Marc S Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1429738439' post='2754553'] It's Barbie's bass ! [/quote] Lol This bass looks amazing! I thought at last, I had all the basses I could ever want .... but this has made me think again How good are Retrovibes? What's it sound like? What's it like to play? Great stuff. Glad you like it Quote
Bassassin Posted April 28, 2015 Author Posted April 28, 2015 [quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1430232878' post='2759265'] How good are Retrovibes? What's it sound like? What's it like to play? [/quote] It's not bad. Haven't had the chance to give it a proper setup & fettling (in fact I currently don't have a useable workspace), so I'm playing it out of the box at the moment. The neck's nice - fairly broad but quite shallow with a flat-ish radius, it's well-balanced & comfortable on a strap, unlike a real Rick it's got a very welcome forearm contour & a bit of a gut-cut. It's pretty light too, compared with some of my deadweights. Fret work's spot-on, nice & smooth with no sharp edges. There's zero relief in the neck which means there's a tiny bit of buzzing around the 3rd/4th frets on the E & A, but plugged in, I'm not hearing it. I do need to tweak the string height down a bit - played it at practice tonight & it was quite hard work on some of the busier songs. Sound-wise, it's loud with masses of low-end, I ended up soloing the bridge pickup & boosting mids to get it to cut through properly. I think I'll re-wire it with push-pots to get proper single-coil switching - I don't think the T-40 wiring's working exactly how it should. Might go for a single volume & pickup pan pot - I've never seen the point of a 3-way selector switch on a bass. So I'm really happy with it - it's pretty damn good as it is, but has the potential to be great. And realistically, just look at it - even if it played like a turd, I'd love it. J. Quote
ras52 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1430259864' post='2759695'] Might go for a single volume & pickup pan pot - I've never seen the point of a 3-way selector switch on a bass. [/quote] I'm not a fan of more than one volume control, so I've also pondered this, but I don't think I've seen a pan-pot on a passive bass... is there some reason to do with buffering and/or other clever electric stuff for that? Quote
BigRedX Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1430301343' post='2759936'] I'm not a fan of more than one volume control, so I've also pondered this, but I don't think I've seen a pan-pot on a passive bass... is there some reason to do with buffering and/or other clever electric stuff for that? [/quote] Shouldn't be a problem. On the cheaper pre-amps that get fitted into the majority of far-eastern basses both the volume and pickup blend controls are passive, only the EQ part is actually active. Quote
monkey_dancer Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 What an awesome bass! love that finish. Quote
FlatEric Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Jon - I'm loving seeing your more extreme tastes in basses but it's the bike that caught my eye. . . . . . VERY nice indeed! Quote
Bassassin Posted May 1, 2015 Author Posted May 1, 2015 [quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1430465353' post='2761595'] Jon - I'm loving seeing your more extreme tastes in basses but it's the bike that caught my eye. . . . . . VERY nice indeed! [/quote] It is quite magnificent, isn't it! I'm sufficiently shallow to be incredibly pleased to have found a bass to match (well, almost) my bike. Makes it even better that it's a Rickenfaker. J. Quote
tauzero Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 A friend of mine sold an almost identical Speed Triple known as Natalie - it was one of the two bikes that Ms Imbruglia rode in "Johnny English". That wouldn't happen to be her, would it? Quote
Number6 Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 Am i the only one that would like to see Lemmy playing a bass that colour? 😃 Quote
discreet Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 [quote name='Number6' timestamp='1430564004' post='2762622'] Am i the only one that would like to see Lemmy playing a bass that colour? [/quote] No, but YOU suggest it to him. Quote
Number6 Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1430564094' post='2762627'] No, but YOU suggest it to him. [/quote] It's a fair point.....😨 Quote
Bassassin Posted May 2, 2015 Author Posted May 2, 2015 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1430530442' post='2762418'] A friend of mine sold an almost identical Speed Triple known as Natalie - it was one of the two bikes that Ms Imbruglia rode in "Johnny English". That wouldn't happen to be her, would it? [/quote] No, unfortunately mine's only famous on BC! The Johnny English S3s were the 01-onward models which has different bodywork & a slightly uprated motor, mine's the earlier version which is basically a detuned Daytona T595 with the fairing kicked off. I do remember a couple of years back, a guy on Triumph Torque was selling an S3 that he reckoned was the Johnny English bike. He'd replaced all the bodywork with black (sexual insecurity must be a terrible thing) and was selling the "Nuclear Red" bits separately. J. Quote
tauzero Posted May 3, 2015 Posted May 3, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1430587997' post='2762937'] No, unfortunately mine's only famous on BC! The Johnny English S3s were the 01-onward models which has different bodywork & a slightly uprated motor, mine's the earlier version which is basically a detuned Daytona T595 with the fairing kicked off. [/quote] This was Natalie: I bought a pre-crashed T595 and put a little fairing on it to make my own 955cc Speed Trifle: Quote
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