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theres obviously volume and tone, I think theres a filter sweep style tone control..similar to a tonal balance...maybe like a fender tone stack? Theres a mutron inside it too. Its funny. you plug it in and it lights up..wich is cool, but Ramsey Lewis who Billy played with at the time, didnt like the lights..got in the way of his stage importance , so I think either ken or someone ended up making a box for it to shut the lled's off. Another silly side not, in Billy's first vidoes featuring the 6, youll hear the filter kick in during a solo or 2, its by accident..when he goes, he goes and anything in the way gets knocked over Hey Bob, are those the origional pups? Do you know if Bill Lawrence did those? billys bass has Barts in it. Last edited by Michael Stram; 08-24-2007 at 10:03 AM. Reason: asking a new question |
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Hi Ken,
When Billy showed me the bass, I didnt ask about the box's origination. but right now it has bartolinis in it and the box wich looks kinda like an old radio shack project box would kick off the leds. Eh, if it works, it works.. Have you ever thought of doing a limited run of the origionals or is that something you dont really want to touch? Just wondering. I really dug the brass(?) back plate for the electronics. That was unheard of back then. Thank you for making the basses that you do. No other bass plays like a Smith and no other bass sounds like a smith. |
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YEOW! Yeah keep those limited ones limited and very special.
did you do any other relief carving or is the 4 string pictured in this thread the only one? Its really nice.
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relief carving?
First off, Vinne Fodera was working for me at that time (1980-1983) and he did all the Pearl work and that relief carving. I don't recall any others with carvings but it's possible. It was only 4-strings we made back then with the exception of the two 6s we made. One for Anthony and the second one found its home with Bill Dickens.
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Sorry about the confusion. How did you meet Billy? Was it a trade show or was he playing somewhere?
I apologize if my questions are trite or bothersome. I've always been interested in how and where things start.
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