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This one scares me ...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:58 am
by jwr2
it's a 97 ... it was never gigged but it was refretted ... then it has emg pickups ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3706270080&category=4713
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:15 am
by robj
I for the life of me can't understand why someone would try to turn a Rick into a PJ bass.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:23 am
by loendmaestro
blasphemy, simply blasphemy...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:07 am
by jwr2
the pickups can be removed and all of the original stuff put back in ... but why would a 97 that has never been gigged need refretting?
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:39 am
by rictified
must be a busy session guy.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:39 am
by jeff_ulmer
>>but why would a 97 that has never been gigged need refretting?
That's what I'd like to know. A refret on a bound Ric is no minor operation.
As for the rest, yes it could be returned to stock, but at what additional cost?
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:41 am
by ken_james
No clue on the refret, usually they come pretty good out of the box, but then again why put a preamp and a PJ setup in a Ric?
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:25 pm
by robj
It sounds like there is no routing required to install a P bass pickup in the neck position? Or do you mean any additional routing would be covered by a new pickgaurd?
Seriously, I've never had the pickguard off any of my Ricks.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:47 pm
by ricnbacker
blasphemy, simply blasphemy...
agreed, but roger glover did it and got fantastic sounds out of it...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:40 pm
by ken_james
<shrugs> Dunno
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:09 pm
by loendmaestro
Didn't Roger just put a coupla jazz bass p/u's at an angle?
Plus, I'm a huge Glover fan, it'd be different if it was HIM selling the bass.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:20 pm
by ojobob2
that modded bass would sound good IMO, but not "better" than the proper pickups
the big issue here is it looks awful
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:01 pm
by atomic_punk
His response to the re-fret issue...
It is a pretty new bass but the problem was that I
didn't play it much but it stayed in a case most of
the time. But from what me and my guitar tech can
figure that one it was a so so fret job from the
factory and some frets in the upper register raised up
alittle. So that was the problem. But it had a re fret
from 12 to 20 and that section of the board was sanded
down then when he finished the re fret he leveled the
whole board. Also because I am picky and I like pretty
low action.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:26 pm
by rickenbrother
He doesn't state in the ad if he includes the original pickups. At least then you could restore it if you got a new pickguard.