The Last Bass Outpost

Not in my 38 years of experience.

Too bad he doesn't know how to pronounce Rickenbacker. 

Good thing I am not a lefty! 

https://reverb.com/item/84063473-rickenbacker-left-handed-doubleneck-4080-early-90-s-walnut

I like it (I'd like it better with the toaster in the 1/2" location), but then, I ain't got no taste according to some folks. 

Quote from: Alanko on April 22, 2024, 03:28:57 PM
Is it unethical to want to track down a vintage toaster and make it a 4001S?

It's fine so long as you're up front about it, especially when/if it comes to selling it.

Quote from: ilan on March 12, 2024, 11:17:02 AM
1/2" spacing JG's always remind me of my first Ric. 50 years since the change and the 1" spacing still looks wrong to me.

Ditto.

My experience with them is quite different, apparently. 

We also had Peter Banks with a 330 in Yes.

Quote from: uwe on February 28, 2024, 09:40:56 AM
Nali, uoy knaht!

(Ilan likes to read right to left, old habit of his. )

Um, you have the exclamation mark on the wrong side.  Just sayin'... 

No doubt about that, and they are spaced close together.

Quote from: ilan on December 22, 2023, 12:27:13 AM
Nice transition bass. My white Oct '73 (no checkerboard, narrow inlays) had a newer button-top in the neck position when I bought it, I have replaced it with a reissue toaster. Button-tops have a narrow window and string bends - even slight - result in significant volume drops. You can use that for tremolo effect... Toasters OTOH handle bends very well.

That's one of the things I love about toasters, that they have excellent string-to-string evenness.

Toasters were around into the mid-late summer of '73.  The July '73 4001 I had (a friend of mine has it these days) sports its original toaster.

Quote from: ilan on December 05, 2023, 08:12:50 AM
Had? Have you sold it?

After 38 years of owning it I felt it was time to pass it on to its next caretaker; that was in the summer of '11.  Not to mention I got an offer I couldn't refuse! 

That bass is two S/Ns away from the JG 4005WB I had for 38 years.