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The bass on the left is a '93 V63 which has been significantly altered parts-wise to come as close as possible to a "true" RM reissue, and the one second from the right is a late '71 which I picked up here on the forum back when I was still gigging (both that bass and my mom's have had the...

Thanks, guys - one thing I didn't mention before is that they both smell just like my mom's bass! I don't know what makes the distinctive scent (maybe something in the cases?) but it's unmistakeable. Eau de Rickenbacker vintage ! I cannot express how much of a dream come true this is to have these i...

Non-invasive mod I learned about right here, and just did to both of my two "new to me" '66s: wire together two mini alligator clips, and clip 'em to each side of the cap. I thought of keeping the 12-string stock, as it does sound pretty good with the cap in and using the blend knob to dia...

And now the whole family get to know each other....

Due to a completely unforeseen set of circumstances, I have been able to obtain two guitars which have been my dream to own since I was a small child. Along with my mother's 4005 O.S. which she gigged with from 1973 until she retired from music in the '80s (and on which I learned bass - such as I ev...

This also happened to me within the last year when I cracked the TRS on my 330/12 - I had hoped to replace it with a vintage-style TRS, but was told that wasn't possible. Frustrated me to no end, and my reply to RIC customer service vented that. (Regrettably, but nevertheless sincerely.) Luckily, th...

That might explain why your treble pickup sounds maybe more, well, useful than I recall my mom's being. Besides being a sucker to try anything Chris Squire did, the other reason I had her bass "stereo'd up" in my later teens was to try to get the most out of the tone "sandwich" s...

At the least, it's very encouraging to hear from Jon Davison that Chris is apparently responding well to treatment. All the white light I can muster up your way, big fellah!

Oh, and I meant to comment earlier on the mention of the Vox head - I too assumed that he might have used it on parts of "Close To The Edge," particularly for the "nasty" fretless tone of (again, presumably) the Guild JS-II. The transitions between that tone and the "normal&...

"Perpetual Change" does have a slightly different sound on the "neck pickup only" sections (more middy/muddy than, say, the similar sections of "Yours Is No Disgrace"); plus you can definitely hear the treble pickup signal being ridden up and down in the mix (possibly t...

Excellent sound clips (and playing/arrangements), Jeffrey (no surprise there!). You definitely got a similar range of tones with your '67 as I used to strive for with my mom's bass. Very much recognisably "Ricky," but with a subtly different flavour from the more common 4001/3s. The two mo...

Hey, go for it, it's your guitar. I'm just calling out that your complaint is technically misplaced about the C63. If this guitar wasn't accurate, Beatles fans everywhere would complain that it wasn't "like George's" but being anoraks, they do anyways. :lol: For the record, no '63 instrum...

That is an amazing find/save from obscurity and damage. Lovely bass! I'm one of many wishing Ric would re-issue the 4005. Based on the response every time one appears, I know they'd sell. I covet a Jetglo! I'd forgotten how distinctly different and unique the 4005 is from the 4001/3 series until I ...

to make it as close as possible to the instrument it was ostensibly meant to reissue - that's totally within my purview. Crushed pearl inlays in a C63? Absolutely! Not that it wouldn't look great.... But CPI wouldn't be period-correct on a 1963 reissue. The reissue is correct already. Nice 4005 and...

Great story! My brother in law has a 360-12, probably a 1967, in a similar inaccessible room, but I don't think there are water issues. I was at his place in Nashville a year or so ago and wanted to play it, and was told "I can't get to it now"... Well, I hope he can get it out! They shou...