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Much nicer looking than most Les Pauls.

Won’t the scale length be all wrong?

I notice it’s made in Arroyo Grande California. My daughter lives there, didn’t know they had a luthier in the town. It’s just down the road from San Luis Obispo, home of Music Man.

Congratulations. That’s a great looking bass, do I detect a little tip of the hat towards Ric? I am amazed it’s under 7lb. 

On 26/06/2018 at 08:46, Rick's Fine '52 said:

Here's my pair, UK hand made from scratch, no Chinese crap, and not cheap either. I couldn't decide on WB or not, so decided to have both!

4005 Fireglo, chequerboard binding to rear, full width crushed pearl inlays, 60's spec throughout. 

4005 WB, Mapleglo, plain white binding to front and back. Both full 60's spec in every way. 

 

 

Not so much fakers  - perfect clones. Fab-u-Lous.

You probably won’t like this, it’s a 2013 Gibson EB.

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.

Don’t know why Fender dropped these, good shape, what’s the weight like? I haven’t heard of mint red before 😆😁😃😂

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.

Looks like you may become the test case!

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.

On 25/07/2018 at 17:11, naxos10 said:

Make your own Rikenfaker but one that sounds good.

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!

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 😢

Bling ‘snot my thing, but definitely cool, you should have had Elvis’ gold suit too!

Almost my YOB Bass.

Tort on Black - handsome. Much better than white or black.

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.

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.

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.

Would I be right in thinking this version is short scale?

So are the fakes as heavy as the originals - 9lbs+?

47 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

I keep looking at the one at Andy Baxter’s...

http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=1367

Not at £2450!

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!

Will that produce the Ricky clank?

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