-- don't be too pestered by the forthcoming pleas from the pauls for pictures
- This is blasphemy!!!
Yeah, but you've gotta admit it's nicely alliterative... and even ties in with the Pedulla discussion.
Besides, you guys are about to get your own TV show, and it's our responsibility as your support group to help keep your egos in line.
The previous time I was shopping for a bass was about 12 years ago, and I still remember being favorably impressed by the Pedullas back then. I was kind of turned off by the Jaco-style epoxy fingerboard (to me, there is nothing quite like unfinished ebony, for both feel and sound), and when sitting the body curve shifted the bass in a way that was uncomfortable for me (though I forget which direction). That was probably the penta-buzz, but some other more expensive model had these nice big, curved, soap bar pickups that sounded really great, and to this day I wonder why exactly that was (probably wide apertures, but maybe something more to it).
But just to tie into the thread here, I still feel like my new Alembic is on a completely different level (though it remains doubtful I'll ever turn into a King fan).
(Paul, I can't believe you're giving him a pass on the cone headstock, after all the grief you've given me about mine, and the fact I had to carefullly select a photo to send you that didn't include it. Sheesh.)
What a wonderfully crazy bunch of people. As much as we talk about the instruments (or beer, or stockings, or Harleys, or whatever), I'm convinced we're all here because of the music, whatever our personal preferences might be.
Time to go play.
-Bob
