Skybone

Clouds in My House - Voivod

Yes. TBH, I think the comparison is spot on. If you ride a motorcycle, the principle is the same whether you ride the latest technology laden supersport RRRRRRRR, or a Honda C50, you just have to adjust your riding style to adapt to the machine you have. Exactly the same with a Ric. Most are accustomed to FSO's, and the Ric is a slightly different beast that you have to adjust your playing style to adapt to it, rather than coming to it like you would any other FSO. Which is why so many people who do "scratch the itch" for a Ric don't get on with them IMO. I think Thunderbirds come into this category as well. Never ridden a Harley, and don't particularly want to / no interest to, but I do like Ric basses. Everyone's different, so your opinion may vary.

I Think I'm Going Bald - Rush

Electric Upright?

Dance - Motorhead

Anaconda - Sisters of Mercy

Though to be fair, that is more down to the fact that the G&L L Series have active preamps on board. In the guitar world, there are very few guitars with on-board preamps (unlike the bass world), which is why there are a lot of high impedence pickups available. If they had active preamps, they'd not need them. The thought of guitars having on-board preamps would probably send them out of their minds.

More like Ty-phew.

My son had a pair of particularly minging rugby boots, that no matter what we did, the smell was ever present (think cat litter tray). Someone suggested putting some teabags into the boots. We were sceptical, but they really stank, so we tried it. Took a few teabags, but they worked. Easier to get rid of than cat litter.

In the guitar world, the lower resistance the pickup, the more "mellow" it's sound (especially combined with the softer magnets). The higher the pickup resistance, the more signal was sent to the preamp. More signal going to the preamp meant that a more distorted sound could be achieved at lower gain levels (though this didn't stop guitarists wanting more gain). I always found that the more gain used, the harsher the distortion anyway, and the signal tended to "mush" sooner, loosing loads of string definition. Bass-wise, I would say that low-mid-ish resistance pickups would be best (circa 7-10k Ohms?), enough to get a decent signal into the preamp, but not enough to distort it. The last thing you'd want is to loose string definition and loads of "mush" with a bass. Just my opinion.

Both of my Ric's had very smelly cases when they arrived. Tried loads of things to de-funk them, but the only thing that worked was putting them in different cases.

We're playing one in a few weeks... Should be interesting.

Stone Deaf Forever - Motorhead

Mutually Assured Destruction - Ian Gillan

Rat Salad - Black Sabbath

747 Strangers In The Night - Saxon

The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen

To get the full 500w into the cab, you'll need a 4 ohm speaker, capable of handling 500w, which won't be cheap.

IIRC, Rickenbacker have been using Pau Ferro for years (early 2000's?).

No plans for any purchases this year, but that's "famous last words" isn't it? I do solemnly swear I will not actively seek out new gear this year.* * Subject to change without prior notice.

Love a bit of KJ, superb stuff all through their career. "Money Is Not Our God"

A couple of sets of strings from the kids. Boring, but useful. 👍

Happy Hour - The Housemartins

EHX Small Clone / Bass Clone Ampeg Liquifier