John Gallagher of Raven

Wow, that looks and sounds slamming!

What kinda pickups are going to be in it?

if he installs any pickups in it that are blue trim ringed, or paints the thing blue, Darkstrike will be in the hospital from a heart attack

ya DS I'm lol'ing to you from the TB thread....

t he pickups will be Octobers - humbucker/p-bass/humbucker
and the humbuckers are damn good...loud & full range...
I should have a progress update next week as they just added the truss rod & routed the
control cavity... and I'll make sure everything's blue!!! ha!!
I have a load of great pix from Japan...too big to host here so I'll bang them to Eric..
cheers, John

Hey there John! Welcome home!

I'll be sure to post those pictures once I get them. So how did it go?

WOW! I'm really excited about this thing. When will they be put into production? How much will it cost? What woods are you going to use? What kind of trem?

God, I was thinking about buying my teacher's Warwick, but now I might not. This thing sounds awesome!

hey Eric!!
email me as the email I have for you aint working....I'll get ya the pix!
apart from the bad back (they sent me to a Japanese chiropractor..
the guy beat the s**t outta me but I was able to play!!!) it was amazing!!!
most over the top crowds we've EVER played to..and we've been there before!
the EMG on the explorer was killer...and in Tokyo we got Marty Firiedman to get up & do 3 songs
with us.."for the future", "dont need your money" and "born to be wild"
cheers, John

Glad to hear it went so well, John! And jamming with Marty Friedman sounds killer! Did you guys do any Megadeth?

Email is on the way!

johng wrote:

t he pickups will be Octobers - humbucker/p-bass/humbucker
and the humbuckers are damn good...loud & full range...
I should have a progress update next week as they just added the truss rod & routed the
control cavity... and I'll make sure everything's blue!!! ha!!

I'll totally buy that!

Who am I kiddin' from the sounds of it, I'd want it were it dayglo......


Can you make it dayglo?

What's dayglo, man?

I'm guessing it's a blue finish, but it sounds like a car freshener scent or a Simple Green ripoff

Fluorescent paint, can be ay colour really.

Chowderboots wrote:

What's dayglo, man?

I'm guessing it's a blue finish, but it sounds like a car freshener scent or a Simple Green ripoff

Now there's a sign of the age gap!

hi - an update - Tony tells me inlays are in, fretting next & putting in the pickups - looks like we are going with
the October MM style pups..plus a precision style...I'll probably have it in rough shape to check out in a week or so
will update then!!
looking at new gear...anyone check out the line 6 PD xt bass or the new one, the x3??? theres also a seriously
high priced unit called the axe fx that looks like the holy grail....as the ultra version costs about $2500 it should be!
cheers, John

Sweet! I'll bet you're stoked to see it!

I've seen extensive discussion of the Axe FX on the JCF:
http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94340

Sounds awesome, John! We are all anxious to see/hear how it turns out!

Hi!
my October bass is getting there..I go up to check it out next week before
it gets painted..heres pix:

^ Wow. Its looking good! The back end kind of reminds me of an Ibanez Iceman. So the bottom horn will be longer than the top horn? Interesting look. I like it.

When are these going to hit the market?

Looking great so far!

almost looks lefty-like

^ That was my first thought too

That's awesome, John! It's going to be one mean bass!

The pic you posted has neither:

-Pickups
-Finish
-The trem
-Or any other hardware

And my GAS is already through the roof

God this is going to be a killer bass!

Kugelspot wrote:

The pic you posted has neither:

-Pickups
-Finish
-The trem
-Or any other hardware

And my GAS is already through the roof

God this is going to be a killer bass!

Yeah no joke, dude. If they start making something like this for average Joes like us, I might have to reevaluate my GAS situation.

All the very best to everyone & lets hope 2010 brings the best to one & all!
still haranging Tony at October - they are finishing up painting...
apparently getting the trem happening was a bit of a horror(hahaha) but I should
be able to check out the final animal soon...heres a shot with the black underseal..

long time no posting John...HappyNewYear to you and yours over there as well. Glad your still around to say hi every now and then....

OK! John hasn't been able to post this just yet, but here is a picture of his newest creation I got off of Facebook:



The trem is a custom creation, since the bass is an eight-string. I'm sure we'll get John to post on this soon once he gets the time to do so.

