Can I join? I picked up this beauty a couple of months ago.
Cocobollo Thunderbass ET5
I've had a Schecter Diamond Series Studio 5-string for the past three, my first five string. Being an entrenched 4-string guy going all the way back to the 70s, it was the only 5-string I had ever tried that had a reasonably good combination of neck thickness and string spacing that a 4-string player would be comfortable with. As you guys probably know, its a difficult balance, because wider string placing naturally requires a wider neck. The former feels comfortable to a 4-string player; the latter does not.
I decided I definitely wanted to stick with a 5-string, just not that one. Ultimately the string spacing proved a bit too narrow. By chance I came across a Thunderbass ET5 at Guitar Center that had the neck I was looking for. It had the wider string spacing I wanted, but the back of the neck is much flatter than usual, which makes it really easy to get your hand around it. That makes a neck width that would normally be uncomfortable for a not-quite-reformed 4-string guy feel quite natural.
Googling for Thunderbasses I came across a Craig's List ad with pictures from a guy in Phoenix selling one with a cocobollo top. Once I saw that baby, my jaw hit the table. It was simply breathtaking! That did it for me, not just any Thunderbass would do. It would have to be a cocobollo Thunderbass!
As luck would have it, several weeks later about the time I had the cash together, that guy put the same bass up on eBay! (Hey, how many cocobollo Pedullas can be for sale out of Phoenix at the same time?) So I snagged the beauty you see in the picture for less than half the $4700 list price. Its only three years old and in perfect condition, which made the deal even sweeter. Plays and sounds great, too.
While Im here Ill put in a plug for my pride and joy, a one-of-a-kind custom hand made beauty called the Boogie Man. It was made by a guy who lives somewhere north of Houston, named Allen Breaux (sure wish I could find him). I bought it used from a guy I was installing sound systems with back in the mid 90s, paid only $800 for it - a steal! I've played high-end basses costing over $4000 in the stores that I haven't liked as much as this one. In fact, its even better than the Pedulla I know, hard to believe! Lots of exotic woods - flame maple, wenge, purple heart, bubinga, etc. Any bass player worth his pick-ups will notice that the body is patterned after Tobias, and the headstock copies the Warwick Thumb bass. The body is a perfect Tobias copy, actually - I picked up a Tobias hard case on eBay, and it was a perfect fit.
So is there a club here for custom-made, one-of-a-kind basses?
Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
absolutely gorgeous bass! you can most definitely join.
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