like you need to adjust the spring tension which can be done by adjusting that little hex bolt in between the arm holes on the top of the cam. And not knowing how old that trem is, you might want to get new springs for it as well, to avoid any other problems. Is yours a two or three spring model?
Sounds like the neck has its share of problems as well...yikes! poor bass.
Enough from me about Kahlers. I'll try to keep it on topic from now on.
Yep,got the 2400 Cam,and the bass is a 1985,I have some more Ironbirds in my files that have Kahlers,but this bass is the only one I currently know of that has quilted maple wings,it has had a hard life,the frets are toast,never used a bass trem in my life,if I wanted to drop notes,I just bent the neck LOL
I have one of the best Mandolin makers in the world as my Luthier,and he makes some nice guitars too,so the Irnbird will sing again
It's the 2 Spring Kahler and it's a Customshop Ironbird
This is my old one...no longer in my possession but I put it together using a Warmoth koa body, Warmoth neck, Duncan hot stack jazz pickups, a Duncan 3-band preamp, and badass bridge. I REALLY miss it, it had the meatiest and ballsiest tone out of any bass I've ever played. I've always wanted it back...so if you come across it...
NKUSigEp-honorary 24 That is so so so cool! I can't not let you in, even if you don't have that bass anymore.
Bah! Score, man! That's awesome.
Yep,got the 2400 Cam,and the bass is a 1985,I have some more Ironbirds in my files that have Kahlers,but this bass is the only one I currently know of that has quilted maple wings,it has had a hard life,the frets are toast,never used a bass trem in my life,if I wanted to drop notes,I just bent the neck LOL
I have one of the best Mandolin makers in the world as my Luthier,and he makes some nice guitars too,so the Irnbird will sing again
It's the 2 Spring Kahler and it's a Customshop Ironbird
What a crazy instrument! I'd like to see how it looks once you've restored it to its former glory.
I'll bet! That must have been monstrous to play and hear!
Yes, I miss it dearly. I always wanted to refinish the neck and just paint the headstock black like a Warwick or Spector, and then install some ultralight tuners on it to combat the minor neck-dive it had. It was traded to Kurt at the Bass-Mint in KC, MO for a Lakland Duck Dunn P-bass (not bad, but not the same), who in turn took it to one of the merchant shows and sold it to the infamous Ed Roman...it made its way to his store in Las Vegas and is now MIA.
I'm trying to get Unsolved Mysteries to do a story on it LOL. UPDATE:...still looking.
Well, if you do find it, you get...um...non honorary 24? Anyways, whether you find it or not, you get to have number 24.
You know, I almost bought one of these in manhattan instead of the explorer. It was $100 less...but I think it was shortscale:
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