<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Avery</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Well oddly we have a 1958 7 ft version in s= hop with the exact same action setup except no wippen springs as the newer one d= oes  & I like it.</FONT> <FONT size=3>It has a good fat belly & but enough bearing. We lowered the plate & recapped the bass bridge as it was already over loaded. It is now a legitimate sounding beast.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Dale, <BR><BR>Kind of ironic that you'd post this right now. Les Bartlett posted= on the <BR>caut list about a tuning problem with a Petrof. And I have a tunin= g appt. <BR>with a regular customer next Tuesday who has a 7' version. <BR><BR>Avery </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>