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HELLO THOMAS ----wow baby ---you got some kind of archive ----like I said in the post entitled D. Irwin 4-string bass by Thomas Leiber and yours truely --after playing Jacks bass ---through Mc Intosh -275 tube--and a pile of Alembic cabs --JBLs ---we are talkin Hi Fidelity---full range --bass like it was never heard before ---an axe definately eye candy --and body jewelry for Jack to wear --Bitchen beyond the baddest -definately the genius of Mr Rick Turners luthiers skills ---and the scientific genius of electronic design and engineering skills --the Man I revear-for revolutionizing the guitar/bass idiom ---RON WICKERSHAM --I am still to this day thanking him for the sound of my 4-string Irwin bass--take my word --its been perfect ever since Ron installed the filters -------Look at Jacks bass real good ----that axe changed me ,my life ,so I had to pay tribute to it -Alembic -Ron and Rick ---everybody that made Alembic -Alembic ----Thanks Tom -what a gift to give us -incredible ---the Versatone amp -swap the cheap 12" for a JBL D120--man there is no amp that could compete with the sound -absolutely none ---Say hello to Jack for us --When you can -thanks TOM ------YOU ROCK -----yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

what a cool old article! thanks for posting that Thomas.

And I dig the old adds, especially the Bobby Lee Guitar Straps

Tom wouldnt itbe cool to do a Jack Casady bass -a tribute to Jack -inspiried by what the Guild starfire transitioned into and now Jack playing his Epiphone series --what I wouild like to see would be an instrument -essiantially a Guild Starfire bass in long scale 24 frets -ebony board abalone block /trapozoid-/the pattern in his Epiphone bass series -a semi-acoustic body mahogany ply with either a figured mahogany or a really fat highly flamed maple top-the mahogany axe in an oil/poly urethane finish --the glassadore stuff ----the flamed maple in a translucent stain color of choice---my choice for Jack would be a SUNBURST---a good tailpiece and variable 4-way adj bridge with tremelo bar -and a set 2-way adjustable brass nut ---all hardware gold plated -triple plate ---of course the best tuners -only Schallers -only-and of course the pickups -DARK STARS ----2 total supershielded sngle coils with extra magnet -the neo mags of course -------vol -tone per pu ----pu selector sw---1 off 2bass 3 both 4 treble-plus a selector switch for mono pos 1 -------pos 2 discreet stereo ---a stereo cord to splitter box as well as a short stereo y cord to fit wireless emmitter--thats what I wouldda done did ,kinda sorta --For Jack and everybody elsethat loves the fat tones of the Guild Starfire Bass ---man I do ! -----------What Berry White does to women ---thats the what the Guild bass had goin in its sound -----well its worth it -so somebody --yep -----BIRTH it-----second coming of Jack --the MAN! phil

Not quite to your specs, but I recently finished my version of a tribute to Casady's Starfire Bass. It started with a DeArmond SF bass (I don't have the cash to buy a Guild and cut into it..) I added a set of Fred Hammon's Dark Star Pickups and then, I talked to Rick Turner. After a few emails I ended up getting a D-TAR Eclipse dual buffer/ mixer preamp and sending it to him to harness for my project. when I got it back, I added a few things namely a Bartolini EZQ Low pass fliter for each pickup. The end result is tremendous. I have a filter freq, variable q, and passive treble rollof for each pickup, a blend and a master Vol. 8 Knobs! (not quite the Godfather, but...) I even found the same kind of top hat and pointer knobs Alembic uses. All of that is hooked up to a dual battery box. I kept the DeArmond Bridge in the end. Mostly because Jack kept the Guild bridge on his, and I like the harp shape.

battlescars wrote:Not quite to your specs, but I recently finished my version of a tribute to Casady's Starfire Bass. It started with a DeArmond SF bass (I don't have the cash to buy a Guild and cut into it..) I added a set of Fred Hammon's Dark Star Pickups and then, I talked to Rick Turner. After a few emails I ended up getting a D-TAR Eclipse dual buffer/ mixer preamp and sending it to him to harness for my project. when I got it back, I added a few things namely a Bartolini EZQ Low pass fliter for each pickup. The end result is tremendous. I have a filter freq, variable q, and passive treble rollof for each pickup, a blend and a master Vol. 8 Knobs! (not quite the Godfather, but...) I even found the same kind of top hat and pointer knobs Alembic uses. All of that is hooked up to a dual battery box. I kept the DeArmond Bridge in the end. Mostly because Jack kept the Guild bridge on his, and I like the harp shape.

Nice 1st post, bscars, welcome. Nice bass too!

Heeeeeeeey, I know you!


I've heard from a very reliable source (me) that this bass Rules!

Where can I get some Bobby Lee Guitar Straps?

I'm bumping this. Just because.

deadguise wrote:Where can I get some Bobby Lee Guitar Straps?

I would hurry and call the number or write the address, and I would do it soon he's gonna realize he's not gonna make any money selling them for 4 bucks.

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Yes, I do realize this. I was having a bit of fun.