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Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:58 pm
by jps
ajish4 wrote:jps wrote:ajish4 wrote:Scott, you show Janey that picture and I'll send the Seven Dwarfs after you!
Do a youtube search for Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs. Amazing Warner Bros. cartoon that was banned after it came out during WW II.
Um, Um, Uh...........PM SENT.
As you well know, Mr. T (I hope you don't have 5000 fingers
), these have long ago become part of the, sometimes celebrated, art of the cartoon. They are shown in theaters these days; you need to get out more often!
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:35 pm
by ajish4
Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:34 am
by 8mileshigher
Welcome to the 480 Club !!!
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:57 pm
by aceonbass
It just kills me to see DiMarzios in any Rick. Just my 2 cents worth....but I'd make a 4002 style guard for the guitar, install a couple RIC HB1 humbuckers with push-pull coil taps on the volume controls, replace the stock caps with .022uF ones, and replace the knobs with vintage ones.
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:36 pm
by Ivan3000
Are you going to keep it as is, restore it to stock condition, or make it your own. I like Danes idea very much.
Also, congrats on getting such a deal!
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:47 pm
by scotty
Mitch doesnt keep any guitar long infact its probably gone
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:02 am
by doctorwho
8mileshigher wrote:Welcome to the 480 Club !!!
+1! Congrats, Mitch!
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:26 am
by octagon
Thanks guys. Now my 480 plays great!My friend set it up for me and he changed the bridge to a Schaller roller bridge which works great with the Bowen Handel. He also put a coil tap on the bridge pick up.
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:50 pm
by octagon
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:36 am
by 1a12
Short scale bass potential too!?
The 480 student model bass!!
Re: Got my Frankenbacker 480
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:59 pm
by octagon
Haha,maybe fit it with a horseshoe pickup in the bridge? No,I think I will keep it as is. I like the way it sounds.
I found out the bridge pickup is actually a a 70s DiMarzio "Dual Sound".That's why it has 3 conductors).The 70s "Super Distortion" pickups only had two.
I wish!
