Shaggy

[quote name='convair' timestamp='1339896547' post='1696093'] [font="Times New Roman"][b][color=black][size=3]Thank you Shaggy! as you know they are rather special & great fun to play, my IV is really a II that someone way back when turned into a IV for some reason I like the II better in fact I’ve found myself turning down the bridge pup on the IV because I like the sound of that one pup in the sweet spot, [/size][/color][/b][/font] [font="Times New Roman"][b][color=black][size=3]Cheers[/size][/color][/b][/font] [/quote] I thought the control knob spacing on the '64 IV didn't seem quite right! Looks lovely though - what amp do you play them through? Agreed about the "sweet spot" - I've been quite intrigued by the Lull Tom Petersson sig model - http://mikelull.com/site/instruments/signature/signature-petersson.html - it looks wrong, but I bet it sounds massive

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1339547210' post='1690499'] Your looking about £800-1100 UK RRP for the basic Gibson KN RD sig, where as on ebay for the classic Gibson RD is £1700-2250 with different finishes, vintage appeal and all the other bells and whistles . . . . all depends on your wallet if your truly after a RD for this sort of money. admittedly, id own both if i could as they both seem real nice basses. The classic is delicious as a collector item and 'Only at home' instrument and the KN would make an excellent work horse for me BSB [/quote] Prices for RD's seem to have bucked the trend for Gibson basses and rocketed recently; there was an all-original blond RD Artist in my local music shop for £500 only a few years ago, hung around for ages.

[quote name='convair' timestamp='1339377943' post='1687728'] [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/rick4005/393324_211341608955033_100002375860669_427982_268367199_n.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/rick4005/383133_211341655621695_100002375860669_427983_683021223_n.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/rick4005/77.jpg[/IMG] My Birds two '64s & a '68 & a '77 [/quote] Those are just utterly lovely, especially the '64 II and IV!!! Sexiest pics on this or any other porn thread.... My '65 T'bird IV (top of page 3 I think) is my all-time favourite bass, but there's something so classy about the single p/up II model. I'm currently modding the Fender / Warmoth Fenderbird I had off BigBassBob with dual Thunderbucker ranch p/ups and '60's type bridge & tailpiece to use as a gigging workhorse - I'll post in the build diary forum (as it ain't a Gibson....) Some real drool-worthy Gibbos here, keep 'em coming......

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I bought David's EBS ValveDrive - couldn't have been easier; the pedal arrived well packed within days. A top guy; both to talk to and do business with - highly recommended. Like many BC-ers (I suspect) I have a strong aversion to getting involved with deals abroad - was greatly reassured by this feedback thread, which just shows how useful they are, and all of the postive comments of course borne out. Thanks David!

Pete bought my P/J Nordstrand pickups - easy deal, fast payment, great comms, thanks mate! Looking forwards to seeing the finished bass.....

For the price I reckon that's not a bad effort - IMHO pickups on this and the originals should have been big chrome 'buckers (as they were on the guitar version) but that's just my chrome fetish - Gibson should have kept it on the T'birds too. And the 2 + 2 paddle headstock is just plain wrong. As much as I love ny RD Artist ('77 fireburst / ebony) an authentic re-issue would have been pointless as it was so much "of its time", from the sheer weight of the bloody thing to the wacky Moog electrics. The FA Delogada is tasty, but if Mike Lull made a version that would really be something - plus you know there'd be a 5-er version.....

Awesome - looks in reasonable nick, I'd def have it if it were closer. Wasn't someone here selling the 8 x 10 version recently?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1338887922' post='1680429'] I like basses, ergo I own multiple ones. I play whichever one takes my fancy at the time but I do make sure that they all get a run out (even my office bass gets out into the real world sometimes) and it's not a chore because I like playing all of them. I have no time for agonising about "which bass sounds right" - they all sound like basses - so I just pick one up and get on with it. In short, I don't worry about it at all. [/quote] This For 25 years I had one bass and one amp. With the coming of the internet and finally a bit of spare cash this crept up to four basses, which rather horrified me, so I made a massive effort to get down to two (one fretted, one fretless). My success in this can be measured by my current number of basses; 15 (and three amps) - which represent every bass I've ever felt significant GAS for since starting playing bass in a band at 16, and a couple of other "oddball" basses that I couldn't resist. They all get played, a fair few get gigged, but realistically I have to acknowledge that I've become a collector which is something that I never wanted to be. But what the hell - to me they aren't just tools but deeply sexy objects in their own right - I also make basses so the whole notion of design and ergonomics fascinates me. The missus moans about them now and again, but on the whole has supported my sad obsession. (and this is apart from the 3 electric guitars, 2 flamenco guitars, 1 classical guitar, 1 steel-string acoustic guitar, 3 violins, 3 mandolins, 2 lutes, 1 theorbo, and 1 tenor banjo.....)

The P-retro is a good call, but if it was me I'd fit a piezo bridge (I know there's a Fender-fit one cos I used to have one, I think they can be had around the £50 mark now....). Gives you that nice, woody acoustic-y sound perfect for fretless, that can be EQ-ed to sound quite "Jazz nasal", and usefully different to the P p/up. There may be a way to do without having to route a battery compartment, but if unavoidable I'd far rather route the back than the front - don't touch that!!!