The Last Bass Outpost

Exactly. And Geezer hated it. As Glenn Hughes had (reverting to Fender P on subsequent DP Mk III tours). In theory, an aggressive bass like the Ric and Glenn Hughes' upfront playing were a match made in heaven, in practice it didn't work. Glenn plays the Ric throughout the Burn album and unlike Roger Glover (a much less upfront player than Glenn) is hardly heard at all with it (whereas Glover's Ric sound on MH, MIJ and WDWTWA is to cream in your pants for). The Ric is - hard to believe - buried in the mix though the album was again engineered by Martin Birch who has a reputation of mixing bass sounds loud.

And still some want to believe that Glenn played the 4001 on "Made In Europe".

Incl. a short scale Rick "tribute"

Wha? No, no, it's a real 1991 4003JG but may look like a shortscale in that picture if the Hamer was a B12S. It is in fact a Franken-Hamer that has a neck from a Korean made CH-12 and a custom built B12S -style body.

It's only knock and know-all but I like it[/i]

I think I checked the age from Mark's seite (I bought it as a 1973). One of the caps is original, dated
also 1977. I'll be getting them changed sometime in the future too.

Here's some Firebird pickup discussion:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142738

And the the thread my friend (who built the bass) did for me:


Includes a pic of a pickup built by David Schwab.

Hey, what are those "Cord" cabinets?

No idea. I think the photo was from US gig and they couldn't use their own Laney gear.

Tell more about the saddle widths.  I've heard they also made 48mm spacing too?  Is the 52mm too wide?

Well, it's wide but I've used to it so it's hard to say. I understand those who think it is too wide though!
I'm not sure but I think the 48mm is the standard now?

Is your Waterstone a 32" scale?

No, a 34". It's the first generation version with the signature decal inside and the dreaded 52mm saddle width.

I have a first gen TP-2 and yes, it has a wide neck but I've accustomed to it. The 32" model must feel like a breeze. I have only tried one other Waterstone (a 2nd generation TP-12 34" with a 48mm width at the saddle). Fine basses anyway.



Mine has a new bridge pickup made by Rami Hakala (www.mikkihouse.fi) and it's also wired in stereo. The neck PU is the original but has a new "face".