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Anyone have a sound clip or video of one of these in action? Looks neat.

So in the interest of creating more RAS, how many Lightshow Basses were made?

One thing that is cool with fretless is setting up a neck with shellac and using round wounds. I've got a 2nd hand Jazz Bass with a fretless neck that was coated by HG Thor ( http://www.woodwiz.com/epoxy/ ) and it is nothing short of spectacular. It has a bright saw blade intonation to it that will ...

$4k does seem a little high right?!?

Wow, wealth of videos! Thanks for posting these. I've learned a few things!

C/U of sweet diamond knobs. Seen these on other 50's Ricks... assume they are original. Although what is weird is they turn to a stop on the pot, and then with minimal pressure will continue spinning endlessly. I can't see a stop screw down in the hole so maybe they are missing. I can't lift the kno...

Grover Tuners. Are these original? Still work pretty damn good.

Shot of the back edge (50/1.4 lens in low light... not too much DoF):

I have been studying yours Paul as there isn't much documentation out there on these 400's. I had read somewhere that there are roughly 500 in existence (here actually: http://www.daddys.com/blog/?p=2457 ). It of course looks phenomenal finished in Cloverfield... and to just happen to have a Kauffma...

Actually curious about that P-bookend there. Looks like fun!

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I had to look that one up. I like the two breakdowns. Fun track.

Ha ha, that's a fun comparison between the original and the ESP forgery. I like this line the best:

Look to the right of the pinky finger. What the Hell is that? It looks like someone glued a piece of raw chicken to the front of the guitar.

Finish is rough and was probably brushed on long ago. Odds are it had a brush refinish in the 60's as there is coverage of the neck through on the back and the "flocking" is long gone from the back... in fact the back is solid wood with no sign of any other material ever having been there....

Ah, I was wondering as some sample data is only from a few numbers sold. Sometimes only 1-2 units.

Just out of curiosity where are the sales numbers coming from? Is on the site only, or ebay, or...