Beedster

Nothing can replace an SVT-2, sorry. The PF-50 is great, but it’s a very small piece of chalk next to a very large piece of cheese by comparison

Agreed. I went through a phase of playing 5ers and pretty quickly realised that the B was simply a versatile if expensive thrumb rest. On that basis, I'd quite like an old Ric 5er. IIRC there were issues with string spacing and PUPs also, I might be wrong but did they pretty much put 5 strings on what was to all intents the existing 4 string instrument?

And the extraordinary rarity. And as I understand it from TB, the crapness of of the B?

If there's humans involved, no matter how well trained or skilled they are, and no matter how critical the task, there will at some stage be human error

First concert - Def Leppard supporting April Wine, Watersmeet Rickmansworth, 1980 Last concert - Old Crow Medicine Show, Roundhouse Camden, 2018 Best concert - Old Crow Medicine Show, Roundhouse Camden, 2018 Worst concert - Ray Davies, Hop Farm, 2010 (I think, supporting Bob Dylan) Loudest concert - Iron Maiden, Hammersmith Odeon, 1980 (regained hearing in about 1983) Seen the most - Iron Maiden (albeit around 40 years ago!!!) Most surprising - Iggy Pop Hammersmith Palais Next concert - Not known. Wish I would have seen - Zep at Knebworth 1978

Frets can mess with your sense of tuning, especially on 6-string guitar, but also occasionally on bass

Ah, Bootsy singing 'Do You Love Me?'

Rics are so not the instrument that so many players appear to think they are, i.e., an anachronistic throwback to a bygone era in terms of tone, playability, build quality and aesthetics (although I recognise that the third can be a problem - although arguably no worse than some other brands - and the fourth is a matter of taste). I always find it amazing how many people who slag them off, whilst basing their entire rhetoric on their experience of five minutes playing a badly set-up instrument through a Carlsbro combo in a shop in 1982, or simply on what they've read on forums. As Nick is finding out, Rics are f*****g awesome basses, that really do fill a gap between some of the more commonly used basses. In fact, I'm really not sure why I don't have one at present

These things go up and down

Can’t see he’s going to be much use at gigs if four hours overtime is a regular occurrence Andy?

‘He will never fit four pedals again because it was such a pain in the a**e’ Brilliant She seems philosophical, at least it’s a contemporary instrument that could be made again, I’m quite surprised how low cost a top GP is to be honest

That made my day Jack

Humble and reliable are 90% of professional

That’s another candidate who’s not made it through in my book mate

Nice job

Yep

I kinda hope he is

Agreed I tried a bit harder....

Four, seems a bit low?

Guys, thanks so much for the above, just looking at a few travel options and I’ll get back to you ASAP. Cheers. C

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