Author Topic: Another NonRev Bird on the market?  (Read 4333 times)

leftybass

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2012, 06:55:51 AM »
I've got the EEB, I dig it, I got it for the looks, the sound is good but not unique like the original. Build in very good.
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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2012, 07:06:07 AM »
Pilgrim bought Eastwood pickups for his Hi-Flyer project: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=928.60

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2012, 09:01:54 AM »
They're straight single coils and they're HOT. They were the reason I hung on to my HiFlyer as long as I did....... But I had the 1st version, which is long-scale, so eventualy it had to go ..........





i had the long scale version also in white.  nice bass sounded great.  neck dive was unbearable.  I have 3 univox hiflyers so short scale version i will pass on but may upgrade one with the eastwood pickups.  they are pretty hot.
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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2012, 09:02:52 AM »
Eastwood does sell their Hi-Flyer bass pickups on Ebay.
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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2012, 09:07:21 AM »
pretty cheap too. 
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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2012, 08:55:04 AM »
The Stormbird is on the site and it is a nonrevbird as we thought.

This is the third. One. I don't like this one. Not 'special' enough.

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Bass/hurricane/hurricanebass_frm.htm

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2012, 07:01:59 PM »
The Stormbird is on the site and it is a nonrevbird as we thought.

This is the third. One. I don't like this one. Not 'special' enough.

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Bass/hurricane/hurricanebass_frm.htm

I don't remember the Magnatone Hurricane it's based on. Looks like a cross between a Tele guitar shape and a Precision. Is there really a demand for something based on an old Magnatone?

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #22 on: June 15, 2012, 01:54:16 AM »
Exactly my thought. There are so many cool basses to base an Eastwood on. So many nice Eastwood guitar models to convert into a bass version.. And they come up with this.

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #23 on: June 15, 2012, 02:07:56 AM »
And again they managed to design an ugly headstock.

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Re: Another NonRev Bird on the market?
« Reply #24 on: June 15, 2012, 08:09:27 AM »
And again they managed to design an ugly headstock.


With that headstock, at least they'll never have to worry about infringement threats from Fender.