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I had one of those push-button Stingray amps - as I recall it was pretty rubbish! 🙂

On the noise front, I went to the Bristol guitar show last weekend and never once even considered putting in my earplugs.

It's just a wind-up!

Arf!

I've never played a faker which is as good as a Ric. Mind you, I've only got 7 Rics and 3 fakers at the moment.

Well, I couldn't even spot my own bass in the last blind test (mind you, I did think it was the other Ric, so I'm not totally humiliated!).

I think I like it!

Rics are a big step up from the fakers. The 4003 rods are replaceable. I checked out a video of AC and he holds the bass at an angle and plays on the neck, so he probably got them to shift the pickups out of the way.

Wow - you've never had a Ric? I find them very adjustable and they do the neck twist like it says on the tin. Plus, they are field-replaceable if they go wrong. If you are concerned whether they are in-step, you can loosen them and then do equal turns for each and tweak at the end, though if they were way off then one would be a lot looser than the other. I don't know about massive steps forward. Is that single truss-rod from the AC? The two visually obvious changes on the bass are: The new/prototype/custom bridge, which may well be a good 'un. The pickups layout, which suits his style, but won't a lot of other people's. If the bridge does make it into production it could well be an incremental step forwards.

What will fit a 5-string?

Just a mean face...

I'm totally ignorant about them. What's a soprano uke and what others are there?

But I do like to mess around too...

I've got a set of PK-5A and they are rather good (though I would've preferred they were mains powered rather than using an external PSU). Once you learn the channel/patch/octave dance they are quite straightforward to use. I've got a 12-Step which I need to get to grips with; it's more of a program it via a laptop approach.

I've got an RB 5-string I'm putting together from parts. Corvette body, Fortress neck, bridge, machines are on it. I need a pair of J- style pickups to finish it and I'll do the passive harness.

I've thought about putting a Rickenbacker neck pickup on a P, but then I though I've got a Ric anyway...

I might give one a go one day. They're a bit too Fender-a-like for me (though I see they do some Ibanez inspired models too).

Is it a thru-neck design?

My wood necked 5-string takes one battery.

I've seen a number of Sandbergs, but I've never been inclined to pick one up and play it.

I've seen that pic on FB - I do hope they don't go down that road; Rics have the best truss rod design as they stand.

How about balanced in a diamond formation?

You have to learn not to do it...