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Clearly given the shape of the case, the guitar is a Mustang.

Received this from Tom at COG this morning, and it was too good not to share.

Yeah come on, own it!

HB PB-50 - v3.0 Becomes v4.0... *AUDIO CLIP* You'll be pleased to know that this will be the final reincarnation of this HB PB-50 Precision Bass. Yes... I know I said that last time - but Shoreline Gold, though a very nice finish, isn't really my thing. My thing is basses that are white. Or cream. Or aged Oly White. Or yellow, basically... you know what I mean. I was particularly taken with the new Player Series 'Buttercream' P bass - hence this refinish and reworking - saving myself £649. This one has a custom handmade Herrick dual-coil pickup in it - and very nice it is too... warm, taut and punchy, with the mid-range push typical of a 57-type split-pickup, but in a 51-type four-pole format. It's a beast... check out the audio clip. https://www.herrickpickups.com/ The previous version 3.0 bass is here. Now read on. Body refin in TV Yellow nitro Pickguard in Acrylic White Fender American Deluxe Bridge, Top-Loading or Through-Body Herrick Dual-Coil Telebass '51' pickup overwound to 11k ohms CTS solid-shaft pots, Chiclet cap .047uF, Switchcraft Jack in cats-eye side plate Fender Chrome '51' Pickup Cover Fender Tug Bar Fender dome-top knurled control knobs with grub screws Wilkinson WJBL 200 tuners La Bella 760FS Steel Flatwounds 45-65-85-105, Through-Body Stringing Is this really the final version..? I hope so, because I just don't have the time (or disposable bass tokens) for any more finishing shenanigans... I thank you!

@BrunoBass With the 1st templates I did,You didn't even need to line them up 😄 Plan was the run round it with a router and flush trimmer cutter. Once it dawned on me nobody was using a router the next batch I sent out were just cut vinyl 😂

I used an electric jigsaw and sanded by hand. I was quite pleased with the result. I got a Mike Dirnt template off the internet. Little tip, I found it easier to place the template on the back of the headstock as it’s flatter and the template sits better. Also i could line up the printed machine head holes through the drilled holes of the headstock.

The Warman MM style pups are monsters, I`ve had several including 2 in my Westone Quantum and I`ve just put a 5 string version in a deco HB 5 string ray copy and it`s transformed it.

Soak it up Christine - if you were nearer to me instead of cowboy country, i'd be asking you if i could watch you work ! These babies will be some of the nicest builds in this forum

I am sure that there is no aspect of this video that any of us will recognise.

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He said that they average about 8 pounds! 🙂

I love my Ric. I'm actually in the process of using it on a new recording project I am doing at the moment & it's the first time I have recorded on just one bass for a whole album. I bought secondhand as I didn't fancy the full on expense but I've really bonded with this one. The expensive bit is the furry security guard I have to employ because of all the haters!

fender P = Fender J= Ricks=

It's basically there to give the surgeons a laugh when they're fixing my hernia for the fourth time...

I love Welcome to my Nightmare, must be time to dig it out again

Ooooh good jimi track, ooooh good jimi track, anymore like this?

Well... that might work with a hard case. 😉

I would have used a router, but I'm really not comfortable with power tools since I nearly sliced my balls off with a circular saw during a cab build. Just sayin'.

The HX is literally three times the price of the B3n. I would certainly want the HX to be the better option at that price differential! The very fact that we are even engaging in a comparison says something about the value for money of the B3n.

My Kala as it came from the factory had an issue with the pickup not picking up the E string. The piezo pickup is glued (actually looks like black epoxy) to the bottom of the saddle instead of lying on the bottom of the saddle channel. Kala's "fix" was to loosen the strings and tilt the bridge saddle towards the tail of the bass, which made the already shitty intonation even shittier. To actually play this thing anywhere near in tune I've had to experiment with changing strings - 4th set were best, the ones that came off the HB Uke. Other than sharp fret ends (it's an HB Deko after all) the HB was perfect out of the box. Adding Pyramid tape wounds was the icing on the cake.

Having rewound a lot of Rick pickups I've found (by actually measuring the wire diameter) that contrary to what Rickenbacker have maintained, the 8k ones were wound with 43awg wire which roughly gives you 8000 turns. They now use finer 44awg wire ... and because of the higher resistance per foot of the finer gauge, the 8000 turns gives you 13.5k. Exactly the same power, because it's turns that equal volume, not resistance. The 44awg wire just gives you more mid punch.

He's sending me some "ideas" with keyboard bass and drums on... Hopefully he'll be happy when I liberally smear my attempt at his bass-line with envelope filter, bass synth and bass whammy, and play it all in a P-Funk style in straight 4:4 On The One. Perhaps I'll take my platform boots to the next jamhearsal!

