Maude

Do they have an elastic band behind the headstock to fire things at an unruly crowd? 😁

I've given up with expensive upgrades. There's a general concensus about what should, and shouldn't, be good. Certain standard bridges that people swap for other bridges as an upgrade, certain body and neck constructions that are better than others, a pecking order of parts if you like, to achieve that holy grail of bass attributes, sustain. I recently bought an early 70s Kay bass, widely regarded as an utter piece of shite, and not without reason, a plywood neck screwed to a thin plywood body. The original bridge had been replaced with a cheap BBOT with the wrong string spacing. I fitted a Squier Bronco bridge as it had the correct spacing, these were routinely upgraded as they were considered a very poor design. I've refinished it with several thick layers of poly which should dull it's tone as well. Out of the 15-20 basses I own the Kay has the longest sustain and is the most resonant, it rings like a bell when played unplugged. This makes a mockery of all the accepted theories of bass construction and hardware.

I'm not a fan either. About twenty years ago I worked with a chap who was really into Yes and Rush, when he found out I played bass he couldn't believe I was into them. I borrowed a few of his albums and listened to them all the way through a couple of times, but nothing, just didn't like it. He couldn't understand why. I've now stopped trying to like stuff that I feel I should like. I've tried to like Stanley Clarke and the usual suspects talked about on here but I just don't like them. I like a very varied mix of styles but there's a few that do nothing for me so I've stopped feeling guilty for not liking it and just enjoy what I do like. Prog is still way above jazz-fusion in the pecking order though. 😉

Beat it (Michael Jackson)

Hazy shade of winter (Simon and half uncle)

Tears of a clown (The Beat (yes it's better than the original))

Black Planet (Sisters of Mercy)

Big in Japan (Alphaville)

Now I want to watch 'The Sting'.

Paranoid (Sabbath) it had to be didn't it? 😁

51st State (New Model Army)

Die, Die my Darling (Misfits)

I'm sure there's someone on the the Facebook Rickenfakers group that sells decal kits for the 'Born to Lose' bass. I've seen a few Lemmy tributes on there made from Chickenbackers.

Ha ha brilliant, who was celebrating behind HC when he turned it around, notice the arms in the air cheer 😁.

Mother (Danzig)

Turning Japanese (The Vapors)

The funeral party (The Cure)

The Upstairs Room (The Cure)

Could it have been flat on purpose, or by accident but deliberately left that way, to give it a sense of melancholy?

That looks great. 😎 I like the black knobs, but like you say, white might look good. I have a sneaky bit of black'n'white chequer on/in my 4005. I bought a new shirt for the band and the cardboard inside was a nice chequer, so I popped a bit of double-sided tape on it and slid it through the soundhole. It's just noticeable enough to be a nod to our Mod/Ska stuff.

Know your rights (The Clash)

Ignore me, do this. Like a Rickenbacker Lightshow.

A splash of white paint on the reverse of that would get rid of the opaqueness. Looking good though 👍.

English Rose - The Jam

I think upsidedowner was doing the same as he'd just posted 'E' at the time.