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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:08 am
by cheyenne
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:12 am
by bob_atherton
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:14 am
by beatlejon
Damn, thats a beautiful bass guitar!!!
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:26 am
by jwr2
The shoes are pretty ... but shoeless is more functional ...
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:40 am
by cheyenne
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:31 am
by rickenbrother
Even though the shoes look so cool, if I had a V63, I might want to take the shoes off also. Nice bass, Scott!
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:44 am
by thx1955
Shame to strip the shoes off the V's
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:02 am
by rickfan60
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:06 am
by jnbass
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:07 am
by thx1955
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:46 am
by s4001
Barefoot, man!
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:22 am
by rickcrazy
"Super hot"? I'll say!
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:23 am
by bob_atherton
A wider gap is no cure for the shoes being in the way though...
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:23 am
by jwr2
Since I am German and an architect I would like to quote another German architect ...
"Form Follows Function"
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:24 am
by jps
It does make a difference in balancing the pickups.
