A hobby of mine is taking inexpensive basses and modding them in to something special. Here's my current family...
* Pedulla Pentabuzz (OK... this one wasn't cheap, but it's soooo nice!!)
* Brubaker Brute MJX5 - Bartolini pickups and pre/custom pickguard/Yin Yang markers
* Stingray Classic 5
* Squier VM Jazz bass (aka LBFM - Little Brown Funk Machine)
- Fender '75 reissue pickups
- Audere JZ3 preamp
- Badass II bridge
- All black hardware
- DR Black Beauties
* SX SPJ-62 P/J bass
- Seymour Duncan SPB-3 "Quarter Pounder" P pickup
- Seymour Duncan STK-J2B "Hot Stack" noisless J pickup
- SX Jazz neck /w black block inlays
- TI Flats
* Ibanez SRX400
- Villex pickup /w passive mid control
* Ibanez SR406
- Noll preamp
* Cort GB-75
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* Radial Tonebone
* Boss RC-50 Loop Station
* MXR Bass Envelope Filter
* MXR Bass Octave
* Boss OC-2 Octave
* MXR Carbon Copy
* Way Huge Pork Loin
* Chunk Systems 00Funk
* EHX Q-Tron
* EHX Small Stone
* Digitech Bass Synth Wah
* Carvin BX500 and RL1000 heads
* Avatar 2x12 Cab
* Avatar 1X12 Neo Cab
* Presonus Firestudio Project/Line6 Toneport KB37
* Ableton Live/Reaper
Gigs and Ensembles
The Dara Quinn Project - Jazz Fusion, Deadcasuals - funk rock, Four on the Floor - Improv Booty Music, Darsis Eye -Live Electronica, Hoboscratch & Djibouti - Improv Jam Rock
Previously Owned Gear
Skjold Custom 5
MTD Z5 (Audere 4-band, Nordy DC5's, Hipshot A bridge)
Squier Deluxe Active Jazz V aka The Squierowsky
(Sadowsky preamp /w VTC, Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pickups)
Antoniotsai 6 string (Custom for Pedulla Bartolini pickups/NTMB pre)
Copley CEB-515 fretless (Ibanez "vari-mid" pre)
Brice Z6 (Bartolini NTMB pre)
OLP MM3 (Seymour Duncan pickup/pre)
Carvin XB76P (koa, MM/J/piezo)
Peavey Millennium BXP
TBC AP-500M
Peavey Cirrus BXP 5
Warwick Corvette
Ibanez ATK700 quilt maple
Ibanez Roadstar II
Ibanez SRX400
Ibanez SR1205NT