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Taking Ric fugliness too far - KayRic
prowla replied to spectoremg's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
As for the Kay, it is the bottom of the pike as far as Ric copies go. Hierarchy: Real Ric. Custom-made (by a genuine luthier). John Birch. Japanese vintage thru-neck 33.5" scale (Greco, Shaftesbury). Japanese vintage bolt-on neck 34" scale (various Matsumoku). Eko vintage (some brands had Italian-made models). Hondo II (plywood body). Rockinbetter (the template of the Chickenbackers). The current Chickenbackers (AliExpress, etc.). A couple of copies which tried to get around trademark by using a different headstock. Kay. I would have one for the curiosity value. -
Taking Ric fugliness too far - KayRic
prowla replied to spectoremg's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
My first Ric was an S model, so no issues there. My others have binding and it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's the same with any guitar with binding, including acoustics. I was chatting with someone who had cut their fingers on the treble pickup surround. Two of mine have 3rd-party blanking plates fitted. -
Fenders are so easy to fake, from the Limelights, through the Chinese counterfeits, to bedroom bodgers with a Squier and a transfer decal.
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Taking Ric fugliness too far - KayRic
prowla replied to spectoremg's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
My blue '78. Incidentally, the Ric bass is the finest design ever, IMHO; up there with the classics like the Coke bottle, the Barcelona chair, the Spitfire, the red phone box, the London tube map, the red bus, the BIC biro. -
Taking Ric fugliness too far - KayRic
prowla replied to spectoremg's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Last time he walked past my Rics, he didn't stop! (But I'll take a couple to this year's Bass Bash too, just in case...) -
I have a Roland PK-5A and a Keith McMillen 12-step; the PK-5A is a simple workhorse and the 12-step needs programming, but can trigger multiple events per keypress. They run to a Minitaur (which is a bit of a one-trick pony) and a Roland JV-1010, which has loads of built-in sounds and can take a plugin card (eg. Vintage Synth or Orchestral). Either of those pedal units plus a JV-1010 is well within budget.
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For some reason that makes me nervous...
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Cool - everybody is entitled to express their preference.
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Ok, so the Sire beats them all.
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I briefly played a U-Bass at one of the bass bashes - it was very good! (Do not slide notes on it, however!)
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Uh-huh...
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I don’t know if it’s good that they did the setup when pointed out or bad that they waited until someone asked.
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How many £1000 basses did you compare it against?
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I’m happy with the stock unit.
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Well spotted - the 5-string isn’t going to work, so I’m going to have to shift to a 4. And yes, it is madness!
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That’s better! 🙂
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I wanna see it...
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Haha!
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I’m not sure they do a floating bass bridge.
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The bridge/tailpiece perfectly fits the instrument. The AC model has a new unit.
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The assembly originally came from a lap steel guitar and the cover was actually a pair of horseshoe pickups which also formed a wrist rest. In the 70s the horseshoe pickup was replaced, but the surround was retained. Rickenbacker teleased a subsequent model, the 4004, which had no surround, but customers kept buying the 4003. So, the reason it is so big is because that is what customers want!
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Not "credit to the seller" - if it's got the logo on it then it's a counterfeit.
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Incidentally, I've a Rickenberger project on the go..
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Nope - if you plug into both, you may get no output: Plugging a jack into the mono output connects both channels together. Plugging a mono jack into the stereo socket connects the jack socket ring to the sleeve of the jack, which is gnd. Therefore everything is connected to ground. Incidentally, Ric did do one model of guitar with dual-mono outputs rather than the normal mono/stereo; I think it was a 620 variant.
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Well, there are two amps there. Alternatively, if it is a mono cable, then perhaps the owner only likes the treble pickup and uses the selector as a kill switch!
