Here is a good survey of flats: The best flatwound bass strings 2021: how to choose the right flatwounds for you
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I’ve got all of Ed’s reviewed sets currently on basses, except the Rotosounds and Pyramids. I’m a fan of all of them when put on the correct bass. Something I’ve learned and heard other online bass influencers say— lively aggressive basses needs bright “new breed” flats, and warm basses (like P basses) need “old school” flats. I made the mistake of putting DR Legends on my Classic series Stingray... not good! I have EBMM Cobalt flats coming for my ‘Ray, and already have them on my active J bass. And, as of a few hours ago, the MVP is wearing a set. I’ll report on how I feel after I get a chance to play it in a rehearsal or gig.
I'm liking the DR Pure Blues a lot. You don't have to play the blues to like them.
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What I find interesting here is that I have an '83 EMS and '86 MVP and Buzz basses, and they all have the same electronics that he started using in the late 70's - 4 knobs, pickup selector, pre-amp on/off and an LED to show when the preamp is on. I need to dig up my catalog from those days but I remember your configuration coming out in '88 or '89. He may have offered options, and obviously the serial number will say for sure, but I can't remember ever seeing an '84 with those electronics. Still a beauty, and if I can get on whatever list you keep for takers if you sell, I'd appreciate it. LOL
I haven’t even looked into the SN to confirm it’s birth year, just going on the previous owner’s info.
I doubt I’ll ever sell it, since I’ve waited so long to finally get one, and it’s as amazing as I’d hoped it would be!
I took it to it’s first show Saturday... the first time I’d played it with the band and through a real rig. I also took my number 1 bass: a Carl Pedigo custom build. I didn’t put the Pedulla down all night! The Cobalt flats were perfect for it! And, even though 1) my lower back went out during PA schlepping, 2) our singer tested positive for Covid 2.5 hours before showtime and missed the show, and 3) our only guitarist was also absent due to Covid... we had the most epic and memorable shows that any of us have had! I was a little dizzy and definitely “mellow” from a strong muscle relaxer. Our substitute guitarist for the evening is also his band’s lead singer. So, we quickly threw together a 3 hour setlist of songs we could pull off and proceeded to blow ours and the crowd’s minds!
There were other things that happened like fighting the mixing board for over a half hour trying to figure out why we couldn’t get sound out of the monitors. A drunk danced into one of our huge 40 pound mains, knocking over the stand it was on, brushing the singer/guitarist’s arm as it fell. It crashed onto the stage exactly where his Les Paul had been sitting. Luckily, he decided to use it for the song we were playing, which was Play That Funky Music btw. It was like everything tried to stop us but we showed adversity a big middle finger and were rewarded immensely! Words can’t explain how magical that show was! And, the Pedulla was part of the chemistry of the night! I’m so blessed to have it!
You’re correct, previous owner was off by 4 years. I found a serial number chart and my MVP was one of the last ones made in ‘88, my senior year of high school, also the year I started playing bass.
Thought so. Popping in here inspired me to break this one out and get it restrung. It's an '84 EMS that I just can't get the action low enough on the low side. I have a luthier friend that I was going to send it to but now I'm convinced it's a badly cut nut as it's got more than a little room between the string and first fret. Regardless, it was a bass like this one that I first saw in the 8th Street Music window in Philly and knew I had to have one. I ordered my Buzz from there 2 years later after my Godfather passed and left me some money.
That bass is beautiful!!
I wish you were nearby! I have nut slot files and make new nuts, do fretwork (even refrets) for myself and friends. I lowered all the MVP’s nut slots after recrowning it’s frets. I like the nut slots to be even with the fret height, like a zero fret. Some builders and players like extra height built in at the nut. But, like MTD basses, I want that zero fret feel.
Thanks. I gave my nephew his first bass, which I'd pieced together from bought parts, and he got the bug during Covid lockdown and started doing the same, and he's getting pretty adept at setups and whatnot, so I'll likely bring it down his way next chance I get. I've got files, but I like projects like this.
Just be patient on the nut slots! Once you’ve gone too deep, it’s a pain to fix them. But, there’s ways of course. I typically keep the bass plugged into a tuner, pop a string out of the slot, file a little, put string back, check tuning, check string height off first fret compared to height at 2nd while holding it down at the first, and repeat process until the nut slot is deep enough for my playing tastes and attack strength. If you hit the strings hard, you’ll get buzz on your open strings before you get down to that zero fret height.
What kind of truss rod was Mike using in 1988? Dual action or no?
There is a Buzz available locally I'm probably not going to buy but I looked it over. It had a bullet shaped nib, not the autoharp key of later models. It had been refinished but I couldn't tell if the truss rod had been replaced.
Thanks
There is a Buzz available locally I'm probably not going to buy but I looked it over. It had a bullet shaped nib, not the autoharp key of later models. It had been refinished but I couldn't tell if the truss rod had been replaced.
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There's definitely dual action in my '86's (I have a catalog that speaks to it).
Good, thanks. They guy thought it was original, but couldn't tell. I haven't seen one from that era before.
The volume and pan pots were reversed, volume on the bottom. I think the wiring had been tampered with. I know some guys don't like the volume knob so close to their right hand.
From everything I've read over time the pan pot has always been between the volume and tone. May not have been "tampered" with as much as just reversed provided there was enough give in the wiring, though the control cavities are pretty tight and I don't remember a lot of floppy wires laying around.
Yeah, it would be easy to do. Sure threw me off for a minute though
It was strung with Roto 88s, the tape wounds. It sounded great. Much different from my 'Buzz. And first time I've played a 4. I loved the neck, but then it is a Pedulla
Just beating a dead horse here, but thinking about why those controls are reversed, I suspect that after taking them out for the refinish, they were reinstalled incorrectly. I did not see inside the cavity so I don't know if the wires were twisted into position or resoldered. It's not a big deal in any case and easily fixed if it was important.
What made me suspicious at the time was the way the volume rolled up quickly on the last quarter turn, having little impact on the most of the rotation. I understand analog pots, but any of the higher quality basses I've played raise the volume more evenly through the rotation. This one didn't.
What made me suspicious at the time was the way the volume rolled up quickly on the last quarter turn, having little impact on the most of the rotation. I understand analog pots, but any of the higher quality basses I've played raise the volume more evenly through the rotation. This one didn't.
I can see the desire to have the effective pickup selector at the top, the same way I understand Tele players who reverse the control plate to put it as far away from a strumming hand as possible. But it sounds like whoever did the rewiring used a non-audio taper pot when they were reversed. Only way to know for sure would be to open it up and see what kind of pots were used and compare it to an untouched set.
