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[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1042525' date='Nov 30 2010, 05:15 PM']Just tell your guitarist to shut up. He's probably the problem. [/quote] Well, now you mention it... This was the first time I used my Rickenfaker, and also the first time the guitarist used his new overdrive pedal (a Boss Blues Driver 2 (BD2)). I hope that isn't the problem

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1042488' date='Nov 30 2010, 04:56 PM']Mine needed a little tweek on the truss road and some bridge saddle adjustment. Maybe yours needs a bit too? Vanishing in the mix? Try adding a dollop of treble and use the bridge pickup. Maybe drop the pickups into the body a little to stop it sounding too 'woofy'? Hard to advise you as I'm cutting through fine in my band mix. What other gear are you using? Not sure what you mean about an annoying high sound? Is it hum? I don't think the control and pickup cavities are shielded particularly well so I'm going to get the old copper tape out soon and change the pots. Still very, very pleased with this bass. It's got a great rock sound.[/quote] I dropped the pickups into the body, will see if it makes any difference. I can't understand why it vanishes in the mix, my other MusicMan clone (with only a bridge pickup) cuts through real fine (on my Rickenfaker I used the bridge pickup too). Maybe I just couldn't get the settings right on the amp, will try it the next rehearsel again...

Just wanna jump in here... I received my Retrovibe RV4 last week (I got the white one), and it looks really awesome! On my practice amp at home it sounds really, really good (as you already said, a very high output!) but when I took it to my band rehearsel I was a bit dissapointed. I couldn't get the sound right, it just vanished in the mix. Also it had an annoying high sound with it, maybe because the neck isn't set properly (haven't got any buzz, accept when I play at the neckpickup the strings hit the neck)? Any ideas how that could be?