Maude

Meh 🤷 Sorry 😁

Sod AI, I think someone's hacked into my home CCTV. 😬

The Warman 'Stingray' pickup is a very good pickup, and very well priced. Whether it'll give you the balance you're after, who knows. As suggested, the pickup heights may be the issue there. https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/mm4-4-string-bass-humbucker-13-09kohm-4-wire-overwound/

I know you took a weird little shine to it 😁. If/when I decide to move it along you'll be the first to know 😉

Right then, enough of these lovely basses, let's have something pretty much universally hated. The kind of bass a lot of folks had as their first bass, and ceremoniously destroyed when they got their first 'proper' bass. A Kay KJB-1B. I was bored so bought this little survivor and treated it to a refinish inspired by those terrible plastic fan operated organs of the 70's. A lesson in just because you can, doesn't mean you should. All the above is in jest, this Kay is now a funky little bass that plays well (after some intense adjustments) and sounds surprisingly good.

Anyone would think you've got a thing for tripple pickup basses 😉

If anyone in the Southwest is after a cheap BB, there's a black BB425 on Facebook Marketplace in Bodmin for £180. Condition looks OK. Nothing to do with me but too good a deal with not to share.

I'll Rip Your Spine Out - Gillan

Not neck, but I shaved the headstock on a later P style head to the profile of the slimmer early P style (Telebass) head and gave myself a new dead spot on the 5th fret of the G string. Obviously changing neck mass doesn't always do this but unwanted results can happen.

One down, eleven to go. No problem, nothing to it 😬. I think this is the best I've ever done, certainly better than the year I failed roughly ten minutes after stating I was in. 😂

I like that Billy Sheehan is/was actively involved in creating the Attitude basses, and uses them pretty much exclusively because they are what he wanted. He's also very enthusiastic about them. A lot of signature models are just pretty stock basses in a different colour or a certain pickup. The same can be said for Jack Casady as Mr. Sheehan.

That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top

The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures

That's lovely 😍. "I don't need a new bass so I won't visit their website. I don't need a new bass so I won't visit their website. I don't need a new bass so I won't visit their website... I'm off to their website".

Mine had a bit of tail lift, not too bad but it was only heading one way and I like heavy strings, so I figured if the tailpiece is essentially knackered then butchering it won't matter. I drilled two holes through the rear flat bit, counter sunk them, then put in two big stainless steel screws. This pulled it back down flush to the body and has stayed that way for five years with heavy strings on. Might not look the best but I've a feeling RIC started doing the same with the new redesigned tailpiece. BTW, the tailpiece is straight, it's the angle of the photo makes it look wonky.

My personal opinion, no different. The 70s Japanese copies were mainly faithful replicas, apart from the bolt on neck ones, even incorporating the things that turned out to be flawed, the rediculous intonation adjustment and tailpiece that lifts for example. Mine is a 4001 (I think) and our guitarist has a 4003 Rick and I can't tell the difference in sound, apart from them having different strings. The classic Rick tone is certainly there and in a band situation I don't think anyone could tell them apart.

The bolt on necks are less desirable than neck throughs due to not being true to real Ricks, but like you I was happy with a bolt on as it makes a decent set up easier if neck issues were to arise. This is my Matsumoku faker, apparently an Aria but as the seller had lost the TRC it now has no identity, just a Matsumoku build.

32Red Balloons - Nena

I'd say it's not from the Matsumoku factory, but I'm no expert. My reasoning is, it hasn't got the "Made in Japan, steel adjustable neck plate" neck plate, the bridge pickup isn't the 'staple' type, and it's very hard to see in these pictures but I can't see the little dimple markers by each control knob. As far as I'm aware these are all markers of a Matsumoku build, but again I'm no expert, @Bassassin is your man. Also I don't think Ibanez, as mentioned earlier, were ever built in the Matsumoku factory.

The tuners are adjustable and it's possible yours just need a little tighten. Although quite rare to come by there is a little 'c' spanner that fits in the hole in the tuner shaft to nip them up. I would imagine there's non Yamaha tools that would also do the job.

Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper

Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jr

Off topic, sorry 😁. Have you seen there's going to be a film based on/inspired by the album 'And Out Come The Wolves'. I have no idea what it'll be like but probably worth a look if you're into the album, which is a masterpiece BTW 😉.

It depends if you want an actual Precision, or a bass with Precision pickups. The right image is important to wanting to pick it up and play it for a youngster. Personally if I had £300 for bass with Precision pickups I'd be getting a used Yamaha BB424x. Fantastic build quality, playability and tone.