EBMM Factory Tour BP Mag 1991

[strummer]

Hoping this won't offend anyone at the BP Mag house...

I can't do sh*t with web stuff, so here are just links to the pages. The frist page is the cover, so maybe you want to skip that, I put it there so that you could all feel a vibe from the days
Enjoy!

http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p1.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p2.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p3.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p4.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p5.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Music_man_tour_p6.jpg

Edit: I'll have a talk with our layout guy when he comes back from lunch, there should be a way to make this a nice pdf I guess...

Edit 2: And yes he did, a low res version (0,9 mb) and a high res version (15 mb). Enjoy!
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/bas_low.pdf
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/bas_high.pdf

 

[carpedebass]

Thanks for posting Strummer!

 

[Vanni]

Thank you for posting!!!

Vanni

 

[oli@bass]

Way !
THANKS!

 

[strummer]

And the ultimate 5-string shoot out
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/Ultimate_5.jpg
I'll do the whole thing when I have some more time, promise

 

[strummer]

And the SR4 review from -93

http://www.fredholm.com/lores/SR4_1.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/SR4_2.jpg

 

[Vanni]

WOW!
thanks again!

we wait for the complete 5 strings shoot out!

Vanni

 

[strummer]

WOW!
thanks again!

we wait for the complete 5 strings shoot out!

Vanni

Ya, I hear you there, but that won't happen until next week I'm afraid. And the god-awful layout they used, well I am thinking maybe I'll improve on it so that the whole thing is easier to read. Or maybe not, maybe it'll be just as fun seeing how it was back then

 

[Musicman Nut]

Very Well Done, Thanks, Lookin Great.

 

[Soul Man]

BP getting it done in the shop!

 

[Caca de Kick]

I posted that same Bass Player article about a year ago.
All I did was scan the pages in to my computer, then loaded the images to photobucket, and linked them here.

 

[pudgychef]

I have been trying to access the "budget 4 string shootout' from a few years ago that featured the EBMM SUB. I can get the preamble but not the actual revies at Bass Player site...anyone have it?

here is what I can get to...what am I doing wrong?
Bargain Bass Blitz!

 

[the unrepentant]

that's really cool, thanks strummer

 

[Rano Bass]

And the SR4 review from -93

http://www.fredholm.com/lores/SR4_1.jpg
http://www.fredholm.com/lores/SR4_2.jpg

Now i see where Roger got the idea for the trussrod he uses now (page 2)

 

[RobertB]

Very cool Strummer, thanks for taking the time. As if I didn't already want an apprentice spot at the EBMM factory bad enough!! How cool would it be to be a part of the process of building these things?

Should this be a sticky? "EBMM press" or some such? This info - particularly the factory tour article/photos & the shootout article - is such sweet candy for addicts, old & new, it'd be cool for it to be "statically located".

 

[carpedebass]

...is such sweet candy for addicts, old & new, it'd be cool for it to be "statically located".

I hear that stuff will make your hair stand up and blow your gas tank up!

 

[strummer]

I have been trying to access the "budget 4 string shootout' from a few years ago that featured the EBMM SUB. I can get the preamble but not the actual revies at Bass Player site...anyone have it?

here is what I can get to...what am I doing wrong?
Bargain Bass Blitz!

I think what you are reading is actually all there is on the web page. Since it's in the "thins month" section, it was probably intended to be a teaer to sell that particular issue.

 

[oli@bass]

Should this be a sticky? "EBMM press" or some such? This info - particularly the factory tour article/photos & the shootout article - is such sweet candy for addicts, old & new, it'd be cool for it to be "statically located".

Fullly agreed. Could even be hosted on and accessible from the EBMM website.

 

[strummer]

One thing I want to know, maybe from someone attending the open house, is how much the production is still the same? In 91 they cut the neck profile in a way I suspect has changed, and maybe other things are also different?
Any input on this would be really interesting.
Oh, and notice how it says "concepts are worked out by Dudley Gimpel and Sterling Ball", and that was almost 17 years ago! Talk about a strong team!

 

[MrMusashi]

hehe.. i have that mag.. was just reading it the other day, and i was also thinking about scanning it. you beat me to it strummer

i do look forward to the reviews though.. hehe.. havent read those before

thanks!

MrM