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You have to read the contract small print. Most exclude stolen from unattanded cars without a lockable boot, if the seats fold down from inside the car, they class that as a none lockable boot. Been there, done that, thieving lying ******* all of them.

Funny things 10" drivers, a good 100 watt 10" can throw more bass than a 300W 10" due to travel on the cone. The Old trace elliot celestion 100W drivers are virtually indescructable, where as the peavey sheffield 150 watt give up the ghost at next to nothing. He will be fine, power handeling is not everything, it is how much air it can move.

You dont need any licence to record, produce, distribute or sell your own creations or CD's . You own the intellectual rights and copyright, same with artwork, if it is your Ceations. Other people need a licence to broadcast, sell, distribute your copyright material. These organisations should be ashamed of themselves for trying to extract licencing rights to use your own material as you wish. They are there to collect royalities on behalf of creators and they dont even have exclusive rights to this. Nothing stops you doing it yourself. As longs as this is your own creations and artwork, find another printer. many would be glad of the work.

I like to hear the tone of a bass guitar on recordings, any tone, I have heard no end of warm compressed organ pedal type bass sounds on recent recordings, giving little reason to use a bass guitar at all, why not just use the keyboard ? The bass guitar is an instrument of wide tone, it can clank, buzz, clink, scoop or smooth. The art of recording the bass is a long forgotton art. Lazy studios use DI and software emulaters and leave the bass sounding like a set of organ pedals. High End Studios once upon a time would have a Bass booth where Tin sheets were on the walls and a Mic in the booth, this would be mixed with a DI signal for low end harmonics, the results were those famous bass tones of yesteryear that set players apart. Tones were as important as technic is setting carears, each player had a unique way of getting the tone to recording. Those skills are lost, one bass player sounds just like the last and the one before that, warm muddy dull compressed strangeled tones of what are rich and diverse instruments. To hear a new recording where you can jump and and say that is a bass guitar, it is a breath of fresh air in todays lazy recording sounds. My ten pence !

You can see the attraction for copycat makers, make your own Korean bass and sell it for what its worth £99, or copy a respected brand with a poor immitation and get £500. But who pays £500 for a copy. If you are going to kid yourself and stand on stage and kid everyone else, £500 buys a Fender. Ricks are expensive, pick one up and you will soon see why.

Deliberate fake: Even Fake duster thrown in> what is this guy on, it's not even close. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MUST-BE-SEEN-Rickenbacker-Bass-Guitar-4003-Rare-AZURE-GLO-Blue-Burst-Colour-4001-/181117042670?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a2b6abfee"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MUST-BE-SEEN-Rickenbacker-Bass-Guitar-4003-Rare-AZURE-GLO-Blue-Burst-Colour-4001-/181117042670?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a2b6abfee[/url]

[quote name='Mark Dixon' timestamp='1357490849' post='1923400'] Now that is what I call a fine pair! I have a latent Rickenbacker itch which has wanted scratching for 30 years.. I've tried to resist indulging myself, but this thread isn't helping [/quote] Yep my red and black girls, both imported from USA , the only 4003s bk in Red i have ever seen, seen a few 4003 bk reds kicking round. Seen a couple of rednecks. Anyone else know of any in UK in that trim spec ? Once saw a 4003s maple with black hardware, that was immense. The 1991 4003 I own (pictured) is a Timewarp condition Bass, case everything could be passed of as brand new. I just love the Black plate basses and Black hardware 4003 was my soft spot as well.

Have an Old Black / rosewood FB Squire Precision Japanese, not JV serial, the one after with typeface block precision bass lettering. dates from around early 90's/ late 80's, lightweight body, they had a thing on routing them out around that era. everything on it is as I bought it bar loosing the pickup chrome thingy, which I took off same day. Condition is well used, was stored 10+ years, so its aged in that time, things like you can feel the skunk strip and so on. Is it of any more value than current squires, it certainly plays like a dream. any ideas where to pitch ?

Two Old Red Ricks together : 1991 4003 BT 1992 4003s BT