1972 4001 Mapleglo - Jo Burt

[godber]

Cool bass, congrats!

The pickguard damage came from a bottle thrown at Reading festival, which also knocked out the bridge pickup - hence the Seymour Duncan replacement and the reverse mounted plate.

I assume that is what he says, but honestly, I can't see how a bottle can cause that damage, let alone skip aside and knock out the treble pickup. A less heroic, but more reasonable explanation would be that the toaster height adjustment screw was over-tightened and cracked the pickguard in the same exact place as hundreds of other Ric basses, and the bridge pickup was replaced - like hundreds of others - because it was too thin-sounding, and the owner did not know that all it took to solve it was to bypass the evil cap.

C'mon, I wasn't there, but what is rock and roll without a little raconteuring and amps that go to 11?

[jps]

Cool bass, congrats!

The pickguard damage came from a bottle thrown at Reading festival, which also knocked out the bridge pickup - hence the Seymour Duncan replacement and the reverse mounted plate.

I assume that is what he says, but honestly, I can't see how a bottle can cause that damage, let alone skip aside and knock out the treble pickup. A less heroic, but more reasonable explanation would be that the toaster height adjustment screw was over-tightened and cracked the pickguard in the same exact place as hundreds of other Ric basses, and the bridge pickup was replaced - like hundreds of others - because it was too thin-sounding, and the owner did not know that all it took to solve it was to bypass the evil cap.

C'mon, I wasn't there, but what is rock and roll without a little raconteuring and amps that go to 11?

Well then, there should have been a groupie involved in the story, too.

[godber]

Steady Jeff!

[teeder]

Well then, there should have been a groupie involved in the story, too.

Only one?

[godber]

Well then, there should have been a groupie involved in the story, too.

Only one?

Good point!

[ilan]

Well then, there should have been a groupie involved in the story, too.

This is where the bottle enters the plot.