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  1. On 02/10/2018 at 16:26, PaulKing said:

    Hi Mike - I got one .. great fun. E string is a bit quiet .... 

    I switched the black scratchplate for white. I made one like Mo Fosters too, funky 60s feel, but went back to orig design in th eend.

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    Dont suppose youd be up for making another white scratchplate for my tuxedo, i would be very grateful and would be happy to pay...

  2. I guitar tech'd for a fairly well known prog band back in the day and the bass player played a rik 4001 which he ran in stereo, he also played a twin neck... bass and 12 string. they went through two sets of back line, two hiwatt 100w heads through custom built cabs with 2x10's and 1x15 in each and seperate horn units... both guitars were modified with cannon sockets and he had custom made leads with cannon that split into two jacks at the other end. They ran through a stereo volume pedal and stereo chorus... It was all a huge nightmare and it took me over 20 years to persuade him to simplify the setup...
    Oh and it was also di'd in stereo also.

    G...

  3. [quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1349876330' post='1831627']
    Got a few good musicians in my band- but still as I am a grumpy old man I am never satisfied- never happy with the sound- cant stand our audience- or indeed other band members. Love playing my bass though-
    [/quote]

    Could we be related?

  4. I get the same problem now and again but never had it before I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, look it up and check for other symptoms, its unlikely as its super rare but better safe than sorry, mine is drug controlled and I cope well with playing.

    G...

  5. [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1334560704' post='1617461']
    I've got to agree with you there. Despite it's high profile RIC is a small, essentially family business, not a huge corporation like FMIC for instance.

    However what raises people hackles is the way JH pursues private sellers of instruments that existed well before RIC even applied for a trademark. It isn't a case of "how many you sell" if you're just trying to move on a personally owned instrument. Despite what JH and the Rickenwaffen would have us believe, it's not illegal to sell personal property in this way in the UK. So to make baseless threats to sellers certainly does smack of bully boy tactics. I really can't see that the sale of a 35 year old copy, for a fraction of the price of even a used Rick, really threatens the sale of RIC's new instruments.
    [/quote]

    Nicely said...

  6. [i]They certainly have e-bay under control... I tried to sell a ric copy on ebay a couple of years back and the add was pulled down about 4 times even with no use of the word richenbacker in the auction. I also got a fairly harshly worded email from rickenbacker which pissed me off as ebay must have furnished them with my email address.[/i]
    [i]In the end one of the bidders managed to contact me and we did the deal.[/i]

  7. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1333733787' post='1605915']
    A USA friend of mine runs a part-time PA/sound engineer business and he bought one of those smallish covered trailers for all his gear. Something like this, though there are loads of sizes and variations:



    The advantage is that it doesn't mean running a big estate car/small van when you're only occasionally hauling loads of gear around plus it provides storage space between gigs. A disadvantge is finding somewhere secure to keep it.

    Anyone tempted by the idea should check their driving licence though. Towing trailers is pretty simple for us oldies who passed our driving test back in prehistoric times but since 1997 (I think) the rules changed a lot and I think specific tests are now required.
    [/quote]

    Thats probably the best deal for us... the pa can live in it and the trailer would fit in my lockup... they are cheap'ish, i'll investigate further. cheers

    G...

  8. I would quite like an eb3, ive got a tokai but would like the real thing.
    They dont seem to come up for sale very often... whats the best era for them and is there anything other than neck breaks that I need to look out for... ?

    Thanks

    Graeme

  9. [quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1331998817' post='1581944']
    Well it sounds pretty selfish to me. Everyone dies and I think the most respectful thing you can do is to honour the deceased's wishes for their funeral. If there are people there that don't like it, sounds as if they didn't know this person very well anyway.
    [/quote]

    With you on that 100%

  10. If the deceaseds partner and mother are cool with this, who else has grounds to complain, I understand you dont want to be upsetting people but to be honest if everyone there is fully aware that a rock band is playing then no one has grounds to complain.
    Go and play, celebrate a life, and give the deceased a good send off!
    Oh and ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/8383-essexbasscat/"]essexbasscat[/url] you have just given me another idea for a suitable song for my funeral.

    G...

  11. This is more or less how I got it... I have scraped some of the dirt off.


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    Sorry about the horrible phone picture quality... my camera is playing up, i'll get better ones as I progress.

    G...

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