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More like Otway! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHvjK_gqUA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHvjK_gqUA[/url]

Gator's big squared ones work, but they're pretty much the same size as the Ric one. Hiscox don't fit.

Delsey do some heavy duty plastic cases which I think are for make-up and suchlike, but they make great kit cases.

There seem to be lots of "luthier"s about these days. It's almost the guitar world's equivalent of footballers saying "obviously".

[center][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="6"][color="#00429a"]Fender Precision Bass with Maple neck with Sunburst body hand built with Fender licenced parts[/color][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/center] [center][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="4"][font=Arial][size="6"][color="#000000"]I commissioned this about ten years ago from a Luthier who built it using Fender licensed Mighty Mite parts.[/color][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/center] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-Bass-Maple-neck-with-Sunburst-hand-built-with-Fender-lic-parts-/263116777599?hash=item3d42fb687f:g:ICEAAOSwDwlZc29-"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-Bass-Maple-neck-with-Sunburst-hand-built-with-Fender-lic-parts-/263116777599?hash=item3d42fb687f:g:ICEAAOSwDwlZc29-[/url] So, it's not a Fender then.

[quote name='lownote12' timestamp='1501661366' post='3346226'] [b] Is originality dead?[/b] [/quote]It's been said before...

It's also on a couple of the FB forums; it sems to be doing the rounds again.

MIDI just covers switching events, like the pressing of a key or button or the turning of a dial, but it does not carry audio. You can think of it as being a bit like a remote control - when you press channel 001 on your remote, the remote doesn't know that it's time for Eastenders on BBC1; its job is just to blindly send signal 0, then 0, then 1. With MIDI, when you press the C key on a MIDI keyboard (aka Controller) it sends a signal down the wire saying Key C1 is pressed and when you take your finger off it sends another signal saying Key C1 is released; that's pretty much its most basic functionality! Now, the thing listening at the other end (the MIDI module) will receive that and act accordingly; it could be a MIDI organ and play a lovely pipe sound, it could be a drum synth and play the kick drum, it could be a lighting unit and turn on a parkan, it could be to switch on a feature on an FX board, or some other function which someone decided to produce something for. MIDI itself doesn't carry the sound/flash/whatever. It's a really simple system which can be interconnected to make complicated things happen. (When you add in the possibility of a computer program generating events, then it takes on an extra dimension.)

I've never really followed pop music and detest "Top 10" style lists; I honestly couldn't say who is in the charts right now. There are lots of recorded live shows on Sky Arts and other channels, typically from archives, as opposed to current live performances.

This is a bit old, but doing the rounds again. He's rambling on about Roger Glover, but RG still has a Ric. He also mentions Geddy Lee; Geddy still has his. He bought one in '75 for $700; I bought one in '77 for £220 (it wasn't new, though). I used Rotosound Swing Bass strings on mine. It kindof pleases me that the RIc bridge upsets him. The bridge is just a variation on the tune-o-matic and people don't complain about Gibson height adjustment. Once it's done it's done; it's not like you're twiddling with the intonation every day, is it? He doesn't like the machines - ho-hum. "Rickenbacker do not publish any setup specs" - I thought they said the neck straight? He can't find the right wrench for the truss rods - heck, maybe he needs to check his tools... But when he gets his act together, he does acknowledge the two truss rod adjustment. He seems to like the Ric sound and can handle "Anthem". He makes a comment about the difference in volume between the two pickups, but that's a characteristic; if you use stereo/Ric-o-Sound it doesn't matter. Of course, the more recent ones have the vintage/modern switch to give you the choice. For me, the Ric is the best looking, best made, best finished, best sounding bass there is. Blaming it for being different is kindof missing the point.

[quote name='bassatnight' timestamp='1501180660' post='3343185'] Worth a punt at that price... [/quote] Probably not.

A photo might help. Some of the Japanese ones had fragile treble pickups and I've seen a Jazz one in one as a replacement.

Me finks somebody pressed an extra key...

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1498582352' post='3325690'] I can see your point, which is one of the main reasons I went for the Sub Phatty and not for e.g. the Minitaur. The Minitaur has presets but you can't see which one you're using. But I've fiddled with both the Voyager and the Model D, and I find the knob layout of the Model D way easier to understand. [/quote] I've got a Minitaur; it is a little bit one-dimensional and is limited to the lower octaves, but what it does is great.

So, I've picked this up in a state of disrepair; I've hopefully got a replacement body on the way and will then set about getting it back to what it should be.