Someone stole your bass and parked a fiesta ST in its place

I have read people on Talkbass saying that the 115 Traveller works with the102p, hence my interest. I didn’t consider that EQ might be an issue, but now I am. I do like the sound of 10” speakers for sure.

What do you mean by "well"? Do you mean accurately or faithfully, or do you mean efficiently? I'd say the enclosure (or lack of) is just as important as the size of the drivers...

Aaaaaghh!!! Overhang OCD alert! Overhang OCD alert! *Runs away and washes hands 20,000 times*

How come my studio headphones produce some really jaw dropping bass with a 33mm driver then?

Air movement is Cone Size linked with displacement - how much the cone can move forward and back in the chassis. A really wide cone only moving 1mm won't shift as much air as a smaller cone that moves 10mm

I've taken it out of the semi.... ..to put in the solid body and see if it's even more ric-o-like And it is!!!! I've done sound samples.. but stupidly I've overdubbed a load of parts onto one of my band's new tracks and we haven't released the album yet - so I can't make them public. @discreet and @Andyjr1515 have had a sneaky listen and I'm sure they can confirm there's a whiff of Ric about this pickup. Once I can do, I will release the sound files for wider consumption! I'd do some generic twiddling, but I really think you need to hear these in context.

In which case that's a bit of a killer point you've raised. However folk do regularly mix cab sizes - so is this just a particular feature of the Markbass 2x10s and 1x15s?

You've seen this and been tempted haven't you?!

Yup. It was not a great choice. Too many EQ compromises to make the 15 sound great and the 10s sound great at the same time. If you like it and want more - then get more of the same. Get a 2x10 cab. No EQ compromises then and you get more of what you like.

IMO Dave Ellefson can do whatever he likes.

It self-relics, too!

Yes I do!! 😁 But if it doesn't look good I can keep the pickguard black anyway

But it creates this wall of awesomeness

Not this again? Geddy's on record as having used his Jazz as well as his Ric to record with (on plenty of songs considered to be iconic to the Ric sound), and he's dropped the Ric completely...pushing forty years ago. Similar situation with Foxton and his Precision. I should have written 'didn't use them exclusively' with the studio recordings in my post above, so apologies for that, but the fact remains, however inconvenient. I've never played a '72, they may well have something the ones I have played (and owned) didn't have...and I've moved on basses by Alembic, Warwick, Status, Sei, and all the more usual suspects like Fender, Gibson and MM, and settled with what I like and won't sell. It's a nice place to be, and I'm glad your Rics are that for you. That brand new one I bought was still nowhere near good enough build and finish-wise for a £1600 bass. For the record, I was gutted.

We did a deal. She doesn't count my instruments, I don't count her shoes...

I think I saw that on Facebook. Should be very apt!

One day they'll realise that a young kid hankering for a Ric, would buy a Ric copy to start with and would dream of a real Ric when he gets better/older/richer. But he can't buy a fake Ric so he buys a Squier P bass, then when he gets better/older/richer....he buys an Am Stnd Fender P bass.....

Had the CMD and it served me well for five years. Couldn’t have asked for more - and I miss the tilt back function, great for hearing on stage. As for carpet finish, get a Roqsolid cover...

I've never owned a combo that has a tilt back capability but I have read they are really good for hearing what you are playing on stage. Although carpet covering requires a little more maintenance (brush/vacuum) I prefer it in the main to cheap Tolex (far east production?) that marks and tears way too easily

Given you've already bought the MB I'd stick with that unless you can return it and swap it out? If so the MB is still a better quality combo but I've heard good things about the Rumble 800 too. I guess you have to ask yourself which sound you prefer ( and don't forget what you hear is not what the audience will hear). I like MB gear and have a CMD 121P and when I tried the Rumble 500 did not like the sound but the Rumble 800 has lots of toys. Different strokes for different folks...

I have listened to a bit of Joe Bonamassa and I don't quite understand why he is the big thing; no doubt he can play but it all sounds a bit blues by numbers. Robert Cray is a far more interesting guitarist imo. Also has a great voice.

I think if you're wearing the dress and wig most people will know who you are supposed to be. If you get time you could draw on some sailor tattoos as well.

Yep, this! Ha! 😀 To the O/P, would you be willing to pop the chassis out and take a pic? It may be DFA control..

I rest my case

Absolutely. Everyone raved about the first wave of Fender Fleas, and a pretty high percentage then sold them. Those dopamine pathways in our heads are telling us we're going to feel so much better when was have the new bass, but they stop saying that the moment we get it, which is when the cognitive dissonance starts kicking in! Strikes me that if fender thought an MM PUP in a Jazz Bass body was a good idea they could have done it a long time ago, without waiting for Flea to suggest it.

I've got an identical acoustic! From Thomann too, but it wasn't deko - I think it cost £110 so it's actually OK to post it in this thread