Heartbreaker

I delicatly contacted the seller & apparently he was told by the private seller 2 years ago when he bought it that 4001's, just like Strat's both had through neck & bolt on veriants but now realises the bullshit. Poor lad. At least he knows where the previous seller is ! I can only wish him the very best of luck in sorting the matter out.

Check out the EBay add for a 73 black Rick 4001 that looks like a copy as it has a BOLT ON NECK & non Rick Pickups. Item number 290573944163, put on at 21.12 this evening. Also non 73 wavy Mackineheads.

Help required to find a company that I can safely use to post my bass to Holland not too expensivelly (value approx £1000.00). Any suggestions very welcome, cheers, Rob.

I need help to find a good not expensive postal service to post my bass to Holland from the UK, any help well apreciated, cheers, Rob.

[attachment=73198:62_EB3__...eg_rigs..JPG] My 62 Gibson EB3. Plays like a dream, is one of my main gigging basses, just love Andy Frazers bass playing & Free's music.

Thanks ALL for your imputs & knowledge regarding these pups. The main reason I moved my 55-94 & 55-02's on sounds like the same resons stated here as the top end was just too hi-fi in the loud live situation despite all the tweeking possible to the eq. It cuts through fine but just too much top. Still kept getting another though as they are great to play & at home sound ok. Just bought another new 44-02 as I'm no longer using 5 stings so will be interested in checking out the new Lak pups to see if they are more agressive & even try a Tonehammer if needs be. My usuall rig is an Ampeg SVT4 pro head with several Mk1 Markbass cabs as we play classic rock at very high volumes, great rig for tones live with my US CS Jazz & EB3 so will be interested to see if I can tame the 44-02. Just on another Lakland personal observation, US versis Skline models. Having had both the 94 & 02's in the deluxe series I can honestly say that the huge extra cost of the US version is not justified with ither build quality, tone or finish, they are all so very similar to justify over double the cost. In fact my last 55-02 was the lightest Lakland I've had at only 8.6 lbs where as the 55-94 was 9.11 lbs, same quilt & finish on both & sounded identical. When you pay big money for a top end instrament you should expect a noticable diferance somewhere. Cheers, Rob. [[attachment=72283:DSCF0117.JPG] [attachment=72281:P1010975.JPG] [attachment=72282:DSCF0001.JPG]

Regarding pickuos on these models, 55-02, 44-02, 55-94, 44-94. Can anyone tell me what difference there is in tone between the newer Lakland pickups they now use compared to the Bart pickups they used befor. Also what tonal diferences with the new Lakland LH3 preamp compared to the previous Bart preamp. I've owned 2 x 55-02's & a 55-94 all with Bart pups & am concidering a new 44-02 which has the Lakland coponents but unfortunatly have no chance of trying one. Any help would be well apreciated, thanks, Rob.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1120650' date='Feb 8 2011, 09:14 PM']Nick from Nicks guitars had something similar but only 4H he has "people" in the States and gives a one on one service so he would be my first port of call, He has a knack for finding special stingrays and plays them himself so knows a good one from a bad one. Worth a ring IMO.[/quote] Thanks Pete, Just droped Nick an email, notice he's getting a single H BFR Ltd in soon, hopfully he can get a HH version. Cheers, Rob.

I'm after a Musicman Stingray 4HH Ltd Edition that has the black body, ebony board & BFR roasted finish figured neck. Superb necks.These were yet again another limited model run of 200 back in August last year. Bass Central USA has one but they are not allowed to export them, great. Anybody know a UK shop or outlet that might get one over here, I'm running out of options so any help would be apreciated. Cheers, Rob.

Has anyone got or tried one of the new 2010 American Precision Deluxe's. It would be very usefull to have an idea of how they sound, compare & feel.