tomthebass

Hi folks, Had fun reading this...a week after buying my first Ric! A midnight blue 4003 from 2017. Lots of compliments on the look from non-musos and my teenage kids which is interesting! Like many people here I suspect, I had always found the looks a bit weird, but always drawn in by the Chris Squire sound. Having finally found one to have a go on, I was amazed at how playable it is, and versatile. The neck and slightly shorter scale make it very fast, and the tone is full of character, easy to get punchy tones but with a voice. I'm saying this being a regular player of Sadowsky, Modulus, Tobias etc and so I surprised myself falling for this!! And...it sounds bitchin' when slapped, really brings out the honk! The only downside so far for me is the bridge pickup cover, which it turns out is exactly where my fingers want to be. I've removed the cover obviously (and yes it is a horrid lump of plastic), but now have a gaping hole and sharp metal edges for my fingers to get used to. Thinking I might make up a cover out of sheet metal, but not sure if I'll be able to do that with nice shiny chrome to preserve the look. Any tips welcome from folks who have come up with a solution to this! Cheers Tom

Thanks for the ideas guys! Enjoying isn't the word...class D just sounds so...small compared to this :-)

Agree there's no reason you shouldn't do this. I would try to go for a head that has a jack plug for the speaker as you say (often they have a second output anyway for extension speaker). Needless to say, if you have to do any metalwork at all, drilling or whatever, try to protect the circuitry from metal filings and give it a thorough internal hoover afterwards otherwise you might get a nasty short circuit at an unexpected moment :-) Tom

Hi folks, Just acquired an Eden WT550 head which I love (actually it's gobsmacking!!) but is vulnerable to transport, does anyone have any suggestions for a gig bag? The original Eden ones seem hard to come by and I'm not fussed about the make, but it needs to be sturdy cos this is a heavy old school amp! I'm loathe to put this in a rack because it kind of defeats the point of it being a relatively compact beastie. Dimensions are 35cm x 30cm x 10cm. Thanks y'all for looking! Tom