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The Pedulla Club!

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I have two Pedulla Basses. a 1994 Peacock Blue 4-string fretless Buzz. and a 2000 Rapture JJ 5. Natural - Birdseye Maple fingerboard.
They where my main giving basses from 1994-2012. I still play them, but have added a few other basses in my arsenal, due to the style of music I'm now playing.
Pedulla basses are in a class all by themselves. Amazing quality and playability. With there own tone.
 
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drumsnbass said:
For a whopping $1700 I just snagged a blue MVP5 off eBay with little to no wear and a few paint chips. It's set up as a P/J, my personal favorite setup.

This is an earlier 3 knob model that sounds and plays damn excellent. And when I put it thru a Line 6 Pod pro it's just a gas!

Sometimes you get just plain lucky!

EDIT: Looked up the serial number and it is a 1988 model. If it did not have a few small paint ships on the head you could almost swear it was new.
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And now a few years later...

This is still, by far, my very favorite bass of all. Nothing like a Pedulla in my book!
 
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The Blues Brothers...

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Flaked Beans said:
That bass on the right side looks pretty similar to my mvp6! nice looking pedullas!

Here's mine again:

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Very nice! I just love the color! he he...

Seriously, that older 5 stringer is the best bass (for me) I have ever had. Nothing ever feels as good as that one to me.

BTW, looks like you changed out your bridge. Headstock still have the old logo as well? I love that look!
 
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drumsnbass said:
Very nice! I just love the color! he he...

Seriously, that older 5 stringer is the best bass (for me) I have ever had. Nothing ever feels as good as that one to me.

BTW, looks like you changed out your bridge. Headstock still have the old logo as well? I love that look!
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It's the stock ABM 6 string bridge and yep the old logo on the headstock indeed.

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zortation said:
I wonder how flexible Pedulla is regarding hardware....is he cool with custom requests like a different bridge than the one on offer? I'm not in the position to buy unfortunately, just bouncing ideas around.
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No, not really. Mike is very particular about every aspect of construction, including the hardware. Typically, if you ask him about doing something non-standard he'll be like "...nah that's just how we do it!" in a cheerful but firm voice.
 
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Flaked Beans said:
Very nice thomastik strings. My MVP6 has some nasty 15 year old strings and they are all from different brands/sets (I have no idea which is which). But they are still bright and punchy!
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I'm 98% certain these came on a Thunderbass5 I've since parted with as it was too close to my MVP5. Moved to the MVP and have to say their just incredible. I have an old Peavey TL-6 and I think now that I figured out what they are these are going on there as well.

If you decide to spring for new strings give these a thought.
 

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