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I nearly caused an all out riot when I suggested on the Rickresource that it could be a copy. Rickenbacker did produce limited amounts of custom stuff in the early 70s but this one could also have had a new fretboard. It could also be a copy which would mean that the really expensive 4003LK is a folly. i say copy - get it round them.

i find that after a couple of gigs with a fretless that I start playing completely differently to when I'm using a fretted. I've always played notes on a fretless with my finger(s) in between the frets but obviously on a fretless you're right over them or thereabouts depending on what sounds right. I love the feel of playing a smooth fretless neck using flatwounds but cannot get the sound exactly how I like it.

I usually start off with one of these bad boys as it allows me to dial in my tone, surf the web and sink the titanic in one handy location In all seriousness, I would normally set everything flat on bass and amp then adjust the amp first, using the bass for the final tweak

I've never lent my gear to anyone ever I'd smack the bass off his stupid melon head and let him claim off his medical insurance - see how he likes them apples?

That happens to me as well, wait, what are we talking about? I'll never forget old whatsisface and so on

Having used the Fender stock pickup, quarter pounder & Lollar I can say that the Lollar sounds unlike any other pickup I have ever heard before. it could do what you would expect a high end P to do but it was the fullest, gnarliest, richest, clearest pickup I have ever used on any bass and when I actually convince myself to part with the $110 + postage then I'll get myself a split-coil one. When I bought the one for my warmoth, the exchange rate meant that I had it delivered for about £60 but it would be a lot more now.

The price doesn't seem to have gone up for these for the past few years now - I used to be into them and had a fair 70s copy a couple of years ago.

[quote name='JD1' post='629251' date='Oct 18 2009, 08:49 AM']I've a PM 5. The P bass sound is quite close - maybe a bit tighter but not quite as fat. MM sound slightly less so - its less agressive and more burpy for figerstyle - but hints at a MM tone. Proably a combination of the bridge pup being being further back than on a MM and the Glock pre amp instead of the MM one. Nonetheless good sounds and versatile.[/quote] I think it might be the burpy sound I'm after come to think of it. I had a Corvette 5 string $$ and like the sound of that bridge pickup as well. Is there a bass with a stacked J pickup that would give me the same effect? I'm kind of contemplating getting myself a Wamoth body made and get myself a MIJ/CIJ/MIa Fender neck to go with it- - that way i can specify it exactly how I want. If I don;t like it I can always sell the parts off

Eleven by Primus Hold out your hand by Chris Squire - I'm not actually sure if it is in a different time signature but its pretty strange and not helped by Bill bruford's unique style of playing - pretty much the rest of the ablum as has been mentioned. most of the other ones I know have already been mentioned

These are some of my favourites [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141o_jwG7cA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141o_jwG7cA[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXxQ5kQVO0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXxQ5kQVO0[/url]

I've just finished playing tonight and something that I have been toying with for some time might be the best way forward for me. I've been playing for the past couple of months with my 80s E Series Fender MIJ Precision and have just received this as a trade for my gold Warmoth I absolutely love the tone of the bridge pickup on the G&L and the Fender P bass sound. I've searched here and can't find the answer so - will a Sandberg California PM give me an authentic P bass tone and a G&L / MM humbucker tone? I've also looked into the Fender P bass delixe but the concensus seems to be that the Sandberg is a better bass

after selling my Shuttle 6.0 & Schroeder cab, I found myself with enough cash to get myself a trace 1x15" V-type combo, flightcased 2103H Trace cab and this: I'm not entirely sure if is the amp the bass or both but I am loving this bass so much that my much talked about Warmoth gold bass should be touching down with its new owner in austria in the next couple of days. Yip, that good. I remember seeing a MIJ Fender of a similar age on here with chips in the paint exactly the same as mine. It plays absolutely fantastic. Feels really good after playing a jazz width neck for the past couple of years. I was toying with the idea of getting myself a 70s Precision or one of the new ones but am debating whether or not it will be that much better than this one. the action and playability of this one is phenomenal. anyhoo, tonight is the first time I will be out with the full setup so I'll take some pics and post them up later.

the Sparkle is now somewhere in austria The bass in my avatar is candy apply red but its not a very good pic so it is technically still sparkly.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='627515' date='Oct 16 2009, 01:49 AM']looks like one of those old invisible body/fretboard models, i'm surprised you guys haven't heard of them! They didn't last long, mind.[/quote] Yeah, cos people kept losing them Wasn't there a few Thunderbird ones going on Ebay a few years ago, they're the usual culprits?

I was thinking about buying one at the end of the year but I am actually debating where of not it will be any better than my E series MIJ Precisiion. It has a slightly dodgy volume pot so I've just bought new CTS pots, Switchcraft jack, Fender US pickups and was going to fire that in with one of my new batch of paper-in-oil caps to try it out.

I've never played in a band with more than one guitarist. a couple of things I have used in the past are 12 and 8 string basses. I was until recently using a Boss OC-2 but have just bought a micro POG to give me the best of both worlds without having to play 3 strings at a time.

Sorry, i thought I'd stumbled onto a gynecology website when i read the title

Spotted this while having a nosey - apparently it is a limited model [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Japan-75Jazz-Bass-with-JB-and-PB-pickup-JB75-PJ_W0QQitemZ250506188700QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3a5355179c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Japan-75Jazz-...=item3a5355179c[/url] I'm not sue if I like it or not - I don't normally like Jazzes but this one's a bit weird - like a cross between an aerodyne & a 75 jazz. Unusually it has a bullet truss rod and 4 bolt neck plate