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Just buy one and be done with it. Then sell it again at a loss after Christmas when you realise you got a dogbass and it'll help clear the festive credit card bill. Been there done this, got the T-shirt.

I don't really need much volume but the genz streamliner and focus cabs for me IMHO is as good as I have heard. Simple, light, LOUD when it needs to be and with great grit in the tone if you want it. I can't say its worse or better than GK as I have never had the opportunity to use one but certainly the 600 streamliner punches hard for only being 600 watts.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1385823620' post='2292575'] Perhaps people fancied trying a six-string but then quickly found that they had no real use for it. [/quote] I did this twice. I'd like to have the time to get good at making the most of the extra string but sadly it ain't happening with life as it is at the minute so it's fours and fives for me. Maybe some day I'll manage to buy and keep one.

Traded a bass with dale. All good and a smooth transaction. Thanks

Is this as simple as removing one and replacing it with another the same size? Is it likely to be glued in place and need persuading to come out? Are the measurements given on replacements the full length of the nut or the distance from string centre to string centre? Thanks for any help.

Never played either stage 1 or 2. Hope to some day.

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1384117820' post='2273022'] If you can't get along with a Ric either your technique is simply poor or you bought the wrong instrument for your personal taste. Simply blaming the instrument is rather foolish. Others before you got great results playing their Ric, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Justin Chancellor, Trevor Bolder, Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Paul McCartney to name a few. [/quote] I merely lamented my childhood dreams being shattered. Years of watching Motörhead made me just want one, but not wanting to admit to bad technique I will just agree that I didn't get on with the u bend over the pick up and even when removed it was just not right for me. The 4004 had a dodgy truss rod and got returned so I never got to really try it out. Regardless, I lost a fortune on three over about 18 months, and won't ever get over it as I pined after the bass for years and for me it's just the wrong bass to play but I love the look.

I owned three Rics. A 4003, 4003 fretless and a 4004. Loved how they all looked, hated how awkward they played and sounded. Grimace at the money it cost to see a childhood dream explode in my hands. Have a look around, why aren't more people playing them. . . As all you see is fender Warwick Spector etc etc . Can't get away from that. IMHO

My first ever mm was one of these and I'd still say it was the best sounding one I ever owned even compared to a 25th anniv 5 string I had at one point. Only bad point was the non profiled edge digging in to your forearm above the bridge but that was a small gripe. Great to get a bargain like that. Enjoy.

Many thanks.

At the risk of sounding a total ignorant fool, but bearing in mind I've only ever owned a BO thumb. What's the difference between a stage 1 and stage 2 streamer?

You only really begin to enjoy playing it when you stop worrying about the first ding. As long as it's an accident and you can't get pissed at someone else you gotta just learn to live with it. I treated my Dingwall like a trophy and it took the enjoyment out of playing it to be honest. In my ever honest wife's words,"Wise up, it looks played now it has a ding in it."

[quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1383761954' post='2268785'] First wife. [/quote] Me too for this. Strange how common this is. Or maybe its not strange at all - you just arent married to the right woman.