Some of notCardio's Gear

[Zaphod B]

Here are a few of notCardio's gear pics. notCardio will provide the commentary.

[Zaphod B]

And another....

[Zaphod B]

...another....

[Zaphod B]

....another....

[Zaphod B]

...another...

[Zaphod B]

and another...

[Zaphod B]

A Vibro Champ....

[Zaphod B]

An Epi acoustic...

[Zaphod B]

Mustang Bass..

[Zaphod B]

Another of the Mustang Bass...

[Zaphod B]

notCardio, if there are any others that you'd like me to post, let me know.

In the meantime, how about filling us in on the sordid history?

[Anfontan]

Originally Posted by Zaphod B

An Epi acoustic...

My Epi is purtier~~~~

Is that modified Fender a Musicmaster??

[kojdogg]

Originally Posted by Zaphod B

Another of the Mustang Bass...

those things are mad fun to play

[ez_willis]

I like that Mustang!

[Dogman]

If we kill him, can we keep the gear???

[Jouni]

Mustang looked cool. I want another bass...

[notCardio]

is there an easy way to copy the pic in the reply?

Or do I have to save them and then reattach them?

I tried to quote, but it just copies the text.

I clicked on the pic and did copy, but it didn't offer the option to paste when I started the reply.

[Gorty]

Originally Posted by notCardio

is there an easy way to copy the pic in the reply?

Or do I have to save them and then reattach them?

I tried to quote, but it just copies the text.

I clicked on the pic and did copy, but it didn't offer the option to paste when I started the reply.

When you reply, just scroll down and click on "Manage Attachments", then follow the prompts to where your saved picture is stored and upload it!

[notCardio]

that I have to download the pics in his posts to put them in mine, I can't just quote or copy, I have to save to my pc, then reattach each one to a reply.

[notCardio]

I bought this because the neck is unlike anything I've ever had my hands on.

Smooth as butta. Not your typical Squire of even low end Fender neck. Feels like well worn nitro (I'm sure it isn't) and the board grain is beautiful (to me).

As much as I hated the color (I bought it with the intention of stripping it), it's starting to grow on me. Help me.

[notCardio]

Factory second because of a chip in the neck. I got it used in a swap around '75 or so. Scuffed up a little since then. Bolt-on neck.

I've never played another acoustic that I liked any better than this. I really like the way it plays and the way it sounds.

[notCardio]

All original AFIK, except for a tube ot two. Before the ran out of parts and switched over to the 'CBS' crap.

Bought it in about '71-'74 somewhere in there. Got a package deal with an Epi solidbody that was the most uncool guitar I could imagine at the time, so I immediately traded it off for next to nothing. I think it was a Coronet, or something very similar. OK, just shoot me.

[mrface2112]

man, that's one beautiful Vibro-Champ. there's a puddle of drool on my shirt now. thanks.


cheers,
wade

[notCardio]

I know, I need to research these again. I'm not a collector, and have no intention of selling, so it's been a long time since I cared about dating this stuff. I like what I like, don't like what I don't, and I don't care a whole lot about what anyone else thinks.

Anyway, I was on my way to buy a used EB-3 that I had a dealer pick up for me when he made a buying trip to St. Louis, when I stopped off at another store with a friend to look at something else. I looked up and saw this guy, played it, and bought it within about 15 minutes. I love it. Not ot mention the fact that it was about $200 cheaper than the Gibson. Boy, was the other dealer pissed.

Of course now I wish I had the EB-3, too, but I was 16 at the time and could only afford one or the other. 1973, I believe.

And the bass had already been stripped and varnished that way, runs in the varnish and everything. That was one of the reasons I loved it. I've always been a sucker for a raw hunk of wood. I did nothing to it.

[notCardio]

Can't post multiple images in the same post, eh?

OK, I'll do it one at a time.

I researched this at one time, but now I can't remember what I found to make me believe what I did about this.

It's a MusicMaster II neck, but the body is the same as a Mustang which I think came from the factory that way (Fender used to often use leftover parts when they changed models), and there's somehow something related to a Bronco in there, but now I don't remember what. Someday I'll run across my stash of research and I'll let you know.

Anyway, I saw this and immediately knew I had to have it because it obviously belonged with the Mustang bass. I'm from a small town in Indianan, and I'm pretty sure that whoever did the Mustang also did this one. Same sloppy stripping, same sloppy varnish job, even the same varnish.