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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Deep + Good News for Modern Man!
« on: April 28, 2024, 09:35:07 AM »
Looks like Gillan has a lot more hair than he had when I met him 8 years ago. Plugs, maybe?
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Samurai, at last
« on: April 26, 2024, 05:24:42 AM »Mine are 34 in scale [...] it’s perfectly balanced.
I think I figured out how this is possible. The vintage SB-5A (medium scale) has a total length of 115.5 cm, that's 1 cm LONGER than the 114.5 cm SBV500 with its long scale neck. For the new models the moved the bridge back, and the result is a better balanced bass with a 34" scale length. Win-win. That's good design.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Samurai, at last
« on: April 25, 2024, 10:38:06 AM »
Nice! Any neck dive? Mine is a 1967, medium scale, I wouldn't call it a neck diver but it's not perfectly balanced so I'm using a counterweight at the body end. Yours is a long scale.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: April 24, 2024, 03:40:11 AM »
In amptech's post I got the joke but the question was Alanko's and there is no smiley...
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: April 23, 2024, 12:20:19 PM »Is it unethical to want to track down a vintage toaster and make it a 4001S?
I wouldn't. Most 4000's were routed for a neck pickup, and those are absolutely fine to convert, preferably keeping the original pickguard and harness intact and using a reisuue guard. But please don't take a dremel to a mint 1967 bass.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: April 21, 2024, 11:37:18 AM »
Holy cow. July 1967 4000 MG, mint. $18,495 BIN
Crazy rare and drop-dead gorgeous. Neck-thru and no neck pickup rout. Take my kidney and send me this one.
Crazy rare and drop-dead gorgeous. Neck-thru and no neck pickup rout. Take my kidney and send me this one.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: April 21, 2024, 11:26:49 AM »
1998 4003S/5 WHT/BT. $5,639 BIN
From Japan. Strung EADGC so possibly had less tension on the neck than other S/5's. Original pickup included. Some stand-related discoloration but looks to be in great condition.
From Japan. Strung EADGC so possibly had less tension on the neck than other S/5's. Original pickup included. Some stand-related discoloration but looks to be in great condition.
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Fender Basses / Re: Antigua is back
« on: April 16, 2024, 07:05:17 AM »The cheese-yellow-green tones all come from the clear coat yellowing, potentially. This would make the Squier finish an aged Antigua rather than exactly what rolled off the production line?
Fender have applied Antigua as a NOS some years ago. A friend of mine got a Strat, I thought it looked incorrect. We perceive Antigua in its lightly aged form.
Some 70s Antiguas didn't have lacquered guards, so the only body shows yellowing.
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Other Bass Brands / Re: The bass equivalent to Prince's Tele
« on: April 15, 2024, 04:21:59 AM »
Prince could also buy a Greco or a Squier or even a 70's Fender, and still he stuck to his H.S. Anderson Tele. I really have no idea, having never played one. I just thought it was cool that this H.S. Anderson guy built basses with the same signature look.
Even if this was a Sadowsky grade bass and I liked the look, 11lbs. would be a deal breaker for me.
Even if this was a Sadowsky grade bass and I liked the look, 11lbs. would be a deal breaker for me.
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Fender Basses / Antigua is back
« on: April 14, 2024, 10:39:07 AM »
Squier Antigua P-bass ($418), Bass VI ($454), Strat and Tele Custom available for preorder at European retailers.
Yeah, it's pukeburst, it looks like your granny's cooker or fridge, but it grows on me.
Yeah, it's pukeburst, it looks like your granny's cooker or fridge, but it grows on me.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Cleanest 1969 EB-3 at Norm's (+demo)
« on: April 14, 2024, 02:45:36 AM »To me personally, '68-70 EB-0/3 have the sweetest necks ever...obviously, YMMV.
My '70 slothead EB-0L's neck perfectly fits this description.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: April 10, 2024, 03:39:45 AM »
Delusional parasitosis is the clinial term.
In Arabic the informal term for withdrawal syndrome is "duda" — literally, worms.
In Arabic the informal term for withdrawal syndrome is "duda" — literally, worms.