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Re: Dark Star wiring
« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2009, 04:36:16 PM »
There may be a "replica" coming out soon... from F*nd*r...

Berry Jr took his dad's bass in and they took all the measurements, etc... do the search...

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Re: Dark Star wiring
« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2009, 05:00:21 PM »
Is that true? As far as I know it's rumour that's going on for years already.

I do know that Fender created a copy of the Tractor for Berry jr. years ago (with a DeArmond humbucker  :rolleyes:). Here it is, copy on the left, the real deal on the right:

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Re: Dark Star wiring
« Reply #32 on: November 06, 2009, 05:15:09 PM »
Can't find the link at the moment, but one reference on the F*nd*r site says the "custom shop" will make them to order... how true that is is another matter...
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Re: Dark Star wiring
« Reply #33 on: November 06, 2009, 05:18:15 PM »
Well, true or not: still very interesting!

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Re: Dark Star wiring
« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2009, 05:59:47 PM »
out of the price range of most homosapiens, I guess...
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