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How is their stance hurting them in more ways than it is helping them?
Rick have their own quality issues and haven't succeeded anyway in preventing the manufacture of close copies; they were there from Kay in the 70's & they're there now. So all their bombastics would be put to better use by ...

..... the term 'British Invasion'...

Yeah, but the auditions are funny though ain't they??

protect them from copycats (unlike Gibson with the EB-3)

Still with the empty flag-waving then? If all companies had done that we'd all be stuck with Mercedez-Benz 3 wheeled 4HP automobiles. My bass isn ...

wayang wrote:..not on a par with American Idol, anyway...

.......... and you think WE have it bad over here ???? At least we managed to get Cowell over your side for half the year!!! Now that is a win situation!

Is there anyone here SERIOUSLY suggesting that to satisfy my curiosity that how I imagine a bass appears in my minds eye is how it would look & sound in real life, that I should blow £1200+ on a real Rick to adapt, just to keep you guys & Rick happy?

Or to put it another way; I have a - as ...

another post that underlines the need for a sticky explaining why RIC's intellectual property is THEIRS and why it is necessary for them to enforce their ownership

It DOES??? Why?
If it's just the shape I want and I know a craftsman who can make pickups & circuits that will improve it vastly ...

I'd buy one like a shot, that or a Rockinbetter. But even then not at the price that they're going for new, I was told by one shop that
"the first Rockinbetters were Chinese hence the intial lower prices, not that they're Korean they're better made so the price is up"
- what a crock - they got ...

It's a Seymour Duncan replacement pickup for a Gibson Firebird guitar, so it's not for a bass at all though since it doesn't have individual poles then it doesn't matter what you put it on. I read recently that in his original Rick basses Lemmy of Motorhead always used to replace the neck pup with ...

I have one of it's headstock, I tidied it up a little .............

Can't imagine this advert lasting long especially with THAT item description!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokai-rockinbetter-bass_W0QQitemZ250173811907QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But I wouldn't mind having one to tart up the electrics a bit, maybe make it active without ...

When my SG bass was being built by John Birch I had the distinct pleasure of meeting him many times of course. At the time (1999-2000) he was an old man of 79 years.
I can assure you that he was no rip-off merchant, he was very much a tech-head. Totally in love with the guitar as an instrument to ...

Ahaaa- so that's what happened - it had been up once at a reserve of £500 - and didn't sell, 2nd time around I put in a marker for £350, then it disappeared.
Same thing happened with a Tele I bid on at the same time - I thought I had a pox on Ebay.

That twin-neck has been there for at least 3 years to my knowledge. They probably couldn't find anyone that could handle it.
Birch basses are awesome, never could understand his rear scratchplate idea as they build up static very quickly & have to be earthed.
BUT - for tone - NOTHING - as in ...