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The Pedulla Club!

#3,542
mbluto said:
Looks like mike is watching the influx in demand from his remaining A stock and figure peeps would pay A stock prices from what looks like remaining B stock basses..pretty sure there are a few more laying around; appears to be the test batch ..
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That's very interesting... I sort of agree... however 5 of 8 of those remaining basses are from 2018 or later. I'm not sure I could call that B-stock. The natural MVP5 you mentioned probably looks more interesting/cool in real life and not just your plain-old-boring natural finish because the dark parts are interesting. (Aside,) I've always been confounded why occasionally one wing of flamed bass would look very flamed, and the flame on the other wing was not even close to being nearly as flamed. They just looked really mismatched like this Russian beauty
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Gusdfunk said:
That's very interesting... I sort of agree... however 5 of 8 of those remaining basses are from 2018 or later. I'm not sure I could call that B-stock. The natural MVP5 you mentioned probably looks more interesting/cool in real life and not just your plain-old-boring natural finish because the dark parts are interesting. (Aside,) I've always been confounded why occasionally one wing of flamed bass would look very flamed, and the flame on the other wing was not even close to being nearly as flamed. They just looked really mismatched like this Russian beauty
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With the "Natural" MVP-5, Mike usually had one finish color for any bass wood that exhibited something like what is picture (or any body wood that required any filler, etc)… Solid Black (or blue or red)... would be impossible to hide the darker coloration in the wood with the majority of stained finished he used...probably kept is in a natural finish because of the AAA Flame of the wood...

The Caramel MVP4, the Arctic Night Buzz and the Charcoal Rapture (this one to a lesser extent) all have pretty outstanding grains across the body, but does have blurring within the grain (mainly on the top section of the Body)… In the past, this would be acceptable, but when Mike pulled back the reigns and took 100% control in terms of building, finish application and QA/QC, I doubt this would have met his expectations (I would taken any of them IMHO...).

The quilted maple top on the Nuance is nice, as well as the thunder basses...
 
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mbluto said:
With the "Natural" MVP-5, Mike usually had one finish color for any bass wood that exhibited something like what is picture (or any body wood that required any filler, etc)… Solid Black (or blue or red)... would be impossible to hide the darker coloration in the wood with the majority of stained finished he used...probably kept is in a natural finish because of the AAA Flame of the wood...
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Yeah, expand that pic a bit and the flame shows better. Maybe harsh lighting? My caramel looks terrible photoed in unfriendly light. But IMHO gold hardware looks much better on natural finish.

That charcoal is great, don't see many that color. I'd snap up that Rapture if I could.
As for irregular grain, definately! Why I like the AA flame as much as much as the higher grades. Someone here has a vintage cherry burst with a gorgeous, smokey AA.(Pedullist?)
 
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mbluto said:
Looks like mike is watching the influx in demand from his remaining A stock and figure peeps would pay A stock prices from what looks like remaining B stock basses..pretty sure there are a few more laying around; appears to be the test batch ..
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They don't look like B stock to me. In particular, the caramel MVP4 and the natural finish MVP5 are stunning. Maybe not quite NAMM standard, but I take a NAMM standard bass to be the absolutely most stunning grain around, often made from wood that was bought decades ago, before the really wild pieces started to thin out.
 
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India_Sierra said:
They don't look like B stock to me. In particular, the caramel MVP4 and the natural finish MVP5 are stunning. Maybe not quite NAMM standard, but I take a NAMM standard bass to be the absolutely most stunning grain around, often made from wood that was bought decades ago, before the really wild pieces started to thin out.
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The one I like out of the new offerings is the ET5 TB with the bubinga top... very unique "wavy" grained top...
 
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BargeOn said:
I'd snap up that Rapture if I could.
As for irregular grain, definately! Why I like the AA flame as much as much as the higher grades. Someone here has a vintage cherry burst with a gorgeous, smokey AA.(Pedullist?)
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If I hadn't just bought an F-Bass, and it wasn't around 5000 (+400 extra for shipping ánd 21% of 5400 for customs tax), I'd snapped it up myself. :-)

This is my vintage cherry burst AAA Pentabuzz:

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I'm a few pages late, but I wanted to comment on the electronics in the older Pedullas. I have a Pedullas from 1986 (if I remember correctly) with the tbt preamp that was giving me some problems - scratchy and assorted thumps. Obviously a pot problem. I took it to Washington Music Center and the tech had a hard time getting a correct pot, but finally succeeded. He also cleaned up the wiring and solder connections in the cavity. Even though he had to buy multiple pots before getting a perfect one, I was only charged for the one pot and his work. Extremely reasonable and my bass sounds exactly like I wanted
 
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