EricHaven wrote:

OK! John hasn't been able to post this just yet, but here is a picture of his newest creation I got off of Facebook:



The trem is a custom creation, since the bass is an eight-string. I'm sure we'll get John to post on this soon once he gets the time to do so.

Interesting... But of course I want clips or demos.

I like the red Tbird the other guy is using

kahler on a tbird?

Hi Amimbari...
er....yes!! exactly!!!!! so..I'll get to work on that!!

that thing was for sale about 2 years ago, I didn't have the cash so I told a friend who also collects Jackson stuff and he bought it...
I was going to do that to my JacksonBird, but was always scared for reselling purposes if I ever needed to sell it..so my Tbird still has the 2440 fixed kahler on it.

but yep, you wanted to see a tbird with a kahler, and I knew I still had the pics around

Hi, yeah..its a tough call..but at then end of the day..screw it!!!
I'm gonna put either a Hipshot or a Kahler on....and I'm tempted to put a Jazz neck on..the T-bird neck is cool
but so, so fragile...one bang & the headstock is gone on these things...and I'm good
at banging my basses around...too good!
but that Jackson is sweeeeeeeet!!!

that p/j ia a 87 customshop build, the kahler was naturally added later.

mine is a 94 version when they used emg 35p4 and 35j in the square housings to change the look around but retain the singlecoil tone and came with the emg bass/treb preamp and not just tone.

they also reversed the fins to distinguish the USA from MIJ.

i forgot John, ...what ever happened to this one you posted WAY back in the topic ??

Awesome videos, John! Although I wish the camera wasn't so shaky in the video from Italy. Still, you guys totally rocked it! Viva Italia!

And we're still really stoked about the show in Seattle that's coming up. The whole band will be there!

Hi,
actually I did finish that bass...probably posted a pic here (will try again)
as for the Video - Eric, heres a less shaky one from the same gig....



plus pix of that T-bird ( my issue is putting the kahler on an epi....may need some neck adjustment)
the epi in question..and since I was in th epit...the "flash" bass!


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Thanks for posting that video, John! And seeing your ESP flash bass again takes me back quite a few years!

I got an email from John this morning, and I wanted to share it with you Guys:

Hey Eric!
How are you doing? Thought you'd get a kick outta this...



Cheers! John

John's response after I oozed with praise:

Hi Eric,
It was fun doing that. I've never done a clinic-thing before..so I just talked about my basses and why I use such weird ****,
and played a bit. After they ran outta questions I said "ok..you asked for it..." and made 5 mins of noise...!

Cheers, John

some others on FB were talking about Raven and posted this video.. Nice XL Kramer?

https://youtu.be/diYUWJJBinU

Reckon so. What a great video!   

Hey Eric you ever heard this?
John with Paul Di'Anno doing some Iron Maiden covers and some of Pauls originals



I'd say John more than gives Steve Harris a run for his money here!
Just ordered the album.

No! I haven't heard this yet, but I seem to recall John telling me he did this with Paul. Gotta give it a listen!

I'm waiting for my copy to come before I listen to the entire album.
Just checked out that one song on youtube.
So many of my early Maiden favorites.
Murders in the Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Remember Tomorrow, Phantom of the Opera, Running Free.
Can't wait for it to come! Paul may have had a sorted pass (Sanctuary from the law, anyone?)
But he could really sing back in the day so him and John on back up vocals with his bass playing tossed in should make a good listen!

Indeed!

Found out something interesting, was asking on Oktober Guitar's facebook page. Otkober asked Kahler if they were interesting in making the 8 string bass trem for his signature bass.

John recently acquired what appears to be a Bach Musik bass trem, and he was kind enough to send me a video of him demoing:

Awesome! John Gallagher of RAVEN!!!!!!!!!
I remember the solo I.G.A.R.B.O...my guitarist turned me on to it...
THAT TREM!!!!!!! I promptly went out and traded my Harmony P Bass copy for a Hondo P Bass copy with a Kahler trem on it..I MISS THAT BASS!!! I de-fretted it,added a single coil pup in the bridge position, and painted it purple. Got stolen back in 91..ugh..
Now I'm jazzed about getting a Kahler trem on my Ibanez Sound Gear 6 string! Been a long time since I played a bass with a trem.....
Mr. Gallagher..you sir, rock.