Grahambythesea
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You probably won’t like this, it’s a 2013 Gibson EB.
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Always loved the look of these but never had a chance to play one. It seems surprising heavy at 4.4k for a chambered body.
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Don’t know why Fender dropped these, good shape, what’s the weight like? I haven’t heard of mint red before 😆😁😃😂
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I had the strap fitment come undone mid gig and my Jazz bass hit the ground knocking over the aviom unit in the process . Not cool.
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Looks like you may become the test case!
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Why’s the neck on back to front on the Limelight? Must make tuning awkward. There was a reason why Leo designed 4 on one side.
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On 25/07/2018 at 17:11, naxos10 said:
Make your own Rikenfaker but one that sounds good
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I thin k it should be a Rickenfaker, 4003 shape but with a hollow body. Nice big slash ‘f’ hole like the 360. Try a piezo pickup bridge like the Fishman to give it an alternative sound to what e er magnetic pickup grabs your fancy!
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Used to have an Olympic white US Precision Fretless with a white guard - the one I shouldn’t have let go! Sadly I can’t find an pics of it 😢
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Bling ‘snot my thing, but definitely cool, you should have had Elvis’ gold suit too!
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Almost my YOB Bass.
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Tort on Black - handsome. Much better than white or black.
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I don’ t think we ever got a picture of the Guild so here it is. Has really nice maple back and for under £500 is reasonably priced.
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On 04/07/2018 at 08:12, Cato said:
Weight wise there's not much in it, the Thinline is a shade over 7lbs and the solid is around 8lbs. It's only the top part of the body above the centre block that's hollow so it's less than a third of the whole body.
They do sound very different though,with the humbuckers, the six saddle bridge and the hollow bit the Thinline doesn't really sound like a traditional tele at all.
I suppose the thin line was Fender’s attempt at a Gibson sound. For years Gibson have tried the opposite without success.
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On 17/07/2018 at 22:22, atsampson said:
For those more used to a bass fretboard, remember that larger members of the mandolin family are available...
I play a flatback octave mandola, which is 21.5" scale length, tuned GDAE an octave down from a regular mandolin. It's great for chords and pretty good for playing tunes on. You can also stick a capo on 5 to turn it into a tenor mandola (tuned CGDA).
Me too! Having struggled with the close spacing of a mandolin, it’s a big jump down from basses, I bought an Octave Mandola which tunes the same but is a lot more comfortable spacing. I’m on my second a hand made maple backed one by Robin Greenwood who has a workshop near Poole in Dorset. Lovely instrument.
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Would I be right in thinking this version is short scale?
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So are the fakes as heavy as the originals - 9lbs+?
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47 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:
I keep looking at the one at Andy Baxter’s...
Not at £2450!
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Love the look of them, but like FinnDave, don’t think I could handle 30” scale, and I think they have incredibly skinny necks, perhaps not quite as thin as the Framus Bill Wyman used to play but pretty close!
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Will that produce the Ricky clank?
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YOB
in Bass Guitars
Forget about a bass, just by a classic guitar like this one, sorry it’s one year out,a ‘47 L5 for a little under £6grand on Reverb
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Look like Yamaha TRB to me.
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I wonder the author of the “History” hasn’t published an updated version. They has been quite a bit of innovation in the last 17 years - Jaguar bass, Dimension, Rascal to mention just a few. Time someone wrote a new one.
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Here’s another that may be questionable, what do bcers think. Claims to be ‘78 with an added active J pickup. Obviously the P pup is different too.
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If you really want to go fretted why not just get a luthier to fret your Sire?
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The All New RickenFaker Thread
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Not so much fakers - perfect clones. Fab-u-Lous.