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Rickenbacker 4005 in Fireglow Ampeg SVT AV head Ampeg SVT AV 8x10

Been after one of them heads for ages, already got the matching 2x15 cab, unfortunately everytime a cheapish one comes up im skint

Just got one of these myself for a project off ebay. Got it for £60 - seems in decent nick apart from needing a bloody good clean. I plan to get a custom made tort plate fitted and hopefully throw in some Wizard Trads or Thumpers. Add some flats to it and a tumbe rest and away i go.

Decided to take a punt on this. Picked it up this morning after haggling a £60 price tag. The bass was filthy but definitely has potential. The electrics are shot and the frets big brass efforts. I plan to rewire it with some Wizard Thumpers or Trads, fit a tort plate, flats and give it a damn good clean! Really nice player acoustically and the frets seem easy enough to get on with. The logo is wierd, it doesnt seem to be a waterslide decal, more like its almost branded or burnt into the headstock the lacquered over. Will try and do a build diary on it.

Ive been told by the seller he'll accept a bid of £65, this is local-ish to me so might be worth a punt

My acoustic bass in the for sale forum

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SQUIER-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-RED-LOVELY-DECAL-/280718456763?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2309889309540164146"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SQUIER-FENDER-PR...889309540164146[/url] Says squier bass with fender decal but the neck lacks the usual squier skunk stripe and i cant see a truss rod hole on the headstock so assume its at the body end, did squier ever do this? Im after a red squire to 'tart' up with a tort scratch, wizard pups and a KIOgon wiring loom but feel this might be an even cheaper brand than squier?

If money was no object id have a Rickenbacker 4005 in fireglo and play it everyday

Im working on ANOTHER p-bass project. THis time is just a completely blank body. I have all the bits apart from the sponge/foam blocks that go under the pickups to push the pole peices thru the pickup covers. Do they actually sell these as a custom product or do people just use pan-scourers and the like? Never had to put new pickups into a body that didnt have any that i was replacing so ive always just nicked it off the old pickups.