Maude

Gotta Go - Agnostic Front

Firstly, all Yamaha basses are excellent quality. At any given price point you get more than your moneys worth. As for other options, off the top of my head as I own one, a Warwick Starbass. I have the Rockbass (budget) version, 32" scale, lightweight being hollow (semi?), slim neck front and to back and I think it's a 38mm nut, maybe 40mm. I think it looks great, the pickups give a great range of tones, a great all rounder. This is the one I bought, Starbass Link seems to keep linking to this page, I've given up trying 😁

Cool Jerk - The Capitols

Iron Fist - Motorhead

Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry

It doesn't matter but always thought the pre cool tube preamp was a B10 and the later one with the cool tube was a TB10. I came very very close to ordering one on a few occasions, but ultimately I think it wouldn't replace either my doublebass or an electric bass, so would end up unused.

My son has fallen foul of this seller choosing delivery malarkey. As usual the scamners are one step ahead. He has been selling off a lot of his Star Wars Lego collection to pay off some debt. Sold one set for £160, seller chose cheapest delivery option and when the set arrived claimed that he had been sent a box of old boxer shorts. Sent ebay a picture of the box filled with boxer shorts and ebay have refunded him and made my son pay to return the item. As it was cheap delivery nothing was weighed which would be his only hope of proving what was returned didn't match what was sent out. He's fighting ebay but at the moment he's one lego set and two lots of postage down and the proud owner of the scamners old pants.

So it's actually a very authentic copy then? 😂 To be fair I am a fussy git. Which makes anything I do a nightmare, as unless I can get it absolutely spot I'm never happy. It's a curse I tells ya! 😁

I had to sign up to Facebook for band reasons and didn't want to use my real name as I hate all that previous acquaintance 'wants to add you as a friend' shite (if I haven't stayed in touch there's a reason). It's not really a 'stage name' but I signed up as Lowdown Al (Allan being my real name) and it's kind of stuck as a stage name now as obviously that's what it says when I'm tagged in stuff. If/when I'm introduced on stage it's usually "On bass, Lowdown Al, lowering the tone since '73". My username is another story, which I probably should've used as a stage name looking back. 😁

Mine had tail lift and I much prefer heavy strings so something had to be done. I figured as the bridge was 'knackered' and would need replacing to use heavy strings then there was no harm in butchering it. I drilled two holes through the big rear flat area (OK slightly curved for the pendants 😉), countersunk them and put a pair of stainless steel screws through and pulled the tail down flush. It's been perfect for five years now. Rickenbacker started doing this themselves I believe, although somewhat more elegantly.

Yes, I realise all of that. But you'll be the first to admit you'd rather see a genuine TRC on a faker rather than a Rickenbacker one. As it is definitely a Matsumoku build and all the information I have is that it was in originally branded Aria, and I have a Rickenbacker and Rickenbastard TRC to hand, what TRC would you opt for? There's a only one of those four that it could possibly left the factory with, or would you choose a different brand name that Matsumoku built for completely randomly. Leaving it off is not a an option either for aesthetic reasons. I completely understand that a brand name on most Japanese fakers is irrelevant as all you can be sure of, once the TRC is gone, is which factory made it but I've gotta to pick something.

Because the previous owner took the Aria one off 😁. But I know what you mean. I've considered a 'Matsumoku' one in the Rickenbacker style but that's wrong as well. I've got no reason not to believe it wasn't badged as an Aria originally.

My Aria came with a Rickenbastard TRC. I have a spare Rickenbacker one but I don't want that either. I really want the original Aria one but can I find one? Annoyingly the previous owner had swapped and said he had it somewhere (in the middle of a house move) and would forward it on. I've since messaged but nothing.