Skybone

The Fortress is pretty cool. The Infinity is very cool.

Special Brew - Bad Manners

You could always get that Star Bass that's in the For Sale section...

Obviously: The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Country Girl - Primal Scream Country Girl - Black Sabbath

Take My Breath Away - Berlin

Yup, set neck instead of the through neck. IIRC, they did a Firebird Studio as well as the Thunderbird, but with full size humbuckers instead of the standard Firebird's mini humbuckers. I'd imagine that there's bugger all difference in the sound in the real world. You'd think the set neck might need to have a thicker body than the through neck, but it never really effected the SG other than the position of the neck pickup. Another very short lived series. Again, IIRC, it was linked to Dave Grohl (before he started using the Trini Lopez).

Return to Sender - Elvis

It is a more "elegant" solution than the Hipshot bridge.

Echo Beach - Martha & The Muffins

The Years Without Light - GWAR

Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley

Take Me to Church - Hozier

I Will Follow - U2 (Walk away, walk away, etc.)

I believe that the VT Deluxe is now discontinued, but they do crop up second hand on here and eBay. You could always look at the Bass Driver Deluxe, the Bass Driver Programmable, or the Bass Fly Rig. Alternatively, look at the Helix Stomp or the POD GO. EBS MicroBass? Pretty sure there's plenty of others about.

Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

Obviously... Life on Mars - David Bowie

Jambi - Tool

Another pedal retailer: Joe's Pedals

Wild Women Do - Natalie Cole

As would I. Thing is, there is no definitive source for Tokai catalogues, there are many holes in the knowledge base. There were loads of Ibanez fan sites circa 2000, loads of parts of catalogues, loads of holes in the knowledge of the historic models. Since then, Ibanez have published historic catalogues on their website.

And I've been stating that for years. The only association that Rockinbetter has to Tokai is that the company that brought them into Europe was called "Tokai UK" (who were based in Dinnington, South Yorkshire). It didn't help that the advertising used was branded with "Tokai UK", fuelling the misconception of Rockinbetter basses being made by Tokai. They weren't. What I have said, is that during the mid-late 70's, at the height of the what is now known as the "Lawsuit Era", I have seen catalogues from Tokai, issued for the Japanese market, that also included copies of Rickenbacker guitars and basses.

Yes, but that's the 2000 edition of the catalogue. I didn't say anything about there being any Tokai built Ric copies in the 2000 catalogue, as I know for a fact that there weren't any because of the 70's "Lawsuit Era" instruments. What I did say was: I also know for a fact, that around 2000-ish, the "MkI" Rockinbetter basses started coming in (solo rail bridge, J style BBOT bridge pickup cover, no mounting plate, plain binding). The "MkII" Rockinbetter started arriving circa 2003, this time with the flat bridge pickup mounting plate, the now classic "Chickenbacker" style bridge, plain binding. It was circa 2004 that the checker bound versions started arriving in the UK. They were discontinued after legal pressure in 2010, although there were still some new ones kicking around until 2011. I bought my first MkII in 2010 after selling a 4003.

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