henry5 wrote:Kevin's Fireglo came to me. However I sold it on too, to another Forum member I believe. The neck on it was wonderful, but because of the bridge placement I couldn't get the action anywhere near as low as I like it (very low) with correct intonation. To be honest, I wasn't keen on the sound either; it lacked that sing-song hollowness I like. It had more of a Jazz-bass vibe sonically, at least in my hands, and I don't really get on with Jazzes.
Interesting, henry5, so the bass I used to own ended up with you, and now someone else has it. I also had issues with how it played, especially the neck, and I much preferred my '73 or my v63 to it just to play. It had clear evidence of a repair to fix a place where the fretboard popped off the neck near the nut(Now HOW could THAT have happened???
) I always figured that it would take a really good luthier to work on it(like Paul Wyzan.., Paul Wyzie.., uh... that RIckenbacker Curmudgeon) to fix it right. So, as a result, I never really played it much during its time with me, and I hope it has found a good home with someone who has taken the time to fix it right, and play it a bunch. In case anyone is interested, I purchased the bass from a guy in Duluth Minn. via Ebay back in 2002-03....