NikNik

I haven't played with the pup heights yet, though the rear one is a tad high; will look at that tonight. To answer an earlier question: the dots on this one I have are in the correct place, Took the neck off last night and am going to fine sand the back of the neck and the 'board, then roll the edges. The tung oil arrived so first thin coat will go on tonight. For £90, it's a great mod platform.

Does FA bar turn on. Free to anyone who dabbles in these things. Postage applies.

4001

Pretty sure the ones on mine are in the correct spot. Will check again tonight.

It's got a weight but it doesn't feel heavy. Not like some of my Jazzes. I am really, really liking it! New nut going in after I prep the neck for a tung oil finish. The pups are ok, if a bit anodyne, but certainly not weak. I'm also going to roll-off the 'board edges as it is indeed a slab!

OOFT! I wonder how much they bought it in for? And what were they asking?

Paging John Hall.....

When I was a teen. I coveted one. Had the Ibby 2388BDX with a Bill Lawrence in the front. I liked it and expected the real McCoy to be the dog's. When I did get one, the disappointment was crushing. Didn't buy one again until my late '40s. Some were Meh, but a Fireglo '74 and a 4001CS were fantastic. Now, I have a Greco and a HW C64. Don't think I'd buy even a second-hand Rick as the prices being asked are crazy.

Neither were mine. I cannot imagine being in the same room as him.

How odd. I never got an email from them for that auction!

I'm guessing this is an early '80s Roadie I. Can't see if the dot markers were gouged out and filled in, or just Sharpied over.

Has He Who Shall Not Be Named been at it?

But, yeh, if anything rankled it was that knob taped onto the neck.

£95 shipped. I just wanted to see what that coin got me. It's a mod project. I'll run a radius block over that 'board and seal it and round it off; tung oil the neck; replace the nut. That's the cheap stuff. The pups and tuners can wait.

Right, here we go. It's a well balanced bass. It arrived with the P vol pot taped to the neck! Weird! There are marks on the scratchplate and the P vol pot itself is scratchy when turned, which leads me to believe this is a return, or an ex-demo unit. The nut width is somewhere in between a P and a J and the nut is rough as: a piece of plastic that has clearly cut for a heavier guage of string than the .040s that are on it when it arrived. The back of the neck is not finished properly, as if it were sanded to 1000 grit,then just sealed and given another pass. The 'board is a slab, and I mean a slab: the edges are squared off, and I will get around to rolling them. The surface of the board also appears unfinished at the 1st position, almost as if it was sanded when the nut was fitted. The radius looks like 14! But it plays and sounds good, plenty of mwah. The J pup is far back enough for some 70s J tone. But both pups seem a tad bright. Controls are smooth, and no buzzing. The only issue there is that scratchy pot. Not a fan of the overly-black 'burst, or the solid black on the rear. Verdict: for the money and as a mod platform: 8/10.

Not cheap!

not here yet.....

Bongo-esque.

Arrives tomorrow, hopefully.

How much of a volume drop? Out of phase volume drop?

I really don't need it but I want to see what kind of fretless £100 gets me.

Christ, that is torture!!

Spotted these on a surf-by. Bought a B-Stock one for £95 inc. postage. Result.

the guy's gone to ground. I'm out.

The Shafto ones are like this....