Waddo Soqable

Only at the weekend..

Rikki tikki tavi

Protests a little too muche I thinke....

Blimey, you had a pet Bat.. That's proper Goth that is....

There you go then.. Sorted! 😁

What would Noel Coward do..? ... Have another pink gin & tonic...

The 204 with the F hole is pretty distinctive 👍 .. 304 reminds me of... a Triceratops!

Yep.. That's what "it" is for..! 😁

A bit of discussion is always good, we won't always agree on all points of course, but you can always learn something from other's opinions, and them from you no doubt! ..

I particularly like 104T AS and 105T AS Rather 80s Aria SB vibe..

I've always thought it stupid when people do that with cars too.. Its a Metal Box ffs!

Blimey, you've gone downhill fast since I last saw you! 😁

I'd say however that reading stuff on the Internet is no substitute for real life hands on experience.. You might be better off just trying a compressor unit, in a music shop for instance, have a play and listen.. Then decide if compression is, or is not for you.. Just a thought.

That's brilliant, a cool 100 quid discount is a result I'd say 😁

I couldn't do anything with funny finger stalls or gloves on.. I tried the latex gloves a couple of times when doing filthy mechanical jobs (as many of the car guys do) I ripped them off after a minute or so as I found I couldn't feel what I was doing, they were just more annoying than useful.

A cracking bargain you got there!.. I remember these when they were in the shops new. Someone was trying to flog a black one for 1400 quid recently as I recall 🤣

We used to do that kind of thing (not pj songs tho).. only we'd record what we did so as to be able to reclaim it later 😁

Yikes.. The hedgehog in the background looks a bit concerned there too...

Nice👍 The only other instruments branded Rally that I recall have been the banjos. Good find anyway.

The straight Rick 4001 basses I had were all from the 70s and all had the RIC o sound stereo malarkey. I assume the modern 4003 instruments do too.. but??

Yes there's a few options, my original plan was use the existing neck humbucker as it's fine for bassy bass, and for the back end use that Stingray PU that I've got, rather than the jazz. I could do a fake "stereo" with a seperate jack out for each PU was another notion... I need to sort it so it's got a more playable action first tho, it's a bit "double bass" as it stands! You're right about the control plate BTW, surprisingly they haven't just ploughed a slot for the wire between PU hole and controls, so I could just do a cover for the pots etc. I'll be doing a matching Black plate whether it's a full Rick one or a control cover, rather than the usual white.

Cheers gents.. much appreciated 👍

The hole positions on the template were centre punched to ensure any drill doesn't go skidding around and the hole end up in the wrong place,, then pilot holes drilled, the very rear ones are just shallow dimples for the protruding screw heads on the underside to sit in ( these stop the sliding sections just coming out) The base units were then screwed down, using a bit of candle wax on the screw threads to assist their journey , luckily these screws had regular Phillips heads and went in fine without an arcane Japanese screwdriver. I put the saddle assemblies in approx position using the measurements taken previously, I could've mounted the base units a wee bit further back as it happens, but then the tuner knobs would have been sticking yet further out so I'm happy enough and should have ample intonation adjustment. Having got these in place I put some lubrication on the tuning barrel threads and nylon washers, for this I used Graphite rather than gooey stuff, ( courtesy of a carved up carpenters pencil lead ) Next get some strings on to see how everything sits..I used the old ones that came off the bass, the E was a bit tight thru the head 'block' but they all went on with a bit of bullying, I pulled them up but not to any kind of full tuning, they're sitting on BEAD at the mo .. The truss rod will need doing up again as I let it right off when it was de-strung anyway. As predicted the action is crazy high and I'll have to decide if I'm going to file a load of bits off the bridge units/saddles etc etc, or 'router out' some slots or a lowered table for the tuner / bridge units in the body itself.. Dunno as yet. ( nice shimmable bolt on neck for any future headless projects I think) Anyway as it stands at the mo I'm happy enough with it as a concept and reckon it potentially looks the part ! ...Again with a big tip of the hat to @Bassassin for his thread's inspiration .

Hold out for a Rickenbacker