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I don’t know what to say about that, been called some things in my life but a Creep.
@Bridgehouse mentioned me so I go to investigate why I've been named, having read through the post, I thought I have a Ricky body and neck, so I thought if you fancy partcaster build, this would be a cheap option for you. I don't think there's anything creepy about that.
And by the way that hand built pink Ricky would not be a cheap option, it costs considerably more than a real Ricky.
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no offence intended to you at all. i respect you & your work greatly. hence the swoon declared for the baby pink Ricky.
see:
"Mission creep is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes.[1] Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to the dangerous path of each success breeding more ambitious attempts, stopping only when a final, often catastrophic, failure occurs."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_creep
i was just joking that (as frequently happens in fretboard posts, as subsequent posters up the ante with '...but for a few pounds more you can get...'), an initially outlined budget quickly escalates from the minimal to the extreme within a single thread page.
so 'mission creep' because that familiar shift from micro to macro budget happened here too.
but no criticism of any posts. all good stuff, & it's good to have all the options laid out, because other people reading the thread may have different budgets & be up for fancier things.
anyway, there was genuinely no offence intended & keep up that stellar bass building.
Sixty years of musical instrument manufacturing history suggests otherwise.
If somebody had devised an acceptable substitute that retailed for a more affordable price, we would all be using it.
the black ones look not too bad (coffin-esque, which is quite stately), but it's more the sound than the look that attracts me, hence my curiousity about how i might go about faking it on the cheap.
but you know where my bass passions lay, even if the violin is about as far away from the ricky as it is possible to be. maybe why mccartney got one, to cover missing sonic territory the violin couldn't reach.
so i like the sound a real lot, but as a thing, Ricky's are just too long (i'm shortscale for life, i have decided), heavy (that's why i want the violin), way too horny (that 'leaping dildo affair' on the top bout) & (obviously) way too over budget.
if i won that black one in the irish raffle i would be utterly chuffed & probs have fun playing with it, but it's not something i would go out & buy, even if i had the lolly.
i could get four violins (black, red, white & purple i think) for the price of one clickingbacker. imagine being able to change your guitar to go with your outfit? la classe!
but each to their own (madness).
at that time he was probably the most famous & wealthy bass player in the world, so he could have had anything he wanted (probably just for the asking) but he made that ricky his workhorse, so must have seen something in it.
https://reverb.com/uk/news/interview-paul-mccartney-on-his-life-as-a-bassist
Where to start? Well, there’s a scale length debate and whether short scale vs long scale is about fingers and spans and stretch and comfort or if it’s a case of “what you are used to” and how much it affects the sound.
Then there’s the violin bass question, its sound, its musical context, and possible alternatives to get that sound..
Then there’s the original question of clank, midrange and tonal variation that isn’t your run of the mill P or J..
They don’t sound much like Ric questions, but they are - Rics aren’t full scale. Rics have a unique flavour like violin basses, and they aren’t run of the mill...
FWIW I understand McCartney had the violin as he was in Germany at the time, and what with Hofner being German it’s supply, demand, local market etc etc innit?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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A good wide padded strap like the neotech or mono makes a massive difference to a 8-9lb bass and makes it feel more like 6-7lb on a normal strap.
I also meant Rick 325 . 425 was the single-pickup one George had first...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
He must have liked something about it as he stuck with it - or it became part of his signature sound and that was that. Either way, I think @vale needs to consider that the violin bass might not be the absolute best option out there
It was a different world then. Dave Davies didn't even have a spare guitar when his was lost by an airline on the first Kinks US tour - he had to go to a music shop and buy one, and the only half-decent thing they had that he could afford was some weird old Gibson shaped like an arrow...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I would say a short scale P will do the same. So why should anyone (@vale included) bother with the effort of anything else?
So do the Squier Jaguar SS, Jaguar Bass H and the Mikey Way signature Mustang Bass.
Those EMG-35 sized soapbar pickups are a doddle to replace.
Some good ideas in this video.