youll see from the photos my handmade bass from micheal pedulla himself back in the mid 70s. i also have included the headstock photo that micheal had drawn in mv guitars in his hand writing. acording 2 christine at pedulla this could have been 1 of the 1st 50 basses he made. she states that he started making guitars before he made basses and the serial numbers were mixed in (guitars and basses shared serial #, most were guitars). 1b? could this be his 1st bass? on his website he describes his 1st bass he made and it matches all discription, so enjoy. this bass also has unique imperfections from handcrafting, i can see where he used bastard files to shape the head stock, and horns. if you know anything else reguarding this bass please let me know. thanks.
Mr. Shay,
That is a great looking bass. It is really neat to see that next to a 'modern' era Pedulla, to see the evolution of design. How well does it play?
ian
plays great! i can really tell he knew exactly what he was doing when he handmade/engineered even this bass. i definatly recomend other bass players to play pedulla. after 30+ years i havnt had to replace anything on it. its all still original. it is a little heavier than my pentabuzz not by much though. this bass has about every vintage tone you could want just by the flip of the switches on it, bright and pingy to lowjazz bass tone to mid growls, it is a very weird bass but in a good way.
im just wondering (since old fenders are worth alot) if this pedulla bass would be worth more than the price it was originally bought for, you know, like a fender? i understand some brands never appraise as they get older.
absolutely gorgeous...
