Beedster

In my experience having owned four, Rics are like girlfriends, always a really good reason why we got together and always an equally good reason why it didn't work out..... Spent my whole life dating Rics, Wals, married a Precision 👍

Yes, te Fender Custom Shop Jaco Pastorius was similarly a rip off, I lifted it out of its case with the reverence that it undoubtedly deserved, plugged i in to my B-15 and started playing, and it sounded like some fecking idiot from Kent was playing it

Very nice work 👍

The bass playing world would be far less rich without Rickenbackers 👍

Bat Out Of Hell: Meat Loaf

Ha ha, that OP made me chuckle, as did the fact that he joined, had a rant about Rics and hasn't been seen since 🤔

I quite liked him, he's an odd mix of comfortable and uncomfortable in that video, I wonder if he was simply having a bad case of stage fright in part because he's found himself a little out of his depth doing that interview? I'd happily sit and have a few beers with him 👍

OK, I give in, I'll watch it tonight 👍

Ha ha, I don't think you're alone in owning some of my ex gear mate And that's a bloody nice cab isn't it 👍

That's why I mentioned cognitive dissonance, sink that much cash into anything you have to get something out of it?

I'm assuming it's just a car crash then, I find enough of that stuff on YT inadvertently without having to watch it on purpose 👍

But good for him, we've all gotta do daft things, perhaps he might be hoping that the cognitive dissonance associated with the outlay is going to motivate him 🤔

Buying that particular bass when not being able to play fretless is like me buying a helicopter however....

Come on, save us the time

OK, didn't watch all of it just tried to find sections in which the bass was being played - increasingly a rarity on YT demos - but he seems to not really be an especially competent fretless player, or is that the point of the clip?

Ha ha, amazing how many bassists have said that, only because it has the magic logo I suspect. Does it make a difference, well scientifically it must because everything does (and I doubt it does any harm). In practice however I doubt it makes a whole lot in terms of temperature/humidity regulation, I use it more for two things, protects the board from knocks at gigs and tends to discourage the "Just gonna have a quick play on your guitar" type punter also. While the sock makes little difference though, I expect the case the bass is stored in can. A decent model like SKB will probably offer far more resistance to changes in humidity and temperature than some of the cheaper brands. I use SKB for my studio gear and it's a different league, expensive, but then so are basses and studio gear 👍

Thermal underwear for bass necks

@northcountrybob you're probably aware of all this but I'd not be leaving basses in the cold for too long, and if I had I'd be waiting a decent while, probably around a day or more, before I adjusted the truss rod as doing so before the wood temperature stabilises to the new ambient temperature might bring on a different set of problems. I have a fretless neck that's really susceptible, odd because I have three quite similar necks in that they are maple with ebony boards, but this one neck moves a lot compared to the other two. Generally speaking it stays in the house, it's even got its own fender sock to keep it warm in its case when it does leave the house! As above, some necks just seem to be more prone than others