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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I said maybe.....
I plan to make a bass in the next year or two, I'll probably flog all them then
My friend, who is a bass player has 15.
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"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
Not sure. I played a 33" the other day, and it does make a difference from 34".
The looks on that particular one were a bit of an acquired taste:
https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/italia-rimini
I'm not sure I have the budget for a Rick though. I might get £600 for my Jazz with a following wind. Due to Rickenbacker's stance on copies, it's not like I'm going to be able to find a decent quality copy either.
Through neck construction and arcane hardware help to partially recreate the RIC experience. Even screwed-on neck lookalikes will deliver the scale length. If the pickup cavities are generous enough, it would be easy to make changes to get whatever sound you fancy.
There are quite a lot of decent 1970s Japanese 4001 copies out there - the difficulty is finding them for sale. They’re usually good quality - at least apart from the machineheads - if you avoid the bolt-on neck ones. A very few even have double truss rods. I borrowed a nice Shaftesbury one while I was looking for a real Rick, and it was quite close to be honest...
The modern copies aren’t in the same league though.
"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
Some of the older Japanese stuff looks quite interesting. There were some 80's Japanese made Fenders (and maybe JV Squiers) that were medium scale. Westone had one or two models with a scale around 32", and I think there were some Aria basses with 32" scale as well. The problem is finding one for sale that isn't at an inflated price.
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@Whitecat Yeah, that's what I did.