W/NW: musical instruments and pedals

I am madly in love with my Rick Kelly made Bowery Pine Tele, the body of which is made from the roof beams of Jim Jarmusch's old warehouse loft in NYC's Bowery. The warehouse was built in the early 1800's out of old growth Pine, so in addition to sitting under a heavy load and being baked by the sun for 170+ years, the wood may have come from trees older than the USA itself:


Kelly Bowery Pine Tele, June, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Bowery Pine Tele, June, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Bowery Pine Tele, June, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Bowery Pine Tele, June, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

It's super lightweight and resonant and Jason Lollar did up a set of early 50's Tele-style pickups for it. I will probably sell all my other Telecasters and have Rick build me another one, it's that good of a guitar.
 
I'm more of a Rack Guy 🙂

I'm more of a Rack Guy 🙂

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ampguy said:
what's the link to your indie label?

I'm not attached to gear much, but I do wish I still had my red Fulltone '69 that I got new in '97 or '98, it was s/n 6xx.
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My gear regret is an '96 LP Studio, nothing fancy but I love the sound on the playability of it.

@ Maggieo: Thats an might fine tele!
 
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Wow, Maggie, that tele is spectacular.

I used to have an SHO but sold it...prolly a mistake. I now use a homemade boost pedal that isn't as good.

Here's the only effect I have that I'll probably never sell:


SRE-555 by mabel.sound, on Flickr

And the other nonnegotiable piece of gear...I have replaced every electronic part in this thing...I adore it.


Wurli by mabel.sound, on Flickr
 
nice!

nice!

I don't know anything about basses, but I was once considering a Shawn Lane Vigier. Ended up getting an O'Donnell custom that shares at least one feature, a perfectly flat fretboard.

Sometimes I noodle with the kids' clarinets playing bass lines on way low tuned guitars and octave down pedals. Someday I might get a cheap bass at GC to do it right ...

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Cool thread!! Any bass players check out my website, www.basschat.co.uk

For the gear nuts, my pedal is a Roland Vbass unit. The bass is a 1988 series 2 Vigier Passion, carbon neck-thru with Marleaux electronics, Basstec pickups and the Roland GK 13 pin interface installed inside.

My amplifier, just visible on left of second pic, SWR 4x8 and 1x15 1991 cabs and no-name stereo 800w 1u digital poweramp.

Cheers
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wow!

wow!

I wish I could borrow that keyboard for "See the sky about to rain"

mabelsound said:
Wow, Maggie, that tele is spectacular.

I used to have an SHO but sold it...prolly a mistake. I now use a homemade boost pedal that isn't as good.

Here's the only effect I have that I'll probably never sell:


SRE-555 by mabel.sound, on Flickr

And the other nonnegotiable piece of gear...I have replaced every electronic part in this thing...I adore it.


Wurli by mabel.sound, on Flickr
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I play a P-Bass Special with the active guts ripped out and replaced with passive, the plastic pickguard replaced with gold-anodized aluminum, strung with flats and played with a plectrum. As the gods of rock intended.
 
mabelsound said:
Oh yeah, Maggie, never sell MIJ! That stuff is awesome.
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It really is. Here's another MIJ Telecaster I own, one that used to belong to the great Robert Quine:


Quine Telecaster In Tiny Amp Town, January, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Quine Telecaster Switches And Knobs, January, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Quine Telecaster Neck Pickup, January, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

Before the Kellycaster showed up, this was my #1 guitar:

Nelvis, November, 2009 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
 
those are really nice guitars Maggie. Just reminded me I have an MIJ strat, still in Japan ('57 reissue sunburst).

I might have to drag my MIM blue tele out this weekend to photograph 😉
 
I wanna play too! Here are the two rigs I've been rocking for a few years now. The uke was made by Mike DaSilva in Oakland, CA (#14!). The synth, well, is another beast entirely. Somehow they really complement one another in my life.

That's a beautiful Jazzmaster, Maggie!
 

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I wanna play too! Here are the two rigs I've been rocking for a few years now. The uke was made by Mike DaSilva in Oakland, CA (#14!). The synth, well, is another beast entirely. Somehow they really complement one another in my life.

That's a beautiful Jazzmaster, Maggie!
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Cool uke!

Thanks- it's an Elvis Costello sig model and it's a very sweet playing and sounding guitar!
 
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