Mr. Foxen

Where is nearest to central Bristol that will have the new labour intensive stock? I've not actually had any 'bad' Warwick comes though, but I've not had many at all, I think they mostly belong to really fussy sorts and I haven't really broken into that area. Edit: Also you should probably note I'm down with the kids and have me design a new model to bring you back into fashion. And now I've posted that I realise how like Shockwave's Pedulla it is.

I heard Warwick already responded to the drop in sales by dropping production to up exclusivity.

Reckon it is a bitsa from the many part body and the not fitting plates. The no marker neck looks cool.

When you get into serious PA design, should definitely head towards working in voltage swing rather than watt ratings, at the very least RMS watts with known impedance and passband. How big a venues are you hoping to work with with it?

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1342983599' post='1743460'] If the info in the various posts above isn't enough for you (especially Green Alsatian's), I suggest you go back and look at loads of pics of loads of genuine Rics. Most of mine have had different sized areas of gap/binding; on my Azure the binding goes further under the bridge than on my Fireglo, leaving a narrower gap. In fact on my Fireglo it's slightly offset. I still don't quite understand why you appear to have decided it's definitely a faker when the evidence (including that from people close to source) tends to suggest it probably isn't. In Hook's case, he has stated outright his was a Hondo (and it's bloody obvious from the pictures). Foxten has stated his original was an Ibanez, again obvious from pics. At no point that I'm aware did Burton or anyone close to him say his was a faker. Which of course doesn't prove anything either way, but is more likely to suggest it's genuine than fake. FWIW, famous Ric players that didn't resort to fakers: Squire (appears to have owned one but not aware he used it for anything known, and I have talked to him; mainly used his RM, the 21 fret 4001, the 8 string and a fretless or other basses entirely) Rutherford Glover Lee McCartney Hughes / Butler (same bass) Camp D'Amour etc.... FWIW I don't think it matters if someone did use one and some of the copies are very good (some less so - the Hondos were positively horrible), but misinformation I object to. [/quote] I'm pretty much going just from the photos, and the spotting fakers site, and the pics that are official Ricks, as per the ones above, the other examples in random personal photos could just as well be fakes, I have no way of verifying, some that come up in a google image search have binding all the way round, which is apparently definitely fake. The 'evidence' appears to just be people referring to it as a Rick, in the same way anything that shape is. Obviously I do have a fair few doubts about the usefulness of the faker spotting site since the guy doesn't know the difference between 'right' and 'write', but I lack a better authority on the subject. So working jsut from direct sources, the pics, and official Rick photos. I don't assume a Rick is RIC made any more than I assume anything P bass shaped is Fender made.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158701-fs-birch-ply-4x15-home-made-l75-collected/page__p__1728315__hl__4x15__fromsearch__1#entry1728315 And Orange Smart power ones, half the power you put in is sunk into a speaker performing the function the back of the other speaker would otherwise perform.

I've always considered binding that passes under the bridge to be one of the main tells of a copy, my CMI looks exactly like that, due to the narrower through neck piece, which is a fairly major construction departure. Joey's bass notes says same, although I don't know how authoratitive that is, since it seems more about crying trademark infringement than actual useful tells.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342944444' post='1742900'] Looks like the same gap on this: [/quote] That one stops at the line following from the bridge, whereas the Cliff one goes further. The angle is near identical so it isn't a perspective thing.

Does the combo have an fx loop? line out from the vamp (which is a preamp for the purpose) to the fx return on combo is simple way if it has one.

I use dual mono outputs, if you want active though, do it with a preamp outside the bass (I use a Sansamp Paradriver), active bass and passive bass into preamp are pretty much same, the stereo jack kills the switching you normally have for an onboard preamp to not eat batteries. It is a whole different deal than having two pickups on the bass one output and a split post output, because you don't have the loading of the second pickup when they are both on, they are buffered/discrete from each other, plus, you can bring in effected signal over the clean lows with the volume, and tons more tricks as you learn the acoustics of the situation.

If you hate the time you spend playing so much you need compensating, why would you expect people listening to feel any different about it? I get paid to load all my amps and cabs in and out if I'm lucky, thats the bit that sucks.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342902729' post='1742680'] An expensive bass modified to get the sound he wanted, perhaps. Every site that mentions is calls it a Rickenbacker 4001 (with Gibson EB-0 and dimarzio Jazz pickups) [/quote] Check the ones saying Peter Hook played a Rick too. Its a logic vs internet repeating what everyone else on the internet says thing. Edit: and now I've looked a bit harder, the binding gap is smaller, real rick ones stop about at the edges of the bridge (unless all the ones that came up on google image search were copies, some were as had no gap). Bolt on copies have it all the way round. This either has a smaller gap or goes all the way and is covered by strap (according ot that page about fakers, binding that goes under the bridge is the tell):

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342885957' post='1742406'] Really? I thought it was a burgundy Ric. [/quote] Its either a common, mass produced Japanese copy, to go with the other Japanese bass he played, or a fairly uncommon expensive bass modified to look like a specific inaccurate copy.

I reckon this applies to the playing music situation just as well: [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1332753759' post='1592401'] I do re-finishes and was thinking of doing it as a sideline but when you start charging you have to make sure you have to be up to professional standards I wasn't sure I was so I stick to doing my own and friends for no charge. [/quote]

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342880923' post='1742327'] Not quite the same though is it. [/quote] Its what Cliff Burton played, so is the same.

[quote name='slobluesine' timestamp='1342879198' post='1742293'] so it's acceptable for a muso working a bar to get paid while the muso on stage doesn't? [/quote] I don't expect to get paid when I'm pouring drinks by my choice. I just made a cup of tea for my mate who came round, didn't charge him, my tea bags and everything.

[quote name='slobluesine' timestamp='1342878702' post='1742285'] but bar staff generally cant play music and a gig is about music not shifting beer, or maybe i've got it all wrong [/quote] Most decent gig venue bars seem to employ musicians as bar staff, the shift work fits in a bit better with going off to play music sometimes, and a boss involved in music will understand.

I'm playing right now. If you have a problem with playing for free, you are welcome to send me some money, pm for details.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1342873582' post='1742153'] Cliff Burton makes me want a Ric to jam in different pickups... [/quote] Stock Aria/Ibanez, they came with a neck mudbucker.

[quote name='Eljay' timestamp='1342821213' post='1741658'] I liked them both, but sold them both when I made a move and had to trim the herd. Damn, I let some fine one's go then inc. a Sadowsky, Lakland USA Decade, Lull T-Bass and a G&L LCF Centennial ltd edition. [/quote] This bit reminds me, how many of them were Fender styled? Because seems the rule is, if you play somehting Fender styled, it is refered to by its own manufacturer, but if you playt somehting rick styled, you get claimed as a rick player, even if it wasn't a Rick. The lsit of Rick players on Wikipedia includes Peter Hook who played a Hondo, Cliff Burton who played an Aria (and a blatant one too, it had the mudbucker), Lemmy who probably started off with a CMI and plays various custom copies and the guy from the Jam, who also played an Aria (but at least probably owned a Rick).

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1342820157' post='1741642'] Just been thinking about these again and I still want one. Big mistake? How do I get a good one?! [/quote] Hit me up when you want the necessary valve amps to drive enough it sounds good.

Pretty much every bass I've had (mostly cheaps) has needed the nut cut lower. And you do each slot alone becuas eits individual to strings. You just don't do it like he does it.

I know of a Firebass going. Gimme an email or phone number to bass on, its in the Bristol area, I can probably sort shipping.

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I odn't understand what is going on with the strings at the machine heads. Looks like there are strings cut off at the thick part.