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Case now sold. Sorry about the brusque post earlier, had a lot on my plate yesterday.

Free bump, these are fantastic cases, I would recommend them to anyone looking for a lightweight but extremely sturdy case.

No, but the 3 other people who are apparently so desperate to buy it have all gone quiet or backed out. Im getting sick of this bullcrap and will just ebay it to save any more hassle if I dont have my full asking price by midnight Monday.

[quote name='smurfitt' post='771148' date='Mar 11 2010, 12:19 AM']Hi, sorry to sound dim but I'm a newbie. Can you tell me what you mean by 'the rear catches might foul the amp'. Thanks[/quote] Too late, case is now reserved .

It wont get damaged, I was just concerned the rear catches would foul the back of the amp, but if you say your LMII is 10.1 inches, then you are probably OK as long as you don't want to store your cables in the back.

I've tried advising, you have the dimensions, its up to you to decide whether it is suitable or not.

[quote name='smurfitt' post='769928' date='Mar 9 2010, 11:36 PM']will this be suitable for a LM11[/quote] No, the rack has 10.5" available depth, and the LMII is exactly 10.5", so you'd have to unplug it all every time you moved it, and theres still a danger the rear catches would foul the amp.

[quote name='cocco' post='769215' date='Mar 9 2010, 01:42 PM']So if I want a 'hot' ric this isn't the way to go and I'm better off with a later 4001 or even a 4003? but I still want some sort of good investment ric but one I'm not gonna be scared to gig. What should I be looking for? Also what is the difference between a 4001 and a 4003? Sorry I've hijacked your thread by the way[/quote] I'd say find the money and buy this one (Stackers bass). Whatever Ric you buy, its always gonna be an "investment", even unloved early 4003s are starting to pick up in price now, and this FG will probably blow all of them out of the water in most respects, and it will continue to appreciate. Whatever Ric you gig with will always get the odd dink, so why not buy one thats nicely worn in, and sounds like a Ric SHOULD, rather than compromising your lust for a nice 70s one by buying a later, plain bound, Hi-Gained 80s/90s hot Rick? Unless you desperately want Hi-Gains? Seriously, whats the difference between gigging a well used £2000 bass, and a slightly cleaner £1500 bass? Once you are up in that sort of price range, I'd only worry if the bass was a minter, or a really rare colour/variant. They are meant to be played after all! I have my giggers and my home/recording basses, they all get played, but I would never gig the V63 unless it was a crucial gig that absolutely needed it, and even then it would be a kid gloves job, and I would be devastated if it got dinked. However, I can throw my 4001S round with impunity, as the previous owner already did a good job of wearing it in and chipping the edges.

Toaster has lower output and bags more "Traditional Ric" character. The mismatch between Rick neck and bridge pickups is the key to the sound, the neck pickups are wooly, the bridge pickups are like razorblades. As the years progressed, the sonic gap between the 2 was narrowed, firstly by the original Horseshoes being discontinued in favour of a conventional bobbin and magnet pickup with screw-in polepieces, then later, the ubiquitous "Hi Gain" pickups with the rubbery polepieces. The neck "Toasters" were upgraded to "Hi Gain" around 1973, and they now balanced the bridge pickups a lot better, but at the expense of the original Ric sound, which many people (including Rickenbacker themselves) were keen to improve upon at the time. Toasters are very cool looking pickups, and they give the Squire/McCartney tones their wooly bottom end in bags, but for most other applications, you might be better off with a Hi-Gain in the neck. The best way to "upgrade" any Ric bass to make it sound right* is by finding a proper Horseshoe bridge pickup, and these are rare as rocking horse poo, so are the reissues. Reissue Horseshoes go between 400 and 1000, but 1960s originals you can count on writing a blank cheque and hope the American hoarders/archivists haven't got there first. Thats why the V63 series go for such bonkers money now, they were an all-in-one proper reissue as close as Rickenbacker could get it without going overboard. It will be a cold day in hell (or a 60s Ric, and even then it would have to be a corker) before I part with my V63. * like a lovely clanky 60s Rick a'la Squire, Glover, Rutherford.

Pricedrop bump.

Still got loads left, PM me directly please, not here in the thread. Go for it, stock up!

Final price drop bump. If these arent worth a tenner to someone, I'll stick them on the next sh*tter bass I put on ebay.