Yep, John is right, I bought the bass from it's original creator "Norris McCarty" on the old DP. He had the pickups installed and I was the second owner and then Tim Sarter found me and inquired about buying it. I was in the market for a fretless at the time so I sold it to him. And missed it almost immediately. But it was in good hands with Tim and he took great care of it.
As far as the sound and Tim can confirm or refute this, but I think it absolutely retains the Rick sound and vibe but the pickups in general are much bigger sounding. It's hard to explain but the Dark Stars are REALLY nice sounding clear pickups. I really like them a lot and I think they give the bass a nice vintage vibe. Plus the black and Chrome pickups really look great on the black and chrome bass.
So all in all it's good to have it back. As far as dibs go John, well, It'll be a while before I'm dumb enough to sell it again but Tim already claimed dibs again so . . . you'd have to fight him for it.
