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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay
« on: March 08, 2014, 10:16:52 PM »
As perfect as they get. Come on RIC, reissue that!
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The Bass Zone / Re: Stanley Clark
« on: February 25, 2014, 01:35:31 AM »
I actually prefer him on upright. Don't care much for his baritone-tuned bass tone. I think he tunes it ADGC, using the top 4 strings of a 6-string bass set.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Guitar electronics help needed
« on: February 25, 2014, 01:31:52 AM »
I have installed the spare pickup, and will have the dead one checked. I'll inform when the results are in.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Beautiful Greco LP on eBay
« on: February 25, 2014, 01:06:25 AM »
$412... did you win it, Marc?
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The Bass Zone / Re: Guitar electronics help needed
« on: February 24, 2014, 08:54:52 AM »
Well, I really wished it was the cap but it was the pickup. Bummer. Luckily I had a spare '65 staple-top pickup. I'll have the original one rewound.
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The Bass Zone / Guitar electronics help needed
« on: February 23, 2014, 03:02:52 PM »
Took my '65 Höfner Senator bass to band rehearsal today. All treble and no bass... When I turn down the tone knob, it kills all volume. Yesterday she played just fine. Is it the pickup? knobs? Anything else I'm not aware of? (All parts are original, the pickup was rewound last year).
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Need a Horseshoe Bass pickup!!
« on: February 20, 2014, 12:43:52 PM »So does that mean these reissue horseshoes have no function and just for aesthetics/ thumbrests?Yes. You can remove the metal horseshoes and the pickup still functions.
The first year(s?) v63 had vintage-specs HS pickups with magnetized shoes.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Beautiful Greco LP on eBay
« on: February 19, 2014, 11:06:35 PM »
Marcnorth - is your white Greco short scale or medium?
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Other Bass Brands / Beautiful Greco LP on eBay
« on: February 18, 2014, 12:24:32 AM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111281798120?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
The "guitar" pickup locations look so correct... unlike Gibson's LP basses. Short scale, I presume? Does anyone here know what they sound like and if they are neck-heavy?
The "guitar" pickup locations look so correct... unlike Gibson's LP basses. Short scale, I presume? Does anyone here know what they sound like and if they are neck-heavy?
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: 4005 gets the shunt!
« on: February 15, 2014, 04:25:50 PM »the store owner told me you don't want that thingI can only guess what he would have said had the cap in that bass been bypassed.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: 4005 gets the shunt!
« on: February 15, 2014, 12:11:16 PM »
It was a GTG with four other bass players, Gil brought 4 of his Ric basses - '67 4005, Blueburst fretless, '72 4001 MG, and Sept. '86 Shadow, all in the picture, and a '68 (I think) 12-string 366/12 with the "comb", left out of the pic. I brought the two hollow-bodies - the '64 Gretsch 6070 and the '65 Höfner Senator.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: 4005 gets the shunt!
« on: February 15, 2014, 11:25:08 AM »
Nice bass... unfortunately not mine
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Rickenbacker Basses / 4005 gets the shunt!
« on: February 15, 2014, 11:21:40 AM »
Played a friend's all-original '67 FG 4005 today. The bridge pickup sounded, as expected, very thin and weak. A .0047mF cap on a pickup so close to the bridge is lethal.
So I suggested shunting it. Five minutes later we plugged her in. Wow!!! HELLO bridge pickup! Where have you been hiding in the last 47 years?!
The bass sounds soooo much better now both in the bridge position (previously totally useless) and with both pickups on.
Bypassing the cap in a 4005 is much more dramatic than in a 4001/pre-'85 4003.
So I suggested shunting it. Five minutes later we plugged her in. Wow!!! HELLO bridge pickup! Where have you been hiding in the last 47 years?!
The bass sounds soooo much better now both in the bridge position (previously totally useless) and with both pickups on.
Bypassing the cap in a 4005 is much more dramatic than in a 4001/pre-'85 4003.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: '65-'66 Hofner neck reset
« on: February 14, 2014, 12:06:31 AM »
Hide glue, if you use it correctly, is very strong.
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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: '65-'66 Hofner neck reset
« on: February 13, 2014, 02:53:10 PM »
You beat me to it by seconds! I was about to post the same video and same time code!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCOycca1ezo&t=12m33s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCOycca1ezo&t=12m33s