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    Wateroftyne's rather nice tale here ...... ....and specifically his playing Video Killed the Radio Star with Trevor Horn, got me asking myself what would be the song I'd most like to play live with the original band/original member(s) in a decent venue in front of a decent crowd. I'm gonna have a think about it, in the meantime, any takers?
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    Nice one Michael, really enjoyed that. Re your playing bass on VKtRS over Trevor Horn, I guess some things are meant to be
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    Has to be said, that’s pretty bloody cool
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    Yep, a mate of mine spent a lot of cash on a new J-45 a while back and I'm not sure it's a whole lot better than guitars than can be picked up new for 20-30% of the price he paid. Nice guitar for sure, but the days when there was Gibson, Martin, Taylor and then everyone else are long gone. The guitarist in my old band had a £500 LAG (I think) which blew away nearly all acoustics I've played, projection and tone that used to cost 5-times that. I love my early '70's Gibson MK-81 - which is ironically considered one of their low points despite it being one of the nicest guitars I've played - but get the feeling it's a long tike since their output justified their reputation.
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    Ibanez Promethean
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    Listing and sellers comms both suggest dodgy bass to me. I wouldn’t want it, and low price suggests others felt the same? I wouldn’t be so sure about PayPal either. These days they side with the person who is most persistent and/or who appears to have the better evidence, not necessarily the buyer or the person in the right.
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    The problem is Jack is that you're providing evidence, and when it comes to Rics, BC doesn't go on evidence. Further, round these parts, how they play and sound is simply not important compared to other factors such as how they look and the personality of the CEO. Great to hear that you liked them. If I wasn't entirely happy with my early 80's Ric I'd be wanting to try one of the new ones for sure. Personally I quite like the look of the PUPs and like many things, think once they get seen a bit more we'll become used to them. Imagine if the horseshoe had never been invented and they came to market with that now
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    I think there's an emotional/subconscious level at which all tone matters hugely, perhaps not fine-grain tone but certainly when the differences are audible (i.e., good rig compared to bad rig). Whilst it matters to us bassers in quite an explicit way, I think it's more implicit with audiences. I hear a great tone and to me I know/think it was a great tone; audiences would perhaps experience greater positive emotion throiugh listening to the music but not identify the tone per se? So yes, tone matters to us all. This opinion might however be my executive brain trying to explain the fact that my emotional brain keeps buying rigs
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    That was my impression also. Having done a lot of homework on this bass - mostly because I was seriously interested in buying it - the previous owner/dealer in the USA clearly identified it as having been 'converted to fretless'. It's possible they were wrong, but it would be a very odd thing to say if it weren't true given they were trying to sell the bass at the time. I doubt it makes any real difference if it was professionally done, and I'd still love this bass alongside my '77 Ray
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    Hi Owen, my immediate thought is that PUP placement will shift, i.e., it/they will be effectively further from the bridge after the mod. Might make no difference at all, but as I'm sure you're aware, ask a few guys on here and TB and they'll tell you it's the most important factor in bass tone
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    Reminds me of the famous Hoffman/Olivier conversation, in which Sir Larry, after apparently listening to Dustin drone on for hours about Method, offered "You should try acting my dear, it's so much easier"
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    Hi mate, have you resolved the originality issue, factory fretless or defret? I am interested and have the funds, but most sources I’ve read since seeing your original listing suggest this is the latter? It may not be a deal breaker but some info would be useful. Cheers Chris
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    Hello mate, I’m in Canterbury Kent Chris
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    Pickups are a bit unusual, but so were the originals (imagine if they came to market with the horseshoe now). The key thing in this discussion is that as far as I'm aware none of the contributors have played one or even heard one, and they're really the more important factors when it comes to a bass. Those PUPS could be game changers?
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    Agree, and compared to the latest range from Fender, Ric are at least being a little different. It's been said before and it'll be said again, most of the people who talk about Rics being crap have either never played one, or only played one that had sat around a shop without being set up, with dead strings etc etc. Get a good Ric, set it up to your liking, learn its idiosyncrasies, and 9/10 you will be a very happy bass player. They've been played by a whole lot more players than is generally believed, and in a lot more genres than those we generally associate them with (watched TOTP from the late 70's the other day and pretty much everyone from punk through prog through disco was playing a 4003).
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    Looks great, compared to the case with guitars, there's a significant gap in the market for this type of combo for bass. I kinda like that they've used a Ric in the marketing also, given other threads on BC it's nice that they still get respect in some quarters
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    The tension's in the top strings surely, a set of heavy strings on a 4 would likely add more than medium gauge 5? If the neck on my 4003 is anything to go by however there's no issue, it's a baseball bat
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    Should mention that I have two very sturdy boxes plus the cases for the cabs so can courier this at buyer's expense Cheers Chris
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    Thanks Martin This rig sold a couple of months back, but the buyer needed it quicker than I could guarantee getting it to him. So, having some time off over Christmas I set it up in the house and played the hell out of it, and it is bloody lovely, way way better than I had realised and stupidly loud for a rig this size. Tone-wise it's a very different beast to PJB gear that is the only comparison for size, more in line for me with the AER combos I've owned (although significantly smaller and lighter). However, I can't really justify keeping this, plus Boogie plus Ampeg, so back on the BC market. Note that this is not the rig that's currently available in your local music store, as WoT indicated above, for some reason Ibanez discontinued these two models. I can't speak for the quality of the newer replacements, but I do know that the older stuff has achieved something of a following, and justifiably! Chris
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    I think a big part of the problem isn't noise per se but the lack of apparent sense/logic of the noise; listening to a solo musician practice is like listening to someone on a mobile phone on a train, i.e., bloody annoying, especially if like me they play the same phrase over and over and over again (I spent two hours one day quietly playing the first four bars of the verse of Rhythm Stick, and my other half almost left me). So yes, headphones all the way, especially as they tend to be far less flattering than most practice amps and allow you to be a little more critical of tone, technique and timing. But more importantly and as many have said, most neighbours are OK if a little annoying at times, but most can be turned into the neighbours from hell if you choose to make a big problem of a small issue and quite literally s**t on your own doorstep
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    A collection of 13 Wals and only 2 serial numbers! Many of the US players I know are really geared up for theft, I'm amazed a collection of that value and rarity wasn't better documented?
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    What can I add to the above, if BC awarded a Legion d'Honneur or similar it would have to go to Nik, he absolutely 100% characterises all that's best about this forum, about musicians, and about people full stop! Always a pleasure mate, as I keep saying, next time - and there will no doubt be a next time - we'll do it over a beer or two ideally at a gig at which one or other of us are playing (for your sake I hope it's you!) Chris
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    Strange days Harry
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    Do it mate, they don’t come up often, and at that price ........
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    Lot of cab for the money
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