Phils Quad Bass restored...wow.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Does anyone know what pickups are in there ? I am guess they are not the original quad pups/

I fell in love with that bass when I first saw photos of it..At one point I even contemplated have a tribute of sorts made of it by Alembic. 

For me, it's the most amazingly awesome bass that every existed.

I was wondering about the p/ups, too (but on the original set-up, it was "quad p/up", not "p/ups"; the outer 2 were standard AXYs (or their immediate forebear).  Only the center one was quad.  As Rick says he didn't try to duplicate the wiring, I assume that extends to the quad capability - but I may be wrong.
I just think it's a shame it's sitting in a case in George "Top Dollar" Gruhn's celebrity-memorabilia store, instead of in Phil's hands.

Peter

[edwardofhuncote]

There have been a couple nods toward that bass built in recent years, Featured Customs' "Starry Night" http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dm.html and "Rhumba Retro" http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_rhumbaretro.html both drew inspiration from it, but neither were as close as what I hear is coming. Exciting!

[edwardofhuncote]

Rick may have started on it, but I think Gruhn's guys finalized the restoration on it. Looking at the pictures from a couple years ago, I wonder if they didn't undo some of what Rick did in the way of putting wood back in the top and neck beam. He was talking about a piezo, John East filters, (and yes a quad) rigged for stereo output, but never got around to it. I don't know if Gruhn got impatient with Turner or if there was some other disagreement... no earthly idea, but I can well imagine, knowing both of those guys various... ummm... eccentricities. Whoever did the actual work on "Mission Control", they did a very nice job. That bass was a heartbreaking mess that it didn't deserve to be, and now it's a playable instrument again. I'm with Greg [glocke]... I'm thinking about making a pilgrimmage to Nashville and play it!