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Nah six-way! Hahahaha - should be on a cracker... (But seriously - yes.)

Nice. I just couldn't live with the gap at the top frets. I also have a Schaller 3D bridge and may give that a try. However, I'd be having to fill in the existing holes, as the Retrovibe bridge has screws almost in the same spot, but off-centre.

Yes - the knights cross (I think that's what it was called) is what I had in mind. Eddie Rickenbacker was Adolf Rickenbacker's cousin and the first one to Americanise his surname from Rickenbacher, to distance himself from the anti-German sentiment in WW I; Adolf then followed his lead a short time later.

I put this selector switch on my Ric...

Here's my Ric which is a bit different...

Rickenstatus??? I've got a Rickenberger!

Darn - the Hipshot bridge doesn't work, as the string spacing is wider. Also a Hipshot drop-D eXtender won't fit. I've also had a slight re-think and it's getting a pair of SD pickups. I did have the neck one on another project but I decided to use a Ric one on that.

The postage alone is more than I'd pay for that.

It looks like it's sunk into the floor.

Cut out with pliers, more like... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Telecaster-pre-assembled-wiring-electronics-CTS-pots-inc-knobs-and-switch-tips/123995321184?hash=item1cdeb27360:g:6LwAAOSwzttd4-EF

So far the best bass pedal I've tried/used/owned is the Sansamp Bass Driver DI (BDDI). I debated getting a Bass Fly Rig, but I'd need to do a good comparison. Two things prompted me to consider it: 1. my chorus pedal seems to have stopped working, 2. I've been tidying up my pedalboard and that seemed to offer a neat solution. I have a VT Bass pedal and it's OK. I tried the YYZ and liked it, but it's pricey and I don't necessarily want to sound just like Geddy Lee.

I've got a VT Bass and a BDDI; I reckon the VT Bass sounds like it's in the next room, whereas the BDDI makes it come alive!

I have an Aguilar Octamizer; the octave below has real character.

Has anybody compared the Bass Fly Rig against a SansAmp Bass Driver DI pedal? I've been thinking about whether to swap to the Fly Rig, but if the SansAmp section isn't is as good as the standalone pedal, then the convenience and other features it offers just don't matter.

And here we have the Red Baron bass... I think I'm going to do some mods to it: Swap the bridge for a Hipshot. Remove the two pickups and use them on something else I've got. Put in a single SD pickup. Replace the pickguard (maybe black). (Maybe) add a Hipshot drop-D eXtender on it. Think about whether to have more play on the Red Baron theme.

Haha! 🙂

Funnily enough, the UK distributor of Rockinbetter was/is also the UK distributor for Tokai, and goes under the name Tokai UK; thereby further contributing to the confusion! Also, coincidentally, I’m going to pick up a Retrovibe tomorrow; I have plans for it...

Shame it hasn't got a whammy bar!

"I'll just quickly tune up..."

I know - he made a half-hearted attempt at one point in a solo and that was it for the riff! 🙂

Which was fair enough. 🙂 He's now producing other kit, including a Tony Butler (Big Country) signature model and some Ric replacement parts (which don't infringe EU trademarks).

The Retrovibe Renegade was a decent modern Ric copy; the chap who got them made is a decent bass player himself and a nice bloke. (However, they also break RIC trademark and I think they're not made anymore.)

It was on the Rockinbetters too (they may have been the first MIC 'fakers). The issue with the bass' design was that it was based on a Fender scale and had 22 frets; once they stuck the body on, the bridge position was further up the body, so they made a base plate to mimic the Ric one and reach the end of the body, but the bridge itself was instead right at the end where the Ric's mute assemble sits. I remember seeing these being sold as Ric replacement bridges, which wouldn't work...

Yep, as I say, you can’t go wrong at that price.