I guess someone must have made EVH a better offer than mine.
 
If this was Wilfred's pawn shop prize then I wonder how and when the peghead got broken?
 
(Message edited by adriaan on June 29, 2006)

Hi Adriaan, Edwin told me that somewhere in the eighties it was run over by a van. A freak accident. The headstock crack was there when I bought it at the pawnshop and still when I traded it at Edwin's. The repair must've taken place after that. I sometimes really miss that petite blonde, but thats life I guess...
 
Wilfred

Reminds me of George Carlin,....there was a freak accident today on I-10,....two freaks in a van ran over two freaks in a VW...
Wel, it was funny in 70's anyway!

Hi everyone.
I'm the one who bought it. I've always loved that bass ever since Wilfred came up with it. When it was for sale some time ago I missed it, I didn't even had the chance to check it out. But this time I did. Yes, a van ran over it so it has a very wide but thin body  No, the bass is in great shape. If it wasn't, I would not have bought it. That simple......
Plus, it has that good ol' buttery 70's sound.
 
Manfred

Hey Manfred! Gefeliciteerd!
Great Bass indeed!

Gefeliciteerd Manfred, zorg je een beetje goed voor d'r?
(Congrats Manfred, please take good care of her)
 
Wilfred

Hey Wilfred,
 
Don't worry, she's in good hands. I'll treat her well. I was surprised because if I didn't know the history of this bass, I wouldn't have noticed. There are a few strange things though. The adjustable nut had/has pretty big spacings, I think you can string the bass with four e strings. I'm thinking of replacing it but it doesn't do any harm to playability or sound, so, I don't know. What else, there was a very high frequency squeeking sound but after rotating the pots a lot of times, that seems to be gone. Last thing I don't understand is the e string bridge saddle, the gap is on the wrong side as if the saddle had been reversed but it wasn't. Maybe it has been replaced with a wrong one, it looks like a saddle for d 0r g string. I made an extra gap, or string hole or whatever you want to call it, for the e-string but it needs replacement someday.
 
Manfred

/off topic mode on
 
yo manfred - just thought you'd like to know that your old series I is seeing plenty of gig time in front of live audiences along with its fretless and 5-string kin.  i had some trouble with the neck but it's all good now.
 
cheers
 
Tim
 
/off topic mode off

Hey Tim,
 
good to hear from you. How are you? I'm glad you're still playing that bass. What kind of neck troubles did you have? Nothing major I hope?
 
Take care,
manfred