SnakeEyes

Yes, of course I never meant to even dare to compare them, even remotely, to the sound of the original Rick. I had a similar experience when a friend of mine wanted to compare his HB bird to my TBird. I just kind of thought is as a chance to mod one and have fun with it, but I wondered if they are generally playable.

Good morning all! I found some RFs surfing around the web, and I wanted to ask all you guys, are the 100 GBP actually worth it?

I saw it and my heart hurt. I would have been arrested, to say the least, had this been my instrument.

I understand how you feel, however when money (and, more importantly, the lack of it) is the main factor, all other motives unfortunately go down the drain, and it's natural. Times are hard, on a global level.

That's a damn good idea. I would buy all remaining pieces from the regional franchise.

Dear basschat members, Thanks to your help and advice, the problem is no more, as I returned it and got the MONSTER with the Gibson pickups today. Thank you so very much!

Maybe they will move more plants to Asia, as many did before.

Absolutely stunning. I will show it to its cousin, my TB that is.

@Basvarken your acoustic bass is lovely, regardless of the project success or failure

Regardless the neck, now that I have tried both, I think that the Epiphone pickups are nowhere near Gibson ones. The latter seem twice as powerful.

You are right, just checked their E-store and no mention of TBs. Thanks

Is it possible to buy these Gibson pickups separately? I'm thinking of installing them.

A big thanks to all of you for the info. Luckily it's a reversible situation.

As my mobile cam is so bad that it is better to try drawing the bass, I found a pic on the internet that looks exactly like it: (tried to find a pic where the jack hole is right under the knobs, which is the case with mine)

Thanks a lot!!

...presuming one does not have both basses to compare. Thing is, I bought a 2nd hand Epi TB which had (according to the original owner) Gibson pickups. How can one be sure that this is the case and they are not the (theoretically less good) Epi ones? I searched the forum and, while I found a similar thread, didn't want to disrupt the conversation with my quite irrelevant question. If I am wrong, please do merge it or sth. Thanks in advance!

Hello from Greece! I was really glad when I found this forum. None of my (musician albeit not bass-playing) friends could understand my happiness about simple bass things, e.g. the sound of the flatwound strings on a semiacoustic