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EBay's rules & regs state that if the seller put's an item up for sale with no reserve, then it's a sale, ad that it's all above board & legal. The seller will be charged the listing fee and the selling fee no matter what. Not sure if the buyer can open a dispute against the seller if no money has changed hands.

Servisol or A N Other electrical contact cleaner.

Ooooops... NBD Part 2. Got home last night to find that my second natural Rickenfaker had arrived. Must stop buying basses!

Yes... Really started to notice that the tinnitus [b]wasn't[/b] going away around 6 or 7 years ago. Hey ho.

I still say that, if I had the money and could justify the purchase, I'd still buy a Ric.

When you say you've "lubed the pots", what did you use for that? I'd recommend that you go out and buy yourself a can of Servisol (or other brand of electrical contact cleaner), and spray not only the selector switch, but the pots as well (into the little square "cut out" on the tab side of the pots). When you've sprayed the contact cleaner, make sure to "work it in", for the switch, spray the cleaner on, waggle the switch around a few times, spray a bit more, waggle again, for the pots, spray some in, roll the pots back & forth, spray a bit more, roll back & forth again, etc. I used to have a Gibson LP that would regularly stop working or go crackly for no reason until it had been given a good squirt of Servisol.

The Shure PG57 is a fair bit cheaper than the SM57, and just as good for mic'ing bass and guitar cabs.

"Go figure"...

Those people who swear they'll never buy a Ric because of Mr Hall's alledged tendency to threaten litigation at the drop of a hat, shouldn't forget about the second hand market. You CAN buy a second hand Ric, and not a penny of the proceeds will go anywhere near Mr Hall's coffers. Saying that though, the current price of second hand Ric's is getting so that you can generally buy a new one for around the same price as you'd pay for an old one... go figure!

If it's anything like the bass version(s), they're well worth doing up.

Very impressed so far, very underrated basses indeed. Really need to get it plugged into a "proper" amp...

"Dimed" = Too much chocolate? Too many "Facebook"-isms and American based Forum-isms creeping into normal language. I seriously cringed when my kids started saying "LOL"...:| "Blue Sky Thinking" anyone?

I loved my Ric, but I had to sell it. Bought a Fender MIC Jazz to replace it, which was then quickly replaced with a RickenFaker. My Faker is superb, but I would still love to have another Ric (or the money to be able to afford another Ric!).

L2000 Tribute: RockinFaker:

I'll get some snaps and post them later. Itching to try it out at rehearsal through a proper amp, as just plugging it into the B3 & headphones isn't giving the kind of tonal possibilities that everyone keeps talking about. Sounds nice with both pickups in paralell and passive mode. Really nice to play, as I like the chunky necks (I was between the L2000 and a BB424), as the G&L has the wider neck, it won (though I do still quite fancy a BB424 at some point, if a Ric or Rickenfaker don't come up first).

I'm Brian, and so's my wife...

Just arrived, fresh in from GBBL, a new to me sunburst L2000 Tribute to join my most excellent Rickenfaker. Very pleased with it and the service from GBBL.

When I had my recording setup, I used both PG58's & PG57's for vocals & mic'ing cabs. They sounded perfectly good to my ears.

Another B3 fan, but you may find swapping patches a bit of a pita. They'd need organising in advance. Maybe look at a Line6 Bass POD Live (V2, XT, X3 etc), they do come up often enough on here & eBay. Never tried one, but the GT10B is popular, maybe even look at the Zoom B9.

Just started playing in a band again after a 6 year layoff, first time playing bass again for about 20 years! Feels good to be the bassist again, though I'm incredibly rusty (thankfully, so's everyone else)!

I've seen some pics. I just thought it might be an "easy" mod that had probably been done before. Sounds as though folk are put off by the contents of the control cavity!

Superb. Matamp's are wonderful things, and the folk at the factory are spot on.