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On 18/10/2023 at 20:30, Rayman said:

I bloody love Level 42, however my one and only live experience, many years ago, wasn’t a good one. Probably down to the terrible Blackburn King Georges Hall more than anything, but also the band didn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders either.

 

 I’m embarrassed to say that I left halfway through and went home.

 

I’d love to give them another go…. but missed out this time 

That's an horrendous venue.

On 14/10/2023 at 08:19, MungoBass said:

I can’t recall seeing a Ric with a zero fret….was it special to this model?

Yes. A Macca mod that he wanted.

18 hours ago, Doctor J said:

I thought that about the zero fret, too, but there seem to be loads of them out there when you search for 4001c64s

 

https://guitarchimp.com/products/2009-rickenbacker-4001c64s-mg-satin-mapleglo-bass-guitar-2

 

https://guitarchimp.com/products/2005-rickenbacker-4001c64-jetglo-bass-guitar

 

 

The C64 and C64S are based on Macca's Rick 4001. It was he who got he zero fret added, therefore they are included in these models.

Look at those cute, non-JB single coils!

Paging @Bassassin I've never heard of this brand before!

Fantom Jazz

Looks like a 4001 C64S carcass. Or one made by HW

The RickResource crowd would pop veins over that.

On 10/10/2023 at 20:49, BillyBass said:

On one occasion a Landlady got quite upset with us as someone from another band had posted something on Facebook about the way the venue treated bands and she thought it was us, despite our lead singers protestations.  Thankfully it was sorted out and we have been rebooked.

Completely un-associated with the thread, but your avatar GIF has just reminded me of what an ex-GF did to my new, early Fender Custom Shop Fretless jazz bass. Exactly that same move. The crack in the heel finish thankfully never went through to the wood.

Strewth!! That top horn.....I'd be afraid to hang it from a strap.

16 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Same seller of the butchered and overpriced Rick??

Aye. The firewood husk 4005

2 hours ago, BigRedX said:

But still ridiculously overpriced.

I mean, he's got to try make some coin, after all that un-sellable cac he posts. 🙂

And play ok!

Bass

17 hours ago, Bassassin said:

It's some dude's weirdo tribute bitsa. Nothing to do with John D & not a replica.

 

I suspect it has a limited market - and that's who's trying to sell it!

 

 

Looks like he's handy with a laser engraver, at least.

Spotted that. I guy at my work got gifted an engraver by his daughter. He's already done some impressive stuff with it. I bet PCGsGC will be dead envious if he sees that auction!

20 hours ago, Doctor J said:

"Original guitar with no modification"

 

Those two extra screws in the bridge to stop the tail-lift are stock?

Saw that. Probably a good idea, but, yeh, it's a mod. If I was interested, I'd ask to see the tailpiece side-on, but am not going to waste the guy's time.

Behringer Ultrabass

Warwick Dolphin Pro 1 (Ovangkol)

Squier Classic Vintage Strat

Empty your wallets.

4002

5 minutes ago, signals55 said:

Concur the last Rick  I played was really thick on the neck 

The 2023 much better 

Most of the Rick basses I had had ok necks, my favour being a 'shouldered' 1973 4001 . I also had a V63 which was a dream to look at, and sounded amazing, but the neck was like a baseball bat so it got moved on.

Aww. maaan....

All this came about me thinking about the old Pangton, the model from around 1990 that I when out in Germany around that time.

5 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

I'm very lucky to have found this at the right time and right price. It's exceptional. (a fair bit posher than I am used too, ideally the house project we're doing lets me keep it) 

Well Jell. 

I really, really fancy one of those, but at £7K? Ut-ut.

This bass caught my eye, and I wanted to hear the sound file.....😄

Le Fay Capone

Interesting. Makes a change from G&H.

29 minutes ago, Thump said:

Overrated : Anything Gibson.

 

Underrated : Wilkinson pickups , for the price there is no competition , £20 for the nicest sounding P pickup i ever heard is incredible

Anything Wilkinson. Their three-saddle, compensated Tele tailpiece is a fraction of the price of the Gotoh

This has been up for a  while, and I'm sure he's increased the stated price in the header yet is asking over £1K in the description. I think he's trolling, getting off on the replies.

Shafto 4001

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

Normally when people use two guitars for inspiration, they take the best bits of each guitar and meld them together. They appear to have done exactly the opposite here....

 

The bloke thinks it's a wonderful player, but that narrow wasted design jars the eye. Also was the three pin output socket common or even used then? Looks very odd to me, why would you do that because youd need expensive and unique cables.

 

Oh well at £640, I'll never get to know the answers to this.

Rob

 

 

Definitely an '80s thing, which I reckon this bass is.  Alembic and JD certainly used XLR. My guess is the XLR was installed to activate the battery, but that could have been done via jack socket.

Over-rated: Rickenbackers; MM Stingrays; Ampeg SVT (any)

Under-rated: Harley Benton/Sire