Woodinblack

Used that with the band yesterday and it is ok, not super bright but in the right place it works well - but transport wise, anyone got a recommendation for a bag to put it in?

I'd agree, I like the headstock and anything is better than the sire one, even fender!

I will have my ric, although maybe too stringy for most

Hardly, the Ibanez Axestar AXB50 was released in 1985, that was headless.

My combustion wasn't that heavy, not that it was light, and the balance wasn't an issue with it.

The new bridge seems like a good thing, and of course if you get the 4003s they don't have sharp edges (neither do the 4004s)

Yeh, there are rare occasions when every moderator I need to ask a question of isn't instantly available, sorry about that. Anyway, it should work now.

Seeing as on a fretless you don't really need to change the frets for scale length, if you want one of these as a fretless you just have to get a normal one and move the bridge 2.5" up the body

No, you have to move the bridge AND redo the fret positions, which is why it has 24 frets instead of 20 (or whatever is on the 4003, I just have a 4004 here, it has 20)

I think it was the playing! I skipped a lot as well, but he is the guy they made the 4030 for in the first place, according to this: https://rickenbacker101.substack.com/p/overview-the-4030 which is also quite clear they just moved the bridge (although that original was a 4002 body)

I would say that second line invalidates the opinion on the first line

it won't embed for whatever reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGn-48kbmo

Yes, there is something odd on your account, I need to find out why that is, hold on a sec..

Ok, read the story of the origin of the 4030 and it is just a 4003 with the bridge moved up 2.5" and hotter pickups in different place. I guess there is a market for everything

Not a dingwall fan but the extender is a good idea for hanging, if that is what it is for!

So once you have made a set of tones you want to use with this amp, do you need bluetooth or a footswitch to access them? Can you access a range of presets without those things, or does it have (I assume it doesn't) midi in any way to switch?

But one where they couldn't be bothered to put a 24th fret marker on it

Just avoided what could have been a very nasty accident?

The pickups look too close together, presumably because the bridge is so high.

and was it?

Generally in the normal corse of events, the Roland system estimates the closest note very fast, and then corrects that assumption or the difference between the actual note using pitch bend. When playing it with the internal synths of the GR55 or whatever it is pretty good, however, if you are taking it out of the system via a plug to another synth you add another lump of delay and it doesn't work so well. Although I seem to remember you had an older roland sound module, in which case it is probably the same thing that is in the GR55 anyway.

Is this a new hiss? you said you had it serviced, when did you notice the hiss?

So you are saying I shouldn't wear my stilettos this year?

Yeh, when I joined my current band, the old band had lights and PA. This one had PA but no lights. The 3rd gig we did was an outdoor gig at an old farm house. In the dark. I bought some lights. What is so special about his amp that it needs to be miked up? can he not go straight into the desk with a di or something if he hasn't got anything particualr Yeh, some times its just nice to step back and enjoy something for what it is.

I guess they are in a different place - if you are on an open mic, who cares if you all start at the same time or end at the right time, but if you are there as the entertainment rather than the audience, and someone is paying you, it really does matter. Maybe some people don't realise that until they are there