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[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1341876251' post='1725664']Singer - she loved it. Wanted it even further up the mix. Further up the mix indeed And the guitarist seemed a bit put out. CB [/quote] There's a joke in there somewhere...

As a Ric fan, I love the look of the Walnut/Maple on the body. But a maple fretboard on a Ric is just plain wrong! I'll stick with my Faker's, at least they seem to be consistent in quality, playability & cost. Yes, I regret selling my 4003, yes, Ric's are serious Marmite guitars, yes, I would love another Ric and yes, totally agree that if I was to buy another, I would like to sit down with a handful and play them all til I found "the one" (like that's ever going to happen! ).

I'll go back to sleep.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1434302349' post='2798475'] you can run but you can't hide! [/quote] If there's so many Ampeg stacks in the room, then running AND hiding are actually possible.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1434458444' post='2799757'] Perhaps your school needs more thought? [/quote] There is a school of thought that would agree with you, though there'll be another school of thought along soon that will think we're all thinking wrongly. I think.

It's similar to stringing a Gibson style stop bar guitar either the "standard" way (through the stop bar), or "over" the stop bar. The increase in break angle would seem to lower the actual string tension along the fretboard, where stringing over the bar, reducing the break angle, reduces the string tension. The reduction in string tension allows bigger bends. I don't know what the string tension figures are, but you can feel a difference while playing. But hey, that's only what I've experienced in trying the different methods out on stop tail guitars. My actual preference is to use standard stringing through the stop bar & tune to D.

Seriously? You're asking a bunch of bass playing anoraks, who all suffer from serious bouts of GAS (albeit in different intensities at different times, and very different budgets), whether you should buy yourself a new bass????? Leave the Ibanez in the UK, and get yourself a new toy while you're there.

It was one of the many Gakki's, and now that you mention it, Fuji Gen Gakki made Tokai's. Oooops!

There is the school of thought that through body stringing helps with the transfer of vibration into the body and thus helping sustain and "tone". There is another school of thought that think that school of thought is wrong. There is also a school of thought that think through body stringing will increase the string tension, especially for lower tunings than E standard, and therefore aid play-ability, help sustain and "tone". There are also numerous schools of thought that think that this school of thought is wrong as well. Discuss:

I always thought they all had through necks... apparently not, or so I am reliably informed...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1426370600' post='2717489'] [b]Leland Bruce "Lee" Sklar[/b] (born May 28, 1947 in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee"]Milwaukee[/url]) is an American musician I didn't know Leland was a home town guy. Blue [/quote] I thought he came from Orthanc?

Greco is a Japan only brand, though quite a few have found their way to the rest of the world. I have it on good authority that Greco are and were made by Fuji-Gen Gakki... aka Ibanez (more info available at [url]www.ibanezcollectors.com[/url] ), as they have not only released "replica's" of famous American guitars, but variations of numerous Ibanez design guitars (Artists / Iceman / etc).

Is it that 4003s on eBay? As seen on the Facebook Rickenfakers group page? Apparently, the "S" has a set neck, not a through neck lik the standard 4003. I've only ever seen that kind of neck joint on a Faker, not on a Ric.

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1433962396' post='2795511'] This is what some alembics have under the bridge. Usually it's usually made from brass but you can specify what you want. [attachment=194019:serveimage.jpeg] [/quote] That's the same kind of idea that Ibanez used on their late 70's/early 80's models like the Artist and Iceman guitars... Probably"inspired by" the Alembic block.

[quote name='Deep Thought' timestamp='1433966624' post='2795572'] What do you call the mouse shadow on the second moon? [/quote] "Nigel"

The tone that you thought you'd get from the bass is blocked. I've had a few late 70's Ibanez guitars over the years, and they had a "tone block". It was basically a lump of metal in a cavity under the bridge in the hope that it would help/enhance the sustain/tone from the guitar. Does it work? Dunno is the honest answer.

GAS after Gelfin's Kramer!

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1433368599' post='2790589'] Forget all the cheap ear plugs , Spec savers can make you custom ones for about £160 You have a choice of filters & they keep everything balanced & you can have them converted to in ear monitors .My ENT specialist told me to never stick anything smaller than you elbow in your ear & only use olive oil . [/quote] Won't Popeye be a bit annoyed? Had full on tinnitus for about 6 or so years now, so I'm trying my best to retain what I have left. Used Elacin ER-20's for years, trying some 3M ones out at the next rehearsal. Used to use foam one's when I went out on the bike, replaced them with some Industrial 3M one's that seem far better. It's a scary feeling when you start to think that your bike's exhaust is too loud!

TBH, I haven't read the whole thread, but surely you mean "All HAIL Chris Wolstenholme" not "HALE", as in to cheer or salute him, instead of him being free from infirmity or illness... ? There's always one pedant eh?

An excellent collection and a really good article. Especially the Matsumoku content! Had an SB Special II in the late 80's/early 90's and stupidly sold it, then found another one on eBay about 12 years ago which was rough after searching for ages to find one. Seemingly pretty rare entry/intermediate level bass.

If you're going to use it for recording, then why not get some sort of amp modeller instead of an amp? Something like the Vox Stomplab / Zoom B1 / B3 / MS60B or something similar. You have plenty of sonic options on tap, you can practice quietly and some of them have USB connection for easy recording. You can gig them as well, just plug / DI straight into the PA.

Maybe the crazy bloke just wants more people to visit the band's website...

Beautiful bass.