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Enjoy your retirement, Michael!
Wow, there have certainly been a lot of key changes in the bass world this year. Stuart Spector’s retirement and Korg taking ownership. Ken Smith shifting some work to Brubaker.
Wow, there have certainly been a lot of key changes in the bass world this year. Stuart Spector’s retirement and Korg taking ownership. Ken Smith shifting some work to Brubaker.
It's the end of the era of the greats. A lot of the old masters are reaching the end of their careers and are ready for some well-earned rest. I'm glad to have purchased my 1989 MVP5 earlier this year, it's one of the nicest instruments I've ever played and I'll never sell it.
Congratulations to Michael for a superb career and designing and building some truly wonderful instruments.
Bummer, I was planning to have my '90 Buzz fretboard refinished and the fret lines leveled (some are popping up a bit) later this summer. I'll have to see if my local luthier can do the job. He used to be at PRS as a final finisher, so I'm pretty sure he can handle it.
Congrats Michael and Christine, I hope you both have many happy years to relax and enjoy together!
I have owned my MVP since 1985. At the new Rockland factory, Mike brought out three raw basses and let me pick which I wanted. The past couple of years, I have had no luck getting an appointment for major service, despite being 10 minutes up the road. I do wish Mike the best and a long, healthy retirement. Recently, I brought my bass to Matt Shimala, Fairhaven, MA (Link Removed) for refretting. The bass is better than original delivery. Matt is a luthier and manufacturer of high-end acoustics. He will consider at any work you need, with the exception of refinishing.
After owning 7-8 Pedullas (still have 4), I was planning my "forever" bass. I'll treasure the remaining ones even more now.
Anybody know the answer to this question? I got a "please refer the web site" auto-reply when I emailed Christine, so I don't know if I'm likely to get a response:
I want to restore my 1994 PentaBuzz to its original spec, because the previous owner installed an Aguilar preamp in it, which should have been 4-knob electronics. The 4-knob arrangement was a T-formation, but mine looks like this:
Could this have been a transitional 1994 with a 3-knob config? It looks like the stacked knob took the place of the Pedulla stacked EQ, and the mid knob was moved close to the bridge pickup.
I want to restore my 1994 PentaBuzz to its original spec, because the previous owner installed an Aguilar preamp in it, which should have been 4-knob electronics. The 4-knob arrangement was a T-formation, but mine looks like this:
Could this have been a transitional 1994 with a 3-knob config? It looks like the stacked knob took the place of the Pedulla stacked EQ, and the mid knob was moved close to the bridge pickup.
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Thank you, Michael, for superb basses and great service for all these years. Enjoy retirement. Do the things you want, avoid the things you don't. Know that we will continue to play and enjoy our Pedulla basses.
Sad Day indeed... also got auto response from email sent to Christine's email address and phone went straight to
voice mail... would have been nice to see one of the caramel and/or purple finished basses in person...
Just purchased an extra truss rod wrench now from Pedulla's Site...always good to have in the event I lose the original...
voice mail... would have been nice to see one of the caramel and/or purple finished basses in person...
Just purchased an extra truss rod wrench now from Pedulla's Site...always good to have in the event I lose the original...
Yes, definitely the 3 knob version. The 4th knob came with the mod.
Thanks for confirming. Happily, I heard back from Christine and the same pickups apply to either, so I'm going to order electronics for the 4-knob and it'll be stock but for the weird placement of the 4th knob.
I have a newly-refinished (December) + electronics (+ 4-knob, no 'guts switch, electronics & pups) PentaBuzz in purple you can see, if you want to drive to the Boston area... You might - emphasis on might - be able to make an appointment to play one or more of the available basses; Christine will let you know, I'm sure.
You can use auto-harp tuning wrenches with Pedulla truss rods. When Michael refinished my other PentaBuzz, he included a new truss rod wrench that has a little bigger opening than my old ones - needed b/c a previous owner or service tech kind of buggered the truss rod end.
Christine just replied to my email about 10 mins ago as well... just got paypal invoice for upgraded 3-knob/controls with stacked bass/treble...
Nice!!! Was actually going to set up an appointment with Christine this morning, to drive to the Rockland shop a day or two after memorial day (drop off my MVP to swap out the electronics to a stacked treble/bass set-up)... went on website and saw message... immediately bummed... still owe Christine a BIG(!!!!) bag of M&M's for her help a few years back... going back and forth via email with Christine as we speak
jdthebassman
play to live live to play
I have mentioned this before. buy the updated tool from mike it is well worth the $20 stay away from the harp tool it is made of cheap white metal and is unable to get the right angle to turn the nut and will strip or round it. that is why mike redesigned the tool.
