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From The Mailbag: Tim Sarter & His Airline Map Bass

August 3, 2011

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Tim Smarter with his surf green Airline Map Bass

Tim Sarter from California here. We spoke a couple of years ago. I used to have one of the two or three map basses Metropolitan made – long scale, weighing a million pounds, etc. Been wanting one of yours for years. Finally got one a couple of months ago.

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1960′s Supro Airline Pocket Bass Guitar

October 1, 2007

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What’s the best bass for guitar players? What’s arguably the coolest bass ever made? What’s got bottom that’s so huge, warm, and round that Mr. “I like Big Butts” Sir Mix a Lot would pen a moving ode to it? If you guessed the Valco-made Supro and/or Airline Pocket bass, you guessed right.

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