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I never saw a Ric there, but I still enjoyed it.

There was a clip of her playing the Moog Rogue too.

Well, it was titled "On Bass", not "On Bass Guitar" and the presenter herself used bass synths. I have to say that when I saw the title I (mis)read it as "Drums'n'Bass" anyway, so wasn't surprised at the direction it took. I think it is pretty much impossible to do a show and cover all of the styles, mention all of the greats in every viewers top-ten, make sure you've listed everyone's favourite model of instrument. I think the recent drumming mini-series was excellent, but even that was subjective and quite superficial in parts. For me, I think of Tina Weymouth as the awful playing of Psycho Killer on the OGWT, but some of the stuff on that programme has perhaps made me re-think. The most amusing/ironic thing about the show for me was the ignorance and arrogance of the punks thinking they'd invented something musically, eg. playing lead bass on a Ric copy, whereas really all they did was put safety pins in their clothes and sugar in their hair (and I remember using safety pins to hold on my school blazer top pocket before punk came along).

If it is the generic non-enclosed bendy one (technical description!), don't push it back too far.

Yes - that was my reaction to reading this thread! Wiring a guitar is not hallowed ground, nor rocket science; if you don't know your SPST from your DPDT, then it's not a crime. Me, I used to think I knew something about electronics and UMIST even gave me a piece of paper saying I'm a bachelor in it. (Electronics, that is, not IT, because IT didn't exist then; however, that said, I do now work in IT!) My next wiring will be a 6-way toggle switch configured as 3+3 to do A/A+B/B for a pair of pickups in single-coil and humbucking, plus a couple of push-pull knobs do do things.

And my latest latest pair...

One show can’t cover every style and every genre. I found the synth section interesting.

I need to buy some strings for a couple of 5-string basses - any recommendations? I like Rotosounds on my 4-string (40-60-80-100) - do you know if I can get a B (120 or 125) on their own? Ta!

I watched some of it - the video clips of her have got me interested. Some of the stuff said in the commentary and by people interviewed was rubbish though - nobody played lead bass before punk came along, nobody held their thumb and finger together like a plectrum before Bernard Edwards... Huh?

That makes it twice as ugly!

"Upgraded" (not).

I drove one of those 'round Mallory Park - great fun!

(deducted)...

So that's something like £5m a year turnover.

The main issue I had with mine was that it was too big for me. The fact that it doubled up as a free workout was just a bonus; I used to hump two Marshall 4x12 and a Burman valve amp around in those days.

I think we're into the "Is a supercar really worth 10x a Mondeo" territory. I guess there are many factors and I don't know the skill, expertise, product demand, man-hours required, and so-on involved. How many instruments do they make a year? If it's 10, then £15k is not going to furnish a lavish lifestyle, whereas if it's 1000 then they're probably doing very nicely!

I think ebay would take it down, as it's not a genuine auction.

I didn't use it full up on my board (I wasn't after that much distortion!), but the shop did it just to compare.

OK - found it!

It was on this tour... The pedals are clear to see at 1:10.

(Actually, I have a Nathan East tone shaper pedal unit thingy somewhere...)

I saw him once - I remember he had some Moog Taurus pedals, but I don't recall what his bass was.

Oh - I hadn't noticed them. 😎

The Ric ones are standard Schaller fit - I have normal Schallers on other guitars too and my strap has Schaller fittings. Beware of the cheap copies - some of them don't push-on (the Schallers have a slight bevel on the locking pin. As far as the button+screw ones, Grover make good ones (branded Quik-Release) and Fender did them for a while. The knurled ones are the older style (and they are the same part as the mute height adjusters!).

I'll update you if that happens...