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The Valenti Megathread Part IV

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Chef said:
I’ve had this a long time now and it came loaded with Nord single and
Sadowsky preamp. Which was great, but not as different from my Sadowsky as I’d hoped.
So I sent it to Nino and had him swap in Nord Blades and 2B preamp which I like pretty well so far.
More organic but still capable of being edgey.
Totally not my rig, it belongs to the studio I was working at. Sounded good tho.

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Always one of my faves! Thinking of sending my blue one back to Nino for an OBP-1 install with a VTC. May get the headstock painted as well.
 
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Getting excited about this new bass coming this fall (hopefully)
V21 J5
Ultra light Swamp Ash
Neck just like my PBass
Birdseye Maple Fretboard
35” Scale
1 7/8” Nut
19MM Spacing
Hipshot Vintage Bridge
Black Control Plate
Candy Orange Finish
Black Painted Headstock
Sadowsky style knobs
Nordstrand 3 band preamp
Nordstrand Zen Blade Pickups
2 Way Mini switch for each pickup (Series/Parallel)
Gray/Black Pearloid Pickguard
Second Pickguard Brown Tort
 
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+1 on all the comments about Chef.

Man, I'm still as stunned as I was when I read the news last weekend. This one's gonna stick with me a while.

And just like Ivan wrote, ain't no doubt I play a Valenti because of Chef.

mark beem said:
Breaks my heart to read this... But I'm happy that in some small way I got to know him if only through social media and a handful of PMs. I LOVED his mother's artwork and after she passed, would always order a calendar which featured it from him.


Rest easy, brother...
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I finally got to take these two out on their first real gig. ~ It was literally a call on the way home from work on Friday to do a sub gig Saturday. They sounded great & fit right in the mix.
Voodoo Chile ~ Valenti #320 & Mesa TT800

Jumpin Jack Flash ~ Valenti #264 & Mesa TT800

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Just put my deposit on a left handed Verrazzano T21-P5, so excited!! I’ve wanted a Valenti for ages, but the custom models have been over my budget and Nino didn’t offer Verrazzano series in lefty a couple of years ago, but now that he does I had to order one!

Specs:

Left-handed
T21-P5
-Alder Body
-Sonic Blue Gloss
-Vintage Style
—Mint pickguard
—Additional Parchment pickguard

Graphite Reinforced Maple neck
-Maple fretboard
-1 3/4" Nut width
-Vintage Tint finish

HipShot Hardware
-Licensed Ultralite tuning gears
-Vintage Bridge, 18mm
-Chrome

Aguilar Electronics
-AG 5P-60CL
-Passive
-Volume, Tone control layout
 
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guli said:
Just put my deposit on a left handed Verrazzano T21-P5, so excited!! I’ve wanted a Valenti for ages, but the custom models have been over my budget and Nino didn’t offer Verrazzano series in lefty a couple of years ago, but now that he does I had to order one!

Specs:

Left-handed
T21-P5
-Alder Body
-Sonic Blue Gloss
-Vintage Style
—Mint pickguard
—Additional Parchment pickguard

Graphite Reinforced Maple neck
-Maple fretboard
-1 3/4" Nut width
-Vintage Tint finish

HipShot Hardware
-Licensed Ultralite tuning gears
-Vintage Bridge, 18mm
-Chrome

Aguilar Electronics
-AG 5P-60CL
-Passive
-Volume, Tone control layout
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That’s gonna be a great bass. Congratulations.
 
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I go back and forth on my pick guards, with the tort one on about half the time and the clear one the other half. I have a parchment guard I don't use much, but that happens to be on the bass when Nino took the wood floor shot before he sent it.

I just put the clear one on last week. Which do you guys prefer?

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Altitude said:
I go back and forth on my pick guards, with the tort one on about half the time and the clear one the other half. I have a parchment guard I don't use much, but that happens to be on the bass when Nino took the wood floor shot before he sent it.

I just put the clear one on last week. Which do you guys prefer?

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Wow. Tough choice. They both look great.. However, with that beautiful top, I'd have to go with the clear.
 
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Altitude said:
I go back and forth on my pick guards, with the tort one on about half the time and the clear one the other half. I have a parchment guard I don't use much, but that happens to be on the bass when Nino took the wood floor shot before he sent it.

I just put the clear one on last week. Which do you guys prefer?

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I dig the tort, but I'm a tort old school guy, beautiful bass either way!
 

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