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I love that snot-burst rickenfaker. Good work on the collection! They are gorgeous.

I like that ^^

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1375266020' post='2158948'] Yes, it also does the Telebass with the humbucker a treat. I'm keeping mine as an occasional rehearsal instrument but I won't gig it again anytime soon. It's unique and dynamic enough for me to keep as a curiosity/possible investment. [/quote] Exactly. They seem to be going up a bit recently. I wonder how the T-45 would fair as a P bass. Its the single pickup in the centre version of the 40

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1375250776' post='2158743'] My T-40 doesn't get out too much. It does indeed do these sounds but it can't do a decent P bass I find. [/quote] There is definitely an element missing from it for a P bass, but lets not forget it doesn't have a pickup in the P bass position. It can do warm and growly and warm and mellow though, just in more of a Gibson way.

[quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1375253978' post='2158764'] Ohhh, yyyessssss. Feast your eyes on that! [/quote] I thought rosewood only happened for one year and it was in the blade era? That tan burst is lovely though. Bursts suit the 40 so well!.

[IMG]http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h373/ashrome/null-5.png[/IMG] Rosewood boarded Toasters?!

Makes me proud to own two of these beasts . Good spot Flat Eric. I just don't understand why anyone plays anything else.

Yammy, RBX or BB

I love the SB-2 it's pickups are ridiculous. For me the skinny neck isn't a good thing though. I like a baseball bat.

They must be right next to each other? Pics?!

What if Leo had never sold up? Would the G&Ls and music man gear he designed have fender headstocks?

http://youtu.be/OOLvGYHemPo Spotted this on YouTube yesterday. Found it quite informative. Goes into detail about the electronics, I didn't realise there were capacitors on the volumes! Definitely worth a watch if you're an owner or thinking of buying the most underrated bass in history.

It's not asif three coil humbuckers are a particularly new idea either, the status groove had one nearly 20 years ago.

That is f*** ugly.

I learned on a vintage Stingray copy, it was an okay bass, had a 3 up 1 down headstock, i went through 3 or 4 of the bottom tuner, the slightest impact would snap it. Played my first gig on it. It was a cool bass

Try it and find out they aren't for everyone.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1374425166' post='2148576'] Well, there are lots of distinctive bass sounds out there that are quite different to anything you can get out of a stock P-Bass. Try getting the burpy mids of a jazz bridge pickup, the sizzle and and zing of a Stingray, the almost hi-fi clarity of a more modern active bass, the rubbery thump of a short-scale hollowbody, the clank of a stereo-wired Rickenbacker, the quirky midrangey thing of a Wal, the range of an ERB (the list goes on...) out of your stock P bass. You might not like any of these sounds, but they exist and plenty of players love them. [/quote] Ahh yeah I'll grant you that. My point was more that the P is a pretty versatile instrument that doesn't really sound out of place in any genre.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1374409144' post='2148391'] Of course there are things a P-bass can't do. If those happen to be the things you're not interested in doing anyway then you're on to a winner, but I find statements like this a bit silly. [/quote] Like what? (Opens worm can)

Can't beat a good P bass. As has been said there's nothing a P bass can't do.

The best looking rays are the Birdseye necked ones.