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4 Strings
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/PJ Pick Ups/Bart NTMB 3 Band/Black Hardware, case.Retail $6690/Sale $5350 with case, delivered!
This Bass is GORGEOUS, way nicer than photos reveal!
Still in the Box, never displayed. Zero shop wear, etc.!
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Pedulla ET4 Thunderbass Cocobolo Top, Bartolini Pickups & TBT Preamp, Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, Black Hardware, Case. Retail $4920/Sale $3444.
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ET4 Thunderbass Zebrawood Top, Bartolini Pickups & TBT Preamp, Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, Black Hardware, 19mm String Spacing, Case. This Bass Available at Old Price!!!! New Retail $4920. Call or Email for price!
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Pedulla ET4 Thunderbass, CocoBolo Top, Bartolini Pickups & TBT Preamp, Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, Gold Hardware, Case. Retail $4920 Sale: $3899
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5 Strings
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MVP 5 Cherry Sunburst AAA Top, 19 MM Spacing, Gold Hardware, PJ Config., Case. Retail $5690.Sale Price $4550
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Pedulla MVP 5 Amber Sunburst, AAAAA Flame Maple Body Wings, Bartolini PJ Pickups & Preamp, 17 MM Spacing/ Gold Hardware, Case. Retail $7190, Sale $5750
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Pedulla Thunderbass ET5 BASS PLAYER 2006 REVIEW
By Greg Olwell | April 2006
When Karl Coryat tested the Pedulla Thunderbass ET5 in September ’92, he praised the instrument’s superior workmanship and sound. Since then, Michael Pedulla has continued evolving the instrument with a few notable and subtle changes that made it worth another look.
Pedulla has over 30 years of bass building experience, and it shows. The Thunderbass is an exquisitely crafted and comfortable instrument. The body and neck are finished with a satiny oil, sealed with a catalyzed urethane. That means it has an oil-finished instrument’s organic feel, with the low-maintenance protection of urethane. The neck-through design allows for plenty of wiggle room in the higher positions. A place where there isn’t much wiggle room, however, is the prime popping space between the neck pickup and the fingerboard.
Our test Thunderbass arrived with an excellent setup. Its low action and nearly straight neck contributed to its effortless playability, even after a few months in our offices. The neck was fairly thin, with a flattened-C shape and a practically flat fingerboard. I found no dead spots. Unlike some 34"-scale 5-strings, the Pedulla’s B string felt similar in tension to the other strings. The bass had an even response and sound across the fingerboard. The ebony fingerboard’s glassy smoothness contributes to the bass’s quick feel, although the 24th fret’s single dot inlay (instead of the typical double dot) made quick visual position checks difficult. The Thunderbass’s trussrod has been redesigned, too. It’s slightly wider than most and is anchored between the 1st and 2nd frets, which Pedulla says helps allow a straighter neck than a trussrod anchored at the nut. One nitpick: A clicking sound when I plucked over the bridge pickup made it apparent that the pickup was slightly loose in its cavity. A look inside revealed that the pickup was supported by three small pieces of surgical tubing, with the piece supporting the treble side being a smidgen shorter than the other two. Pedulla claims the tubes help isolate the pickups from vibrations caused by the more-commonly used springs and offer more support due to their wider contact area.
The most significant difference is in the Thunderbass’s electronics. The Thunderbass used to have a Bartolini system with volume, blend, and treble-cut knobs, with the volume knob doubling as a bass cut. The newer electronics, which Pedulla says are 50 percent quieter, are also an exclusive active Bartolini system, offering volume, blend, bass, and treble controls, along with a switch-controlled “Thunderguts” circuit, which thickens the sound by using inductors to boost a group of specific low-mid frequencies.
