prowla

I'm thinking of making an offer.

Well, well, well - I have a Warwick 5-string neck waiting for a body to turn up...

I admire the fact that he protects his brand, which he has to do or he'll tacitly accept them and thus lose the right to the intellectual property. Contast that with all of the "Fender"s and "Gibson"s you see about with fake logos. I quite like the vintage Japanese, etc. Ric copies, which have their own point in time and indeed I've had a couple of Matsumoku ones and currently have a Shaftesbury; I nearly paid good money recently for a John Birch a short while ago. However, I dislike the more recent Ric copies, including the Rockinbetters and Chickenbackers (with fake logos on their TRC). That said, I accept BC's position that they are better just keeping away from the whole thing.

Curious - I've just followed the link and it says "This product has been viewed 1 times."...

It's still got a Fender logo on it...

I reported it too - these fake fenders really hack me off. (There was one last week described as "upgraded" with a waterslide decal...)

There are folks bidding on this - I hope it doesn't go high! Someone will be buying it thinking they've got a Fender instrument.

What a load of toot!

I think it is quite easy to spot a fake Ric bass. Way easier than Fenders...

Me too!

Baloney - the Spectors are just Warwick copies. ;-)

Why the either/or? There is no "one ring to rule them all". Have one of each. I personally find the Ric the most natural bass to play of any I've tried. As far as versatility goes, I would say that the Ric doesn't lend itself to slap'n'pop. That's my preference; if other folks think otherwise, then that's their preference.

A couple of white ones... An old white Ric. An RPG doubleneck.

Apologies for my previous reply; my £50 banger is now legally up for sale!

I knew that!

I put in the 1st bid as a spotter.

Well, I bid on that but It's now above my limit.

Well - it ended at £51.

Yep - I bought a (cheap) passive volume pedal and wired in a .047 cap!

I think the POG plays polyphonic too (though I could be wrong). I had a chat with the Aguilar folks at the London Bass Show (Olympia) and they said the Octamizer liked to be first in the effects chain (but I think most makers probably say that!). I also tried making a passive tone control and putting that in before it (just to tone down the harmonics), but it didn't do much; I may revisit that at ome point.

@Al Krow The POG (the full-sized one) seemed to be more stable to me and it also does an octave up. However, I would say that the sounds were more like it generated them rather than it modified the input signal.

I tried several octave pedals (MXR, Boss, and one or two others) down Denmark Street a few years back and I found that the Aguilar Octamizer was the best; it had the best "feel" and kept the character of the original note (it must've sounded good, because other folks in the shop complimented me on my playing!). However, it does struggle with tracking low notes and the tonal character of my Ric gives it a hard time. I recently bought an EH Synth 9 from someone (which is a fun pedal) and they were also selling an EH POG; though I didn't buy that, I think it is the best octave pedal I have tried.