hiram.k.hackenbacker

If the mp3 was pretty good vocally, then almost certainly there are shenanigans. Kiedis has been not pretty good every time I've seen them 😂

You’re very welcome. I tried my best to get along with earlier versions of Lemmy’s basses. Closest I got was a nice 4001 Mapleglo which I considered adding some bits to. Then one of these came up and I couldn’t resist. 1 of 60 and the first couple were Lemmy’s own basses. The hand carved wing sections are unique to each bass. There are also some with different pick-up placements.

‘Kiss Alive!’ and ‘Kiss Alive II’. The first album was pretty much all overdubbed apart from Criss’ drums. Go figure 🤷‍♂️. The second was mainly from soundchecks with audience noise overdubbed.

The fact that Kanye West features on the 1 to 50 page should give everyone a clue how utterly pointless this is.

Either that or notifications.

I've just started looking at it only last week despite having a Mac for about four years. Not really got my head around it yet.

Clear as mud. I don't think you'll ever get the definitive spec.

Born to Lose Out to lunch Another bass making a debut in 1981. Is the arrival of a third Rickenbacker, with a maple body and dotted maple neck. It’s commonly known as the “Born to Lose Out to lunch” bass. It also raises some controversy. At that time Rickenbacker didn’t make basses with a maple fingerboard. No doubt there were some custom options but it wasn’t stock at this moment in time. Lemmy bought this bass off a friend and a mystery what its original state was. According to Lemmy, when he got the bass it already had the maple fingerboard but the frets were pulled out and in need of repair. He also pointed out that the headstock had a bunch of holes in them from previous tuner keys being installed. It did have a Ric-O-sound however and looked like an original Ric that was modified. Footage of the bass shows a skunk stripe down the back of the neck. Meaning it could have started life as a 4001. This bass was was heavily customised and refurbished on at least 3 occasions. Born to Lose Out to Lunch modifications timeline Not only was the bass cleaned up, different knobs were added like kitchen cooker and chicken head knobs. Even the jack socket moved from the bottom to the front of the bass. You’ll recognize stickers on this bass such as the Iron Cross on the body and the black stars on the inlays. This was Lemmy’s main tour bass between 1981 and 1995. Making appearances on BBC’s the Young Ones and music video releases “One Track Mind”, “Shine” and “I Got Mine”. It was last seen on stage in 2003 at the Motorhead Walk of Fame Induction. Born to Lose Out to Lunch modifications (Click to open) 1981 First appearance with “Born to Lose Out to Lunch” decal 1983 Seen on music videos One Track Mind, Shine, I Got Mine 1984 Seen on BBC’s The Young ones with World War 1 Iron Cross inlays 1985 White binding and black stars added 1987 Chrome guard added 1988 Iron Cross on the body added 1989/90 Input jack moved to the front, Chrome pick guard added 1992 Seen with stars on the fretboard 1st time 1993 Seen with more stars and looks how we know it today. 2003 Last seen on stage as a backup.

Not an impossible drive from Kent to Staines. Depends how much you want it I suppose.

Ooof! That’s below the belt that one 😂

If you need to make some wall space 😉

Wouldn’t pay that even it was a Modulus.

Probably a wrong choice of words. I think you (I thought it was you anyway 😂) mentioned that it’s what some guitar shop employees may have done back in the day i.e. a little nudge to bring back in line. Apologies if it wasn’t you old chap x

Well, it certainly could be that. I bought a not inexpensive bass some time ago to find the strings didn’t sit right across the fretboard. I was advised that the long standing method of dealing with Fender’s that suffered from this was to give the neck a good whack and 99 times out of 100, everything would come back into line. I believe @Chiliwailer may have pointed this out. I didn’t actually do that. I took the strings and neck off and reassembled - problem solved. Same method, just less violent 😂. If it isn’t that in the OP’s case, it could be the bridge, the nut, the saddles or a bit of all three. There are a number of basses in the Marketplace that have strings way out of true. There is one particular one that I really like, but the photos just don’t sell it to me. I don’t understand how there can be that many hi-res photos blatantly showing a bad misalignment in the hope that it will sell. It still hasn’t sold, so I guess the proof is right there. The first thing I look at on a bass that pique’s my interest is string alignment. If the photos don’t include a straight down the neck shot to the headstock showing that, then I either ask for one or pass.

Strings not aligning with the neck but not necessarily be solely the neck. Did you take it off?

Here’s the thread. It was months, but was out of warranty.