Waddo Soqable

I remember going to a gig many years ago and the bass player (Pete Way I think) had a rig that included a brightly illuminated tuner, up on the stack somewhere, which was going throughout the set as he played, really big and clear that you could "read" from the audience / mosh pit/ whatever. Funnily enough it is the thing that sticks in my mind about the gig, no idea what make or model it was, but v. handy I thought 😁

Shaving Ryan's Privates, (no hang on that's a fillum...)

40 grand for any musical instrument is just mental (yes I know, stradavarius etc etc) Does anyone ever actually pay this kind of money back in real life??

Low Rider, War

Can't give any useful Intel on the model, but I do like your making it headless idea ( then I would wouldn't I ).... that'd look the business as a headless 👍

I've done that...

Stand & Deliver, A & t As

Red looks Way better on a Rick than blue, purely IMHO of course..

Another band / album title right there...

Electric Shock wand, the modern solution...

Can't Explain, The Ooo

Alternatively I could fix a bayonet to the end of it.. (.. they do not like the cold steel Mr Mainwairing..)

What a swizz, I thought they were going to be proper charred relic type things....

Sign of the Times, Belle Stars

I thought it was probably someone who got thoroughly plssed off with a project, threw it on the fire, but by chance it didn't burn. Then retrieved it subsequently........... etc..

That's him.. 'Rumpo' was his catchphrase, or one of them..

Or the classic rusty Ford Transit tipper carrying lengths of busted up old wood with a pair of grubby Y fronts tied on the end...

Rumpo.... (as I recall..)

Just to be on the safe side.!

Very good point !.. (Tho as mentioned by Mykesbass handy for the traditional impaling of a fag on the end) I have now trimmed them down by half as much as seen, but want to leave a bit to pull on with pliers as I'm still going to be taking the strings on and off whilst continuing to fettle the whole thing. When finalised I'd chop them close to the top block of course

It I guess sounds largely as it did pre-op as I've dropped the same PUs back in, for now.... it's quite clanky if bridge PU tone turned up so rick-ish in that sense. I'll likely mess with other PUs tho. As I mentioned I'll need to continue fettling it, but it's certainly playable (bear in mind it was a mega cheapo thing to begin with) and is quite fun to bang about on 😁 It's got some sounds that for instance the P bass doesn't have, so worthwhile as a bit of variety!

Thanks folks 👍 it'll certainly remain a "work in progress" to be tweaked and messed with no doubt..

Well it's kind of together again.. I couldn't find the black plastic card / sheet stuff to make a black scratchplate (I definitely have some, somewhere) so for now I just re used the original, after a bit of filing to modify a funny lumpy bit. Tbh the black would look cool, but the contrasting white keeps the classic Rick look going . Easy enough to make a black one, or indeed any other colour later if I fancy it I've put the orig PUs back in too just to get it back up and running, after the delays & messing with the bridge units etc I was keen to get it going again... I have a MM stingray PU stashed that I may put in place of the bridge jazz PU, obviously requiring a big hole carving in the top! .. the bassy ultra cheap n' nasty neck PU actually sounds OK for what it is so not to fussed about that. Getting a decent action will require more work tho it's playable ( I'm not one of those ultra fussy types either luckily!) I'm really not a fan of set necks, give me a bolt on any day. I reckon I'll be filing down some of the higher frets for sure. The wood used in the original bass is pretty poor I'd have to say, but hardly surprising considering the low price they were when new. Anyway its been a fun project so far and will no doubt evolve further as and when..

This comes with a Squier P bass... WTF Reproductive Harm.. I suppose you could beat a baby to death with it Ramones style