ahpook Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-Style-Bass-Active-NEW_W0QQitemZ230255583337QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]ebay linky[/url] really digging the body shape, if not quite sold on the headstock Quote
Jase Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Nice looking bass, been oggling rics/ricalikes myself lately. Is it me or do those pups look huge? Quote
ahpook Posted May 25, 2008 Author Posted May 25, 2008 [quote name='Jase' post='206027' date='May 25 2008, 04:56 PM']Nice looking bass, been oggling rics/ricalikes myself lately. Is it me or do those pups look huge?[/quote] nope, they are indeed huge ! actually you might be hard-pressed to use the top of the pickup as anchor.. Quote
SJA Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 AKA. Wesley Europa. that auction can't last long.... Quote
Bassassin Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 [quote name='SJA' post='206056' date='May 25 2008, 05:28 PM']AKA. Wesley Europa.[/quote] Indeed. In fact in a fit of debatable self distraction I bought one of these a couple of years back - it's a lot of bass for the £100 I paid for it. The Rick comparison ends with the body shape (& that's not [i]quite[/i] right), the headstock's vile and the back & neck are painted with a very thin coat of matt black paint, which pretty much comes off on your clothes! Mine has a less than perfect fret job (needs levelling, rough ends) but for a budget bass it's pretty sexy - through neck, 3-band active EQ, flamed (real) maple top etc. I don't think the pups on mine are quite so enormous, though! Jon. Quote
beerdragon Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 If you click on the Mad dog link, they are selling them for £180 Quote
Jase Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 [quote name='ahpook' post='206045' date='May 25 2008, 05:16 PM']nope, they are indeed huge ! actually you might be hard-pressed to use the top of the pickup as anchor..[/quote] Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Quote
Bassassin Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 [quote name='beerdragon' post='206128' date='May 25 2008, 07:48 PM']If you click on the Mad dog link, they are selling them for £180[/quote] They pop up from time to time (with a different brand) through one of the German Ebay sellers - they're about £140 delivered, if I remember right. J. Quote
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