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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:10 am
by mrs_brown
Thank Ben (Steve) he is the one who gave me the great weekend away and the new camera on the way up the road. And he did the posting on youtube I have not a clue as usual
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:05 am
by jps
"How fantastic does that 4005 sound????? Niiiiice Jeffrey...."
Thanks Shaun!
I keep telling everybody how great these sound but some are just sceptical of hollowbody basses getting that "Rick" sound.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:10 am
by henry5
Jeffrey, I played a 70's one once and it didn't sound anywhere near as good as that. That's a marvelous bass sound. What year is yours?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:11 am
by sloop_john_b
Jeff and I did a comparison - my '74 vs. his '67, both double-bound.
His was considerable lighter than mine, which we attributed to the thin neck and the full-width inlays on his.
The pickups sounded fairly similar - his toasters, mine higains. Really, the biggest difference was in volume and perhaps a bit of clarity. But for the most part, close.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:39 am
by charlyg
I'm tellin' ya, it's the smooth hand!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:04 pm
by dswp
Hey John B and Jdog, what did you think of the "F" body that came in late on Sunday???
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:23 pm
by sloop_john_b
There's a picture of me with it somewhere, Dave. I think Kris Lyons took it.
Needless to say, it was incredible. We plugged it in and both took turns doing rockabilly impressions on it. The long PAF Accent w/ the musical notes was really cool too.
The guy also brought a new-style RM 360 w/ F-hole! Really cool.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:43 pm
by dswp
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:46 pm
by sloop_john_b
Yeah, that's the one.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:29 pm
by rick_ovic
John B, I'm glad you had the opportunity to play it. It's now safely in the Rick Vault at Pascoe's place until it makes the journey across the Pacific to it's new home.
I have to decide whether to ship it out via Fedex or UPS or to collect it when I come out to SoCal in August.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:50 pm
by jwilli
Groowwwwllll! Very cool! I missed seeing those.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:51 pm
by thx1955
August's not that far away Darren ....
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:00 pm
by rick_ovic
That's what I'm thinking, Jim. How's the Fireglo on that baby, eh?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 pm
by thx1955
Hehehehe ... looks stunning Darren, if you come pick it up in August, we'll get to see it, and meet you.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:09 pm
by jps
I have a great idea, Darren. Have the Fatboy shipped to various forumites working it's way to the SoCal Confluence. For example, it could go to John, then to me, then to Ted, etc, until it finally ends up with, say, Gary in California!
