Maude

Dropping through sky, Through the glass of the roof, Through the roof of your mouth, Through the mouth of your eye, Through the eye of the needle, It's easier for me to get closer to Heaven Than ever feel whole again. Disintegration by The Cure. I love Liz Taylors, I mean Robert Smiths little word plays and phrasing. There's many, many more from their back catalogue.

It's an excellent recovery of a terrible bandsaw accident when cutting the body shape. Maybe he's made some equaly lovely coasters out of the lower bout than got accidently cut off.

Thanks @Teebs, maybe another restoration project on the cards then. Anyway I've derailed enough. Back to the suspense of what @Dandelionhas bought.

There's something odd with it though. The pickup is routed slightly off centre (lining pole pieces up with the body laminate lines) and as such the bridge is way off centre. The strings run parallel to the fretboard but way off from the body laminate lines. It all looks untampered with though. Which made wonder if these were poor quality.

Driving in my Car (Madness)

I'm just going to ask a quick question here, sorry @Dandelion but you've left us all hanging with your teasing 😉. Is the Westone Thunder I with the single P pickup held in high regard along with the rest of the Thunders? There's one for sale near me for £150

In relation to this question and not really the build, sorry @bertbass. Does it matter if the bottom of a fret slot doesn't follow the radius of the board? Is just cutting them flat and then tapping/glueing the fret in so that middle is hollow underneath OK, or is that a big no no. I assume it's better if the slot base is radius'd but is it vital?

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The 90s reissues had single piece neck (maple I think) with a seperatate headstock glued on with a scarf joint. Whatever this wood is, It's got D'addario half round strings which are on the stiffer end of strings and it's fine so far. Time will ultimately tell though.

Time for Action (Secret Affair)

It was Ped, you quoted him. Do try and keep up.

To be fair you said no obscure twaddle but have let Tales From Topographic Oceans slide.

Sweating Bullets (Megadeth)

Ahem 😬

I was just about to post that. I'll add Melancholy And The Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins to the don't list. It's just too samey, it could've been a blinding single album instead of 'mediocre and the intolerable snoozefest' double that it is.

Uneven string volumes with peizo strip are usually due to uneven pressure being put on the peizo strip. Check that the slot the strip sits in is clean and free from any wood debris. I've evened out string volumes by putting a piece of paper under the peizo under the quieter strings to increase the pressure on the peizo. Even moving the peizo strip towards the treble end of the slot if there's room. Tiny adjustments make a big difference with peizos. Obviously it won't help if you just don't like the tone.

Low Red Moon (Belly)

Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth, Infected by The The, and a mash-up of The Smiths' 'Panic' and Pet Shop Boys' 'Shopping'.

I'll second that. The flame under a translucent finish is stunning, I love a dark fireglo. HW did a dark fireglo 4005 a few months back, it was beautiful.

Thanks for that link, I did my series switch ages ago but a useful resource none the less. 👍

Walls Come Tumbling Down (Style Council)

Our house (Madness)

Yes, I've just re read my reply and it reads a bit stroppy, it wasn't intended. The pickups are custom wound by House of Tone to 4003 specs, the neck pickup sounds like a 4003 neck pickup, but on a 4003 it's all about that bridge pickup, which the 4005 hasn't got. Well it has but it's pushed right up against the bridge and will never sound the same due to the lack of string oscilation it gets. If it was in the same position as the 4003 it would probably be loads better for the sound I wanted. For my situation I should be using my 4003, but being a vain tw@t I wanted the looks of the 4005 and had to tweak it to get the sound I want. 🙂

The pickups in mine are fine, it's the location. You have a 4003, this is a 4005. They're both a Rickenbacker design but very different basses. Neither are better or worse, just different. 🙂

I prefer the look without an extra pickup, but it's a tool so doing what you need to to get the sound you want has its place. Just adding a series switch was enough for me. Another pickup would also give issues wiring it. Standard it has a tone and volume for each pickup and the 5th knob which rolls off a bit of bottom end, (don't ask how it works, peace in the middle east will be sorted before the Rickfans will agree on how the 5th knob works), with three pickups you'll have to give it a bit of thought. Put very simply, if you want a 60s pop tone then the 4005 is great, if you want 70s punk/80s new wave then get a 4003. It's a bit like buying a Jazz but wanting a Precision tone, but the 4005 and 4003 are even further apart than that.