(We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progress)

[JackTheRipper]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

Both basses were played with newish roundwound strings. I've gotten comments about the RM having more of an edge & bite to it than the '68 4001, and with the gain at the amp set the same for both, the '68 is a bit mellower - cleaner than I usually run it. I only did this to show the difference in output of the two basses, but the '68 has plenty of grit when the gain is up a bit more.

I eventually want to do a more comprehensive sound-test vid of just the RM by itself, playing it with flats as well as rounds, and soloing the pickups, backing off on the tone and so on.

Friendly reminder: a gritty '68:

Damn, that was bad ***!

--jack

[ricnbacker]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

Both basses were played with newish roundwound strings. I've gotten comments about the RM having more of an edge & bite to it than the '68 4001, and with the gain at the amp set the same for both, the '68 is a bit mellower - cleaner than I usually run it. I only did this to show the difference in output of the two basses, but the '68 has plenty of grit when the gain is up a bit more.

I eventually want to do a more comprehensive sound-test vid of just the RM by itself, playing it with flats as well as rounds, and soloing the pickups, backing off on the tone and so on.

Friendly reminder: a gritty '68:

WOW!

incredible

[walker]

I've been meaning to take some better formal shots - this is about the best I could muster of the detail with the camera I've got.

[Wiker]

Lovely. Nice vintage ambered look.
Now I wish I had put on more amber on my own fireglo-refinish.

[walker]

Thanks, Geir. I'd say bring it on by and I'll take care of that for you, but I guess Norway isn't exactly a stone's throw from Brooklyn, NY.

[jps]

Thanks, Geir. I'd say bring it on by and I'll take care of that for you, but I guess Norway isn't exactly a stone's throw from Brooklyn, NY.

Geir's got a pretty good pitcher's arm.

[s4001]

Drooling all over the keyboard.

[walker]

One more large bite-size for you, Scott:

[woodyng]

Lovely,and fabbb!!

[8mileshigher]

Nice photos, Mark !
What ever happened to that body wing you auctioned off ? ? Was it Tony who got it ? Did it become the heart-wood of another restoration project in the works ?

[walker]

Thanks, Rich. Yeah, Tony got that piece. I think he's going to blast it off into space as part of some kind of time capsule project he's been working on.

[walker]

Here's the RM footage I shot of the initial 68 vs 64 sound test/test drive once the bass was painted & reassembled:

[teeder]

Sounds great, Mark and your playing always makes me jealous!

[s4001]

One more large bite-size for you, Scott:

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I really like how the fretboard came out, too.

[walker]

Thanks Kevin; thanks Scott. It's a nice dark piece of wood like the fretboard on Trotty's former RM. Chip Little drowned mine in lacquer way too thick, but I sanded a bit of it off with 220 grit and now it has a nice matte finish to it. When I get the refret done, I'm going to have it refinished in the standard thin glossy topcoat so the grain and color aren't as muddled as they are now.