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Well, back to the question; what you are missing out on is the best production bass money can buy. All of this baloney about them being difficult to intonate, hard to do palm-muting, and so-on - who cares? Just play the darned thing! Me, I've had 8 Rics in my life and I've only ever sold one. My second bass (after a Columbus Jazz copy) was a Ric; I've still got it. I like the quirkiness, but even more I like the sounds and the playability. As for the replacement parts: I've had Badass II, Hipshot, Kahler whammy, Schaller 3D bridges on Rics and I'll go for the stock unit any day; I may convert my pair of 2010 4003 to the new v3 assembly at some point, just for the heck of it. I don't "get" the Babicz bridge; I did mention that on one forum or FB group and got told I'm not worthy or something. Pickups-wise, I did have an issue with the single-coil playing the clubs, so I put a Seymour Duncan on one; however, I've now reverted it to the original. I like the clank of a Ric with roundwounds; I played one a few weeks back with flats on it and it was dead as a dodo (did a great Macca sound though).

Priest were part of the NWOBHM thing. Before then they were a good rock band.

Where's me washboard?

...and meatballs!

If I were to characterise the DHA, it’d be an extra large Chicago style pizza pie (with extra toppings!).

It's a hybrid angled bridge/straight frets design.

You can't get workmanship like that just anywhere y'know! And the angled body is a much sought-after feature.

'Closet Classic' has to be one of the lamest designations of an instrument ever!

Is it an "Original" series one, as opposed to originally made in the 50s?

I'm not sure they know how to use a ruler, either.

It's old(ish) and rare, so it must be worth a packet!

Shotgun Future Impact!

I've got a great Tom Sawyer growl on an old Roland SH-32. I've never heard close on anything else. (Did I spot a plus for the C4 there?) It also occurs to me that getting the sound on a bass triggered pedal is fine, but then you can't play it along with the bass track itself; you have to go for MIDI pedals to be able to do it.

Well, I've just read this necrothread...

"...he swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang!"

At least the screw heads don't look mashed!

I'm still seeing he thread flagged in my notifications, so I guess I'm OK as the originator.

Has there been water near it?

Wow - look at the seller's Other Items too... It looks like they rate their refin skills at £1k-2k per instrument.

"Complete with Free Hardcase at the Full Asking Price!!!"

Well; v3 was just a software upgrade, which could also be applied to the v1 to make it identical bar the graphic of the case overlay. So, whilst acknowledging that the word "just" there trivialises the effort which has gone into producing that software, it's debatable whether it was a total product new version. Had it, for example, included changing the case to a double-MXR size unit (EH "9" units, TC Ditto x2, etc.), it would've been a significant usability upgrade too. Maybe the next version...

I think the form factor of the EH “9” products is about what it should be. The C4 layout is pretty much an acknowledgement that you can’t control a synth on the surface of a pedal, so it’s scaled back rather than trying to overdo it.

Thanks, I stand corrected on price; I took the prices from online prices listed via a Google search as going to the FI page I couldn't tell if Panda's €300 was inclusive or exclusive of UK VAT, but on second look the Panda storefront says prices include tax. One gripe of mine is that the FI is an awkward size and a lot of the inside is empty space; it can be re-housed in a Future Compact case however: i. the push control knob is sort of in the way then, and ii. it (of course) costs extra money to buy one. It would've been handy if you'd said they're pretty much the same - flip a coin, but perhaps the technical differences do make a difference, or perhaps they aren't so important for shaping/generating sounds in the bass guitar context?