RhysP

I do it all myself, with the exception of fret work. 

I've not had to touch the Bacchus bass I bought on here recently though, as it's the best set-up bass I've ever owned.

@Shepster8316 did a superb job on it.

1 hour ago, lemonstar said:

An album that should be listened to as an album - I like the atmospheric recording and the way tracks are slow and build - nothing too attention grabbing. In a way reminds me, in terms of instrumentation and sounds of one of my all time favourite albums Jim White's The Wrong Eyed Jesus. It's from 2012 - the previous album, perhaps more acclaimed one - Hadestown is more in the vein of Tom Waits. 

 

Superb album.

I'm a huge fan of Anais Mitchell, I've got everything she's done.

L'il Beethoven - Sparks

When I took my stepson to see them a while ago the bassist was using Spectors.

I'm pretty sure he also had a Spector signature model at one point, so possibly a Spector...?

The Last Ride - Todd Rundgren

Sun Arise - Rolf Harris

12 hours ago, mr_gordon said:

When I was younger and still read album notes, Kasim Sultan was a name I always remembered from the Meatloaf albums because the bass was so good and I had (still have) no idea who he is but he's been a massive influence. There are so many really good rock basslines on Meatloaf songs.

(And I really hope I have remembered the name right or I'll look stupid).

But just Paradise by the dashboard light is a legendary bassline before you look at any others.

Kas is a superb Musician. As well as being an excellent bassist he's also a really good guitarist, keyboard player, singer & songwriter.

He's been mainly associated with Todd Rundgren since the mid 70s when he joined Utopia (which is how he ended up playing on "Bat Out of Hell"). He still plays in Todd's touring band.

He's also played with Joan Jett & Hall & Oates among many others.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

The tape measure thumb rest spoils it.

9 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

ten years ago, I suspect the risk is as low as the risk is now, but if you have every spent time talking to Mr Hall (in other than a friendly interview session), the actual risk was having to deal with one of the most unpleasant people you could ever hope to talk to. Frankly it was not worth the effort.

Exactly this. It's easy for people to beach & moan when they're not the ones that have to deal with the consequences, even if that is only having to interact with unpleasant emails.

If I was one of the owners/administrators of Basschat, I would think the prospect of Rickenbacker finally deciding to make an example of a site ignoring their threats as a warning to others would be enough to justify the ban staying in place.

On 17/01/2022 at 20:23, Bunion said:

I do have to say the best stingray I’ve ever played is a Roger giffin custom with a modulus neck and original stingray hardware and internals though. 

Oooh, I like that!

18 hours ago, lowregisterhead said:

If they're still setting fire to English-owned holiday homes in Wales it'll probably feel just like California...

They won't be in any danger as neither of them are english... 😈

Sweet!

Wonderful basses.

On 15/01/2022 at 14:10, EssentialTension said:

 

I'm surprised you call Roto 77 Jazz flats low tension. To me they always seem to be high tension.

I found that with the Rotosound flats too.

I couldn't even stay in the room with them, the tension was unbearable.

4 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

...John Hall having retired to rural Wales (srsly) several years ago...

 

I

Really? 

Just now, Paul S said:

 

Indeed.  But they weren't called the Sensational Alex Harvey ... oh, never mind    

It would have shown an astonishing degree of foresight if they had been. 😂

Here's the photo of the Geddy Lee potato. 🙂

Apologies for the terrible quality, it was taken over 40 years ago on a crappy little camera.

1 minute ago, 4000 said:

Think mine was £295, but I could be wrong. I was the same, couldn’t believe it. Used to hang it on my bedroom wall. I remember opening the shipping box in the (tiny) shop and all the polystyrene bits falling out. It came with flats and a ridiculously high action. Of course I didn’t know any better at the time. It was a revelation when I finally fitted rounds and had it set up. 

I've got a photo of it somewhere.

I found a potato that I thought looked just like Geddy Lee, so I put one of my mum's wigs on it, used some Marigold gloves as hands & took a picture of it "playing" my Ric.  😂

2 minutes ago, 4000 said:

Well like I say, nothing is for everyone. Everyone is physically different. That’s why I never really understand “which bass should I get?” threads. Try them and get the one you like! 
 

My first Ric was the first bass I’d ever played. Had never even touched one before that. 

I tried so hard to like it. I couldn't believe it when I got it, I just used to gaze at it lovingly for hours.

I borrowed the money from my sister to buy it & paid her back out of my Saturday job wages.

It cost me £206.00 & my Hondo which I P/X'd against it. 🙂

3 minutes ago, 4000 said:

Did you play anything prior?

Only a really crappy secondhand thing called a "Raver", which had a shorter scale than most guitars, and a Hondo II SD Curlee.

I did actually like the neck on that first Rick, I just found it very uncomfortable to play. I couldn't get on with the overall layout either.

41 minutes ago, 4000 said:

The genuine horseshoes stopped around ‘68 or ‘69 off the top of my head. If that was a genuine ‘60s one, that would be worth a lot of money now, dog or no. 
 

Well, that’s basses for you. 😂 I’m the same with Status and Fender Jazzes, amongst many others. Both are ergonomically and sonically horrible for me. As Prowla suggests, I do think some of it depends on what you’re used to. I learnt on a Ric, my first bass, so to me they feel ‘right’, whereas Fenders generally feel all wrong. If you started on something else then you may struggle to adapt. But then I have the same issue with Strats and Les Pauls. Assuming the weight is ok I find LPs really comfortable but not Strats, the opposite of what many would say. 

My mid 70s 4001 was my first "proper" bass, I bought it used when I was still in school.

2 hours ago, 4000 said:

Well, just like the Rics, they vary a great deal and of course people like different things and have different requirements, which are always the most important points to consider. As stated elsewhere I’ve played several duffers and some really nice ones, and many at some point in between. But no instrument is going to be for everyone. 
 

To be fair, I had a checker bound, toaster-equipped ‘73 that was a dog too. I don’t generally like Rics after very early ‘73 up to the introduction of the 4003 all that much, although there are exceptions. There’s a ‘73 in the Gallery that I played and didn’t like at all; of course someone else may love it. And there are many 4003s I’ve not been keen on either. 
 

Was the horseshoe on yours a genuine ‘60s horseshoe or a reissue? Either way, it wouldn’t have been original to the bass if it was early ‘70s. 
 

 

It was all original, so the bass must have been older than I thought. I was never that knowledgable on all the Ric variants.

I really wanted to like the Ricks I've owned & played, but everything about them was wrong for me. It was like wearing the wrong size shoes on the wrong feet.

I still think they look lovely though.

16 minutes ago, 4000 said:

Wouldn’t swap mine for every Wal ever made. 😉

I got rid of the Wal shortly afterwards too. Never seen what all the fuss is about them either. 

I had a Sterling Ray Sub 4 for a while last year & it was a bloody good bass - lovely neck, sounded great & build/finish quality was excellent too.

I actually thought it was far better than the US Stingray 5 I had a few years ago.

Wide Open Space - Mansun