Footos

[quote name='hookys6stringbass' post='513559' date='Jun 15 2009, 03:36 AM']I like the Ricky pup cover and i've got one, but I can't decide if i'm going to put it on the Tokai yet... keep thinking it's going to get in the way. Anyway the Anniversary bridge pick up looks/sounds sh*te and as I said i'll replace it with my spare toaster for the moment. I'd go with a new set of pots regardless...... I bet the fella at Osaka is pulling your chain cos they are identical.... well I can't see any difference. I went for the Jetglo as well![/quote] Im trying to rewire pups as we speak, fingers crossed! I just gave my Jayro's neck a lil bit more curve as the neck was too straight to begin with! The rod is quite good I must say, unlike my Indonesian made 700 quids ESP LTD EC series bass...It literally didnt budge when I was trying to adjust the neck! Oh well, at least that explains the theory/correlation behind an Osakan music shop and the credit crunch...

[quote name='hookys6stringbass' post='512461' date='Jun 13 2009, 04:36 AM']I've just got an Anniversary Rickenfaker, which is what the Jayro basses are called over here for some reason. I have to agree that this bass is very well built. Funnily enough I found the neck pick up to be louder than the bridge pick up..? The neck pick up has adjustable poles..... feck knows what the bridge pick up is supposed to be, but i'll replace it with a toaster pup for the moment.The bridge pup cover is utter sh*te and i've binned it already! The wiring is wrong if you want it set up like the real deal, but i'll sort that out as well. All in all i'm really really pleased with it.[/quote] LOL my bridge cover is pretty good and even with the cover on, it's still quite comfy to play. On the contrary,my neck pick up is utterly sh*t, been playing mostly with my bridge pup....Gonna try to re-wire it, if it still shows no sign of improvement, a new set of pots along with a new neck pup is the only other alternative. At the time when I bought my bass, the Japanese shop keeper @ Osaka told me that Bacchus is starting to export Jayros, but those basses were made in Korea whilst mine was made in Japan and he told me that I made the right decision for buying the bass direct from a Japanese dealer. To be honest, I bet they are the identical and he's just trying to be a suck-up and make me feel that I bought the bass from the best possible dealer. So Ian which colour did you go for? FYI, this is how my Bacchus looks like [attachment=27024:DSC01048.jpg] [attachment=27023:DSC01042.jpg]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='495700' date='May 23 2009, 08:01 AM']Agreed that the Indie copy is a half-arsed piece of crap, but the Aria (built by Matsumoku) neck-through copies are stunning - near indistinguishable from the real thing, and the reason that they are as rare as they are is because most of them have spent the last 30 years being passed off as genuine Rickenbackers. J.[/quote] Hi thanks 4 your clarification. I went to my friend's place to confirm whether or not Aria Pro II is the closest thing to a Ric. Upon further inspection, I found out that ,in my opinion, a lot of questionable modifications have been done on my friend's Aria, those are: 1.Self relic-ing...looks crap to me 2.Replaced the stock pickups with the Seymour Dunc. Ric replacement pickups, which in turn, made it sound like a P-Bass 3.Re-strung with D'Addario super light gauge EXL220 (if im not mistaken)...they made made my fingers hurt I still cant believe how immaculate Aria's build quality is...The pots arent nasty like mine, the hardwares are made of high quality parts, sexy thru body...But I cant comment on the finish, cuz most have been covered with Emo/punk stickers or been sand papered... My friend also owns an 80's Aria Pro II flying V guitar which to me is identical or even better than Gibson's V...So I could only assume that Aria's Ric copy should be far superior than my Japanese CNC-ed+assembled / Korean sourced hardwares+pots Jayro

I just bought a Jayro Rickenfaker from Japan...bought it for like 54800 JPY...that loosely translates to around 400 pounds Body is def. not ply wood. According to the shopkeeper the hardwares were sourced from Korea, whilst the body is CNC-ed by Bacchus... The bass is beautifully made, no cosmetic blemishes, good hardwares and loving the vintage style tuners! The neck size+shape is in between P and J bazz... not baseball bat like but not fast either. It will fit onto ur hand just nicely and has no neck-dive! The sound of the neck pick-up is pretty weak given that it acts as the bass-ier one whilst the bridge pick-up has that Ric bridge pick-up bite! Switch it to the bridge pick up and unleash those slap, pops and taps, hell even distort and pick it like crazy and it will not disappoint you. The neck pick up is kinda average...It will still get the job done but it excels in nothing, ie. a lil too passive. Still good for slow Motown/blues grooves and walking bass lines here and there, but overall its quite thin for a neck pick up and lacks that supposedly Ric deep growl. NOW HERE COMES THE BAD NEWS: I'm no wiring expert, but when you switch the toggle to the middle position(activating both pick ups), the pickups will get much much much quieter and muddier! Instead of harmonizing each other, the pick ups kinda cancel each other out and create a weak-sauce output. A friend of mine told me that the problem can be solved by rewiring the pickups/pots or whatever that was.... So far so good and I can assure you that Jayro JRB-600 is miles better than Indie's Rickenbugger and Aria Pro's knock-off! With a little tweaking this bass can be transformed into a potent bass!