Barefoot and liking it!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:08 am

I got brave and took the horseshoes off of my V63 today. Feels alot more natural to me. I can finally lower the pickup (super hot), enough to get a more "balanced" sound.

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:12 am

Looking good Scott, I was going to get a V63 and do the same, but then an 'S' came up on ebay and I hope that will do the trick. Not here yet, about one week.

How does the playability around the bridge P/U feel compared to a 4001/3. I guess it is the same?

beatlejon · Post by **beatlejon** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:14 am

Damn, thats a beautiful bass guitar!!!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:26 am

The shoes are pretty ... but shoeless is more functional ...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:40 am

I pick right over the treble pickup. So the shoes were really an issue for me. I absolutely love the way the shoes look, but as always, functionality wins out in the end.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:31 am

Even though the shoes look so cool, if I had a V63, I might want to take the shoes off also. Nice bass, Scott!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:44 am

Shame to strip the shoes off the V's

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:02 am

You can bend the shoes open slightly so that they allow more string clearance. The V63s and many C64s have narrow shoe gaps. A few years ago, RIC started shaping the C64 shoes to more closely resemble the vintage shoes. It makes them visually more accurate and allows more practical adjustment. Jeff Scott bent his open a bit (perfectly safe). Maybe he will chime in here.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:06 am

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:07 am

John Hall described a method to open the gap in the shoes in a post a while back, I just can't recall what it was, Ted I think it might have been in a response to one of your restorative projects.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:46 am

Barefoot, man!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:22 am

"Super hot"? I'll say!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:23 am

A wider gap is no cure for the shoes being in the way though...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:23 am

Since I am German and an architect I would like to quote another German architect ...

"Form Follows Function"

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:24 am

It does make a difference in balancing the pickups.