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'''Pedulla''' or M.V. Pedulla was a private bass guitar manufacturer from Boston, Massachussets, USA. The company was founded in 1975 by luthier Michael V. Pedulla and ceased their opartions in 2019, when he announced his retirement.<ref>https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/05/07/michael-pedulla-announces-retirement/</ref> Pedulla's range of basses included the Thunderbass, the Thunderbolt, the MVP Bass and the Buzz fretless and fretted bass, which made the company popular in the 1980s, and the Rapture line, which were Fender bass clones and were used by Chris.


Wolstenholme used Pedullas live and in the studio between 1999 and 2007. After using Pedullas for 5 years for live performances, when the [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelation Tour]] started, he swapped from Pedullas to [[Fender Jazz Bass|Fender Jazz Basses]]. One of Wolstenholme's Pedulla RB4's was on display in the Manson Guitar Shop in Devon, above Bellamy's [[Manson M1D1 Mirror | M1D1 Mirror]].
== Tobacco Sunburst/Rosewood fretboard/Soapbar Pedulla Rapture ==
{{Guitarbox |
| Name = Pedulla Rapture RB4
| Manufacturer = M.V. Pedulla
| Used = 1999 - 2001
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = Tobacco Sunburst paint
| Wood = '''Body:''' ''Unknown''<br/>'''Neck:''' Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard:''' Rosewood
| Bridge = Chrome Fender-style 4-String Bridge
| Electronics = Two volume, one tone
| Pickups = Single soapbar pickup
| Special = /
| type = Bass Guitar
}}
Chris' first known Pedulla. Used on gigs from 1999 to 2001 (such as [[Cologne Bizarre Festival 2000 (gig)|Bizarre Festival 2000]] and the [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|St. Malo gig]] in 2001) for songs in DADG (Drop-D) tuning.
This Pedulla featured a tobacco sunburst paintjob with a tortoise shell pickguard and one soapbar pickup.
=== Tobacco Sunburst/Soapbar Pedulla Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:ChrisSunburstPedulla.jpg|Chris' Sunburst Pedulla
</gallery>
== Candy Blue/Rosewood fretboard/J-Style Pedulla Rapture ==
{{Guitarbox |
| Name = Pedulla Rapture RB4
| Manufacturer = M.V. Pedulla
| Used = 2001
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = Candy Blue
| Wood = '''Body:''' ''Unknown''<br/>'''Neck:''' Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard:''' Rosewood
| Bridge = Chrome Fender-style 4-String Bridge
| Electronics = Two volume, one tone
| Pickups = 2x J-Style pickups
| Special = /
| type = Bass Guitar
}}
This bass was used to record [[Origin Of Symmetry (Album)|Origin Of Symmetry]] & was used at some gigs in 2001 and in the [[Plug In Baby (video)|Plug In Baby music video]], he bought it for £1300 before being sold as a Part-ex at the Manson Guitar Shop.
Chris preferred the sound of the single soapbar pickup Raptures as opposed to dual Jazz-style pickup Raoptzres and since then, he has only used single-pickup Raptures.
== Candy Blue/Rosewood fretboard/Soapbar Pedulla Rapture ==
{{Guitarbox |
| Name = Pedulla Rapture RB4
| Manufacturer = M.V. Pedulla
| Used = 2001 - 2009
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = Candy Blue
| Wood = '''Body:''' ''Unknown''<br/>'''Neck:''' Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard:''' Rosewood
| Bridge = Chrome Fender-style 4-String Bridge
| Electronics = Two volume, one tone
| Pickups = Single soapbar pickup
| Special = /
| type = Bass Guitar
}}
Used from 2001 after Chris had sold the blue dual J-Style pickup Rapture. Can be seen on the [[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo DVD]] for songs in standard EADG tuning. This bass was also used for live performances of [[Space Dementia (song)|Space Dementia]] in 2004 & [[Micro Cuts (song) |Micro Cuts]] at some some gigs in 2007. It was also tested in studio whilst recording [[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]] to try find the best slap sound.
In terms of looks, it was identical to the previous blue Pedulla.
This bass was displayed in the Mansons Guitar Shop.
=== Candy Blue/Soapbar Pedulla Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:Manson 3.jpg|right|thumb|Chris' soapbar-pickup blue Pedulla on display in Manson's shop
</gallery>
== Flat Black/Rosewood fretboard/Soapbar Pedulla Rapture ==
{{Guitarbox |
| Name = Pedulla Rapture RB4
| Manufacturer = M.V. Pedulla
| Used = 2001 - 2004
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = Flat Black
| Wood = '''Body:''' ''Unknown''<br/>'''Neck:''' Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard:''' Rosewood
| Bridge = Chrome Fender-style 4-String Bridge
| Electronics = Two volume, one tone
| Pickups = Single soapbar pickup
| Special = /
| type = Bass Guitar
}}
Used for songs in dropped-D tuning between 2001 & 2004, can be seen on the [[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo DVD]]. While playing [[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]] in Trabendo, France in 2003, a straplock broke causing Chris to play the remainder of the song while trying to hold the bass up. After [[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]] had thrashed [[Dominic Howard|Howard's]] drumkit, Chris held the bass over his head & launched it onto the drum riser. The bass landed on the head, possibly cracking the body and a tuning peg. He made a new hole for this peg since the old one was useless. This makes the bass being mistaken for a 5-string Pedulla.
=== Flat Black/Soapbar Pedulla Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:Not 5-string bass.png|right|thumb|Chris' Pedulla which was suspected as a 5-string bass
File:Another pic of suspected as 5-string bass.png|The front strap pin indicates that the pin was broken
</gallery>
== Candy Red/Rosewood fretboard/Soapbar Pedulla Rapture ==
{{Guitarbox |
| Name = Pedulla Rapture RB4
| Manufacturer = M.V. Pedulla
| Used = 2002 - 2006
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = Candy Red
| Wood = '''Body:''' ''Unknown''<br/>'''Neck:''' Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard:''' Rosewood
| Bridge = Chrome Fender-style 4-String Bridge
| Electronics = Two volume, one tone
| Pickups = Single soapbar pickup
| Special = /
| type = Bass Guitar
}}
This bass was used for all songs in standard tuning between 2002 & 2005. At the end of 2003, Chris sprayed the white pickguard flat black & after a while sprayed the whole body flat black, except for a design believed to be a Dragon, which was left red. Because of that, this bass is sometimes reffered to as the "Dragon Pedulla".
Chris also used this bass briefly in 2006 for the [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2006 (gig)|Shepherds Bush]] gig for 2 songs, [[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]] and [[Butterflies and Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies and Hurricanes]], possibly because of the fast-paced finger picking in both songs, Chris was more comfortable with the usual feel of the Rapture.
=== Candy Red/Soapbar Pedulla Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:27-06-04 7.jpg|Wolstenholme with the Dragon Pedulla at [[Pilton Worthy Farm 2004 (gig)|Glastonbury 2004]]
File:Dragon bass.png|Chris' Dragon Pedulla
</gallery>
== See also ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgp2VnHMMqg Chris shooting out basses during the making of Undisclosed Desires; including the Candy Blue Pedulla]
== References ==
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{{Backto|Bass}}
[[Category:Bass guitars]]
[[Category:Christopher Wolstenholme]]

Latest revision as of 15:45, 9 January 2021