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[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1364745310' post='2030321'] I never liked his sound either. Way too trebly, not enough bottom end grunt. I guess that's down to EQ ... maybe I'm saying I've never heard a Ric EQd properly. But however you EQ it a Ric is still as ugly as sin! [/quote] So yeah... I suggest you go look up 'subjectivity' and 'objectivity' ASAP. I like the look and sound of Ricks, but that's just my opinion... yours is that they're awful. Either way, this is purely subjective. Coming to a thread about Ricks and being a dick about expressing your opinion is, well, dickish.

Don't suppose you know what the spacing is on a real one?

So. Allparts do Rick bass scratchplates, and I have a Hondo II 'Faker that needs a new 'plate. Apart from potentially filling and re-drilling of holes, which I'll have to do anyway, is there any reason that using a Rick 'plate won't work? I don't imagine the dimensions are that different, but obviously have no basis for comparison.

If you're doing classic rock covers why would you need to improvise? Genuinely confused.

Email Ashdown?

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1355080823' post='1893834'] I hope you don't think I'm some wanna be pro . Music is my hobby. [/quote] Nah, you're alright Marv... it was another dude who was insisting hobby players should be avoided! Wannabe pros are a right pain in the arse... "you've got to have commitment to practice every night for 6 hours and the best gear money can buy or I won't play with you!"

Drummer and I are 'hobby' players and we're both very reliable so I wish to challenge the assertation that hobby players should be avoided. One guitarist turned pulled a sicky on the first practice we were going to do with him. Turned up to the second and seemed pretty keen. And then just stopped answering emails.

I put a brass nut on my EB-3 copy. It's definitely true what they say about it improving sustain, even with the crappy floating bridge it keeps going for ages.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1345919574' post='1783200'] I know, from conversations I've had with him, that he's a genuine music fan. [/quote] This makes no sense, anyone who appreciates music is a 'genuine music fan' and not all (or even most) 'genuine music fans' would necessarily like those songs, especially if hearing them over and over again with varying degrees of competance. Also, am I the only person who finds people who aren't teenagers even if you squint and the light's bad singing songs like [i]Teenage Kicks[/i] a little creepy?

Seconding the recommendation of OM. Al Cisneros is awesome. Also putting Megachurch up for consideration. Two basses and drums. Plus samples of evangelist rants in place of vocals.

Dude looks like a prize wally anyway.

By remarkable coincidence I've just got a permanent job. Clearly it's fate.

Righto, I've just bought a Flying-V shaped bass body and need a neck to go with it. Naturally all the off-the-shelf aftermarket parts are Fender-style which is just not what I'm looking for here. Is there anywhere in the UK (or even EU) that would be able to build me a suitable neck without crippling me financially? If all else fails I'll order from Warmoth but I'd prefer to not be slapped with a load of extra VAT and 'admin fees'.

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1343986109' post='1758148'] What you want is a scatterwound pickup such as the kent armstrongs or bareknuckle(do they do bass pups?). By far the best method is to take them apart and rewind the coil yourself using a hand drill. [/quote] I'd say that someone who was 'blown away' by the pickups already has what they want...

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1343387430' post='1749905'] If the band have walked on stage wearing the same clothes that my dad wears doing the gardening then I'm likely to think they can't be bothered to make an effort.[/quote] I'd say they'd made quite a bit of an effort, what with stealing your dad's gardening clothes and all.