I was plenty impressed with the Thunderbass’s warm, clear tone and refined growl without using the switch. The sound was big, beefy, and smooth, with a medium attack that was authoritative, without being too aggressive. My favorite setting was both pickups on with the tone controls flat, but the useful EQ helped adapt the sound to different rooms and rigs. Engaging the Thunderguts delivered a thicker sound, and its midrange boost made the bass seem louder. The effect was as addictive as your morning cup of coffee. Played solo or with a band, the Thunderguts gives such a room-filling horsepower boost that it’s almost a letdown to switch it off. Almost
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Pedulla ThunderBass ET5 Quilted Maple Top, Chrome Hardware, 19mm String Spacing, Case. Retail $4920 Sale Price $3444
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Used Pedulla ET5 Bubinga, Gold Hardware, Serial #ET 9280 2008, Model Bart TBT Plus Thunderguts, Low-Mids Boost Switch, 19mm String Spacing, Case, Used In Excellent Condition, New Retail $4920 /
***Sale $2499 with New Strings, Delivered!***
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Top, Ebony Fingerboard, Black Hardware, Bart TBT Plus Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, 19mm String Spacing, Case. Retail $4920 Sale Price $3899
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, Rosewood Fretboard, Bartolini Soap Bar Pickups, NTMB Preamp, 17mm Spacing, Gold Hardware, Case Retail $5880 Call Or E-mail For Price
***Sold to Steve Wood!
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Top, Ebony Fingerboard, Black Hardware, Bart TBT Plus Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, 19mm String Spacing, Case. Retail $4920 Sale Price $3899
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ET5 Cocobolo, Gold Hardware, Bart TBT Plus Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, 19mm String Spacing, Case. Retail $4920. Sale $3899
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Pedulla ThunderBolt TB5, Natural W/ Clear Finish, AA Flame, Maple Board, Black Hardware, 19mm spacing, Case. Retail $4090/Sale $3275.
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ThunderBolt TB5, Arctic Night, AAA Flame/Bird's Eye Maple board Chrome Hardware, 19mm spacing, Case. Retail $4390 Sale $3499
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, Black Hardware, Bart TBT Plus Thunderguts Low-Mids Boost Switch, 19mm String Spacing, Case. Retail $4920/Sale $3899
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Maple Body Wings,
Maple Neck Thru Body w/Ebony Fingerboard, Bartolini Soapbar Pickups
& TBT Preamp + Thunderguts Low-Mid Boost Switch, Gold Hardware,
Case. Retail $4920/Sale $3899
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Ash Body
w/AA Quilt Maple Top, Maple Neck Thru Body w/Rosewood Fingerboard,
Bartolini Soapbars & TBT Preamp, Gold Hardware, Case. Retail
$4920/Sale $3899
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Fretboard, Candy Red finish, Bartolini Soapbar pickups, chrome hardware, case, Retail $3720 Sale Price $2599
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Bartolini
J Pickups & 2-Band Preamp, Chrome Hardware, Case. Retail
$3720/Sale $2950
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19mm Spacing, case. Retail $3720/Sale $2950
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Pedulla Rapture J2 Tobacco Sunburst / Maple Fingerboard, Bartolini J Pickups & 2-Band Preamp, Chrome Hardware, 19mm Spacing, Case, Retail $3720/Sale $2950
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AA top/Gold Hdwr./PJ/NTMB,"19mm spacing" case. Retail $4920/Sale $3899
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Lined, 19 mm spacing, AA Flame top, Bart 3 band, neck-through,
case. Sings like a bird, inarguably one of the top fretless basses
on the market, the choice of countless pros. Retail
$4920/Sale $3899
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PJ Pick-Ups, AA Flame, NTMB Preamp, 19mm Spacing, Black Hardware, Case. Retail $4920.00 Sale $3399.
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Penta-Buzz Amber Sunburst/AAA Flame Top/Bart 3 Band EQ/PJ Pick Ups/19mm Spacing/Black Hardware, Case. Retail $5220/Sale $4150
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6 Strings
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Hexabuzz 6 2A Flame top/Vintage Cherry Sunburst NTMB/Gold Hardware, case. Retail $5420/Sale $4299
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Finish, Bartolini Pickups, NTMB Preamp, Black Hardware, Case. Retail $5420 Sale $3799
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Finish, Bartolini NTMB Preamp, Black Hardware, Case. Retail $5420. Call/Email For Price.
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