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Author:  wombat [ November 5th, 2009, 7:03 am ]
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My leftified De Armond Starfire - plays like a charm - with my earthquake-causing rig: marshall jcm 800 bass series w/ fender cabinet.

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Author:  andrew [ November 5th, 2009, 1:14 pm ]
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Hey! Did you convert that bass to lefty, or was done by the previous owner?

Author:  AzWhoFan [ November 5th, 2009, 1:40 pm ]
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Now there's a rig I bet Jack Cassidy would have been proud to play back the old Hot Tuna days.

Very cool indeed!

Author:  wombat [ November 6th, 2009, 3:14 am ]
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@ andrew: I had the conversion done by the guitartech at a local musicstore. Quite happy with the result.

@AzWhoFan: thanks! :)

Author:  andrew [ November 6th, 2009, 9:04 am ]
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Then great minds think alike, I had that exact same kind of bass in that color that I also converted to a lefty. I did the same to an Ibanez Artcore hollowbody so I sold the Dearmond because I preferred the Ibanez's 34" scale. My meat hooks never seem to jive with a 30" scale bass.

Author:  pjmuck [ November 6th, 2009, 9:27 am ]
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Those DeArmonds were/are great basses. I remember when they came out. Many players considered them better than the Guild Starfire reissues that came out around the same time.

Author:  andrew [ November 6th, 2009, 11:54 am ]
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I really liked the tone of the DeArmond. A lot of people bag on the pickups that come in them, but I really dug the tone of them.

Author:  wombat [ November 8th, 2009, 8:53 am ]
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Can't agree more. Those standard pickups do sound great!

Author:  wombat [ November 8th, 2009, 9:16 am ]
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Finally got my other basses back in my own house.. here they are

VP Challenge
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Ibanez CT
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Author:  wombat [ November 25th, 2009, 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My De Armond

Christmas came early this year: Received my new bass yesterday - a brand new fender precision. plays & sounds great as you can imagine.

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Author:  andrew [ November 25th, 2009, 12:27 pm ]
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Looks great! I'm really impressed with the new Fender MIA basses.

Author:  Basshappi [ November 25th, 2009, 3:15 pm ]
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Hmmmm, I think the Starfire needs moar nobz! :lol:

Author:  AzWhoFan [ November 27th, 2009, 11:24 pm ]
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Nice looking bass! Congrats.

Author:  wombat [ November 29th, 2009, 2:56 am ]
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Thanks guys!
Concerning those knobs on the starfire: that's what you get when you turn a righty left: o truckload of knobs that are always where they shouldn't be. :D

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