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Gibson Basses / Re: Cleanest 1969 EB-3 at Norm's (+demo)
« on: March 28, 2024, 07:49:00 AM »
It's a feather-weight short scale, just a reminder.

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Other Bass Brands / Samurai, at last
« on: March 27, 2024, 05:23:06 AM »
Just bought this yesterday from a friend who got it off eBay two months ago, but now has a better use for the money towards a vintage Fender Rhoads. So, meet my new c.1966-68 Yamaha SB-5A "Samurai bass" in pearl white.


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Gibson Basses / Re: The Rickie Hinrichsen Collection from Gibson
« on: March 26, 2024, 04:12:33 AM »
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Gibson Basses / Re: The Rickie Hinrichsen Collection from Gibson
« on: March 26, 2024, 04:09:47 AM »
Aaaa, the joys of playing with (tone) deaf people ..
I used to play in a swing big band and the leader had a sick level of perfect pitch. He would hear everything, and unlike most conductors who listen only to the violins and brass, this guy hears the bass. It can be a hard. There were times when I was like, how the hell did you hear THAT?

Going back for a moment to the Gibson carver guy, sometimes I like these lovely plastic-y kitsch creations better:


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Other Bass Brands / Maruszczyk
« on: March 26, 2024, 12:23:29 AM »
So I've been toying with the Configurator app on their website and came up with this. Now I have GAS. Total should be €2,100, not cheap but not Alembic pricing, and I've never ordered a custom bass, it's always vintage stuff with me. The jury is still out.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cleanest 1969 EB-3 at Norm's (+demo)
« on: March 25, 2024, 01:26:32 AM »
The wide space control version of the EB-3

Why did they do that? The 6-string SG never had it.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 23, 2024, 12:54:09 AM »
Man that mini-humbuckered LP Deluxe sounds good. The Ric sounds like it has flats.

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Gibson Basses / Re: The Rickie Hinrichsen Collection from Gibson
« on: March 22, 2024, 08:08:54 AM »
Noice. I like most of them.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 22, 2024, 02:13:31 AM »
he apparently bought a 'Fender' replacement neck in the 70ies which unbeknownst to him wasn't one.

Here's the story:

https://lapelcelery.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/roger-waters-black-fender-precision-bass/

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 21, 2024, 11:11:01 AM »
Agreed. He's a good bass player. Although his real genius is composing masterpieces.

I didn't know his P was a parts bass. So I looked it up and learned that it started life as a 1970 black Fender P, and now has a Charvel-made maple cap neck with a Fender spaghetti logo and a Schecter alnico 5 pickup.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:16:43 AM »
When they did the limited 4005XC short scale , some were saying it was a Shaftesbury copy.

It was, in a way.

It happened to other big names. When Gibson made the Slash signature Les Paul they meticulously copied his Appetite For Destruction guitar, which was a replica/knockoff/faker with a Gibson logo, not a real Gibson  ;D So people are paying $3-4K for what in effect is a copy of a copy. Fender did something similar in 1982, when they examined Japanese-made copies, some of which were far superior to late 70s Fenders, and re-learned from them how to make good Strats again. So some of Fender's best vintage reissues were acually replicas of east Asian knockoffs.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 19, 2024, 12:08:59 AM »
And this one sounds like a real Ric too.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: March 18, 2024, 10:57:04 AM »
The lightest Rick bass ever!

The new-ish 4003SW are also about 1lbs. lighter than maple-bodied Rics, at ~8lbs. I'd like one day to get a maple board 4004C, but not for $3K+...

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Other Bass Brands / Re: the Alembic live
« on: March 17, 2024, 08:02:57 AM »
It's da bomb.

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