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    Wear a glove on your plucking hand.
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    That modded Mustang looks as funky as heck.
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    Recently imported a preamp from the US , and the exchange was brutal , and I was dinged for taxes by UPS. It arrived faster than some things that have come from Ontario. Wound up being considerably more than the initial purchase price indicated. There’s a lot to be said for buying locally.
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    Welcome Oliver. Lovely collection!
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    I have several guitarist friends that use the real tube driven Fender spring reverb. They have no interest in little pedals for that. I picked up a Fender TreVerb pedal after buying a Squier VI. It’s perfectly fine for my limited needs. And there’s several reverbs in the Darkglass Suite for my Exponent if I want to go there. The reissue spring reverbs often fetch around $1500 , vintage fetch double that. So $50 was a heck of a deal. It sold quickly , somebody got lucky.
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    I know what they generally go for. I tried to tip off a good friend , but he passed. It’s only an hour and a half away. I don’t buy stuff to flip and mostly just buy what I might have a need for. Heck of a deal though …
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    Bridges

    msb replied to go4mo's topic in Hardware & Accessories

    I always loved the classic Fender folded bridge. So simple , and easy to adjust. Leo had a knack for making things that were easy to adjust , unlike some other manufacturers. They were also simple and cheap to make. Genius. And yet recently took a metal adjustable bridge off a Danelectro and replaced it with a popsicle stick. The wooden Dano bridge sounds better , and there is a sweet spot for it! Also went the other way and replaced several 3point style bridges with Hipshots. I’ve been suffering some bridge madness.
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    A Fender Reverb tank appeared in kijiji here for $50 yesterday!
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    Taken about two minutes ago , flopped on the couch , about to go shovel the driveway.
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    Some generally say it sounds good , now I’m usually just in mid sized rooms and only vocals are in the PA so my rig has to fill the room. But we are not overly loud. The stage sound is the room mix. I buy amps for my enjoyment , they do not all sound the same , and various cabs will sound different as well. I recently added a tube preamp to my gigging rig and have been bypassing the tone stack. And just adding the pre has completely changed my sound. If I’m happy with the stage sound I will play better. Quite a few have been asking about the pre , but yes , mostly musicians. There’s usually a good number of players in the room. But I buy stuff for me.
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    Mine has a slight droop , but it’s tolerable. My Jr is perfectly balanced.
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    I love the dots and satin finish! Recently put a Hipshot on mine. Mine has blocks and a gloss , but I prefer the dots and satin.
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    I spent many , many years with just one old Pbass. I thought it was all I’d need. I was wrong. I’m an old geezer at this point , and enjoy stuff. I still gig every week. Herself doesn’t mind me buying gear. And I try and keep a little cash on hand for a musical emergency. I’ve found some remarkable deals on the local online buy&sell. I watch it like a hawk. I could have flipped them and turned a quick profit. But I really buy things to enjoy them.
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    I’ve gone small , modern , modular for gigs. But recently added a nice little boutique preamp to get that old school warm tubey thump. So now I can go old school or hifi. I have mini rigs for quiet home practice , and rehearsal rigs. Headphone rig too. And backups … Why settle for one amp when there’s so many alternatives out there?
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    Rather than one rig for everything I think everybody needs six or seven amps. It’s fun to explore the differences. They are not all the same.
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    I’ve never subscribed to Scott’s bass lessons , but I do appreciate what he’s trying to teach and the way he breaks it down. And he stresses , this is the chord , and these are the notes to play over it , and around it. And I gotta say he’s built up a pretty good business. I celebrate that. He’s responsible for a lot of players learning what to play. And it seems the more you play , the more there is to learn.
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    Kijiji is our most popular local online Buy&Sell , and I tend to watch it like a hawk. I’ve snagged some serious deals , and missed a couple too. Last week this popped up , and was up for a day before it sold.(I thought it would be gone in twenty minutes) A friend picked it up and he’ll give it a good home. Somebody had bought a later 70’s 4001 carcass and fitted it out. The paint job is about 30 years old. But it sold for $1000 Cdn! That’s a real Ric toaster. I haven’t seen one go that cheaply for some years.
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    That mapleglo 4003s is a beauty! (and I would love to put a cover on my 4001) I immediately got used to the cover on my 4000.
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    neepheid’s previous post nailed it.
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    I believe the low end thunder is when the choke is off. The choke puts various resistors in that cut back specific frequencies.
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    The original Ric bass was a 4000 , the 4001 came later. Mine is a set neck mid 70’s version, it has not got binding so the edges are rounded , and has simple dot inlays on the fingerboard. There is no .0047 cap on the bridge pickup , and having just one pickup there’s no need for a toggle switch , just a simple tone and volume. To be honest I prefer just having two knobs. It’s simply a mono output without the stereo option. I thought I’d miss the extra pickup and knobs but actually did not at all. They did not make that many 4000 models after the 4001 was introduced , and many were converted to a two pickup layout. Curiously today , I’ve seen some people change 4003 basses to a 4000 style with a simple two knob harness and single pickup. There are some diehard 4000 players that swear it was the best thing Rickenbacker made.
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    After looking for some years I completely fell for it after I finally bought one. And the more I played it the more comfortable I became with it. It eventually felt like home. I paid close to a market price for it at the time , but it was (and still is) in beautiful condition. There is something unique about the sound , and they are built differently from other basses. I had been a Pbass player. I had to learn how to properly adjust the old style truss rods , and I bypassed the .0047 cap on the bridge pickup to get the full output , I strung it with TI flatwound strings for that thump , and dealt with the weird bridge and the bizarre output construction. I became comfortable with the thin neck that had so little taper , the binding was never an issue for me. And I gigged it for years. I still get a little weak in the knees when I look at one. And after becoming familiar with their construction and quirks helped quite a few people set them to their preferences. So I’ve set up a good number of them over the years. Later I managed to get a set neck 4000 as well , which is a very , very different Ric. Today I usually play short scale basses , but I will always love and appreciate a nice Ric. I’m quite aware that many hate them , the Stingray is almost as divisive. … have one of those too.
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    Always loved a nice Ric despite their quirks. Spent many years looking before I found my first 4001 , but that was back in the dark days before the internet. There were simply none for sale around Nova Scotia.
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    The Newport has been getting a lot of positive reviews , and it’s at an attractive price point.
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    Show us your rig!

    msb replied to ped's topic in Gear Gallery

    I’ve had an old 4001 for ages but I’ve never run stereo with it. I’ve got the amps and cabs , I’d just have to pick up a stereo jack and a splitter.
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