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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:17 am
by jwr2
I'm only interested in owning new basses ... 1986 or later ... If I can't gig with it then I don't need to own it ...
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:24 am
by rhampshire
V68! V68! V68!
Shoes...
Toaster...
Wide inlays...
Check binding...
Split bridge...
Baby headstock...
And most importantly - a thinner neck!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:32 am
by wints
Er....no Henny. It,s still stuck in the case 4500 miles away. Hey, it,s only been 14 years since it was last strung and plugged in.
No need to rush things now is there...
The 67 may jump to the front of the Q. Some real nice maple on it like Kevin,s bass above. Just needs some p/ups, a TRC and pickguard/pots....
At my going rate, it should be finished in about 2020....
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:15 am
by teeder
Wint,
That is beautiful maple! I'd love to see a nice burst on that one!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:34 am
by henny
v68 sounds fine to me. I'm all for the baby headstock, too.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:19 pm
by jwr2
a '68 had the bigger headstock ... and walnut headwings and no skunk stripe ...
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:56 pm
by rickcrazy
Hey, Andrew, I forget: what's the story behind the green bass? It looks somewhat odd, and I do not mean the novel (for a Rick bass) jacksocket location.
You said the '67 needed pickups. May I offer some assistance in that department?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:36 pm
by ratso
Yeah..V68, I'm in!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:59 pm
by wints
Sergio, it,s led a long hard life. I bought it, as is, over 20 years ago. Apart from the four piece body, you can see the upper horn has been shaved down at the body.
What you can,t see is the wood block in the toaster compartment, the grooves cut out of the horseshoe surround and the bridge rout that extends to the end of the body.
It had a whole host of neck issues. I could never get the action low enough for my liking and gave up on it in 1990. Of course I know a lot more now, and am glad I never sold it at that time.
It should have been firewood a long time ago, and how/why it survived I,m not sure. It,s a long shot, but there is an old, well documented RM1999 that suffered a lot of neck issues and disappeared in the late 60,s. I,ve been trying to gather some evidence that it may have been this one. It has some similarities, but I need to do a little more detective work...
Thanks for the p/up offer too Sergio. It came with an 70,s hi-gain bobbin that I may or may not use. I,m probably going with the horseshoes/hi-gain combo. Should I need your assistance you will certainly hear from me!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:00 pm
by kbhag
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:29 pm
by jps
Henny,
this looks like you photographed one of those tiny lapel pins!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:28 pm
by apollo11
Same thing I was thinking, Jeff.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:53 pm
by eatswodo
It's rather like the Les Paul my wife bought me for Christmas a couple of years ago.....
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:26 pm
by jps
My girlfriend never bought ME a Les Paul! Consider yourself lucky.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:32 am
by rickcrazy
Andrew,
thanks for the interesting info on the green Rick. Do you mean to say that it was once owned by a celebrity, or that it was lifted (heinously absconded with, haha) from a music store?
Jeffrey,
six years ago I dated a lady who could play a mean fretless bass! She loved (my) Rick basses but never found a fretless one locally.