My De Armond

wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

My leftified De Armond Starfire - plays like a charm - with my earthquake-causing rig: marshall jcm 800 bass series w/ fender cabinet.

andrew · **Posted:** November 5th, 2009, 1:14 pm

Hey! Did you convert that bass to lefty, or was done by the previous owner?

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

Now there's a rig I bet Jack Cassidy would have been proud to play back the old Hot Tuna days.

Very cool indeed!

wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

@ andrew: I had the conversion done by the guitartech at a local musicstore. Quite happy with the result.

@AzWhoFan: thanks!

andrew · **Posted:** November 6th, 2009, 9:04 am

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.

pjmuck · **Posted:** November 6th, 2009, 9:27 am

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.

andrew · **Posted:** November 6th, 2009, 11:54 am

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.

wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

Can't agree more. Those standard pickups do sound great!

wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

Finally got my other basses back in my own house.. here they are

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wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

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

andrew · **Posted:** November 25th, 2009, 12:27 pm

Looks great! I'm really impressed with the new Fender MIA basses.

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

Hmmmm, I think the Starfire needs moar nobz! :lol:

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

Nice looking bass! Congrats.

wombat · **Joined:** November 4th, 2009, 2:13 am **Posts:** 13

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.

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