The Last Bass Outpost

    Curt, check your email. I measured an original 60's cover against one of my repros and they are only a few thousandths apart internally. When you cut your 70's covers down, keep your internal cover height between .408 and .420 and you'll be OK. Better to be too tall than too short. There has to be enough height for the bobbins and the baseplate and have it flush (or even a little recessed) with the bottom edge of the cover. BTW, all of the input I have gotten from people I have sold them to and sent them to MJ for the guts has been fantastic. Seymour usually winds them personally, so delivery time can be rather slow. It took me 3 months to get a set back one time, and got another set back in 4 weeks another time. But, the wait was worth it. My buddy Chris Bollman in NYC had to wait almost 5 months for his because of Seymour being busy getting ready for the NAMM show. They sound exactly like the original 60's pickups. And, they look soooooo purty!!!!  Tony

     I would think that Pelham Blue would be a color the Embassy would have been available in, but I'm not sure. P-Blue was a hugely popular Gibson/Epiphone color in the 60's.  I remember seeing an Inverness Green one a long time ago but no other colors except cherry.

    Here's a coupla pix of my '67 NR Frost Blue repro. I made templates from my original and made the body from mahogany, using a Warmoth Jazz width neck (bubinga) and set it in. Pickups and bridge are my repros. It's a tad heavy but sounds and plays unreal.

     Your Bird is truly a 'brought back from the dead' story. I watched the total progress over at the Reranch forum and it really took a lot of skill (not to mention big balls) to pull that off.  We really have a lot of talented people here! BTW, glad you are pleased with the way the pickup sounds.  I'll post a shot of my Frost Blue '67 IV clone as soon as I get my pix swapped over to my new computer.