EmmettC

Just having a look at the Rickenbacker porn thread, I think it should be renamed bass fetish pics for perverts

I'm not one for sweeping generalisations but the puns on this site are awful.

I think it's great they treat their staff well, and they demand is still very high. I still think if I went to a good British Luthier (ACG, Overwater etc) I could spec something very similar for a lot less money.

5 string Stingrays, I have one, I just wish it had the 4 string body. Fancy tops, coffee tables, Rickenbackers. All of the above can be improved with a Tort scratch plate, I would have a tort kitchen counter, and a tort dashboard in my car if I had a choice, but then I'd need a sunburst car and Olympic white kitchen cabinets.......

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1457622420' post='3000266'] I don't think anyone really likes the beatles do they? We should have a thread about it [/quote] I heard Paul McCartney was the best bass player ever!? 😈

One of the best, love Neil Young.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1457567648' post='2999819'] I wonder if Leo tried the reversed position in early prototypes? [/quote] Strings and amplification were a lot different when he was designing the split-P pickup, so what worked for heavy flatwounds and a low powered amp might not be what works for round wounds with a punchy amp and a cab with a tweeter.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1457567948' post='2999823'] Id certainly be interested in trying a D-Bird. Also enjoyed the recent Sandberg Forty Eight. Nice take on a T Bird [/quote] The 48 looks great, if I was after a "rock" bass that's where I would start

Fender are also going up, and Roland, probably loads of others. It's not quite price fixing, but the price they charge the shops goes up, so the shops raise their prices to us.

I NEED a 5 string precision in my life, I think I'll be getting in touch with Maruszczyk later in the year. It has to be 3 tone sunburst, rosewood and tort the perfect P, but with 17-18mm string spacing.

Keep them if you can, I thought I'd found "the one" when I got my TM5, then after a few weeks of gigging I decided I didn't like the pre-amp, not a big problem, but now, a few months down the line, I've decided the humbuckers is in the wrong place, I still love it as a jazz bass, but I'm really glad I kept my stingray, because I couldn't do without that sound in my life.

I have the 115, but I've tried the 112 a few times and if I was buying again I'd go for the 112. The 115 is great, but it's a bit boomy when you push it, the 112 sounded a lot clearer to my ears, I haven't done a back to back test, so it could have been the venue, or maybe just my ears playing tricks on me.

That's a good result.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1457463782' post='2998872'] Yes, it is, but within it he clearly says if he had a signature model it would only have one pickup, one control knob etc. He seemed quite sure about that! [/quote] As I understand it he was a guitarist when he joined Slipknot, so he might have developed a new two pickup sound since then, anyway we're all entitled to change our mind, or have it changed for us by the offer of a free signature model.

Just what twincam said really, both nice CV a bit nicer. I had a CV tele with fender pickups and it was really amazing, it was so good my guitarist basically stole it and left money in its place.

[quote name='geordiemick' timestamp='1457526418' post='2999331'] What are Crafters like? [/quote] I have a Crafter acoustic guitar and I like it a lot, though I'm not much of a guitar player.

The Harley Benton ones I've seen were awful, serious neck and hardware issues. The best cheap(ish) ones I've seen are Tanglewood or Brunswick, but they are not as cheap as the Harley Benton.

My worst was at the very end of the night, all the guests made a big circle we played Auld Lang Syne as always, and the bride came into the circle with her sister as the groom had to go back to the police station after being arrested the night before for drink driving in a stolen car. Apparently they are still married.......

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1457440313' post='2998520'] You say written... you mean rehashed from The Beatles? [/quote] I never understood this point of view, the Beatles were a great band, with lovely melodies and harmonies, Oasis are a shouty light rock band (fro meatheads), apart from the hair cuts I don't think they're alike at all

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1457430499' post='2998355'] Very professional. The bride's father should have countered "Do you want paying?" [/quote] If someone in my band did that they would get fired.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1457400811' post='2998211'] The Dingwall Thunderbird. Headstock fail. [/quote] Doesn't work does it, needs something bigger to balance the look of the body.

Do they have tension adjustment? I think some of them have a nut at the bottom of the shaft to make them tighter (or looser).

Anyone have a picture of the Dingwall t-bird?

Nice, that definitely suits the image of your band, I still haven't found a bass I like that visually suits my alter-ego in my industrial band Metaltech. If I could find a nice 5 string Iceman with a full size body.......

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1457385625' post='2998081'] (The wisdom of this advice was slightly undermined by him standing in front of a 747 in Iron Maiden livery which made me want to bash his smug brains in.) [/quote] Haha