Recent content by ianr2012

Has anyone mentioned a tremolo pedal? Listen to Chris Squire on Starship Trooper.

Males have been collecting things for thousands of years - it's a 'male thing' - sometimes to the dismay of females...

Males have been collecting 'things' for thousands of years. It started with sticks to make spears out of, rocks to make axes, oddly shaped bit of wood to make other things. Eventually as manufactured items became available, this instinctive trend continued - and ended up with you - and others -...

Very interesting assessment Axstar. A lot of the nasal Rick tone actually comes from the neck pickup. I read that Chris Squire actually had his bridge pickup disconnected largely for this reason (of course we can't forget the problems caused by some of the mid '60's horseshoes degaussing). The...

That's odd... It has a pine body which should be really quite light. Sounds very much like the originals to me though. I wonder what sort of pine would be that heavy...?

Hi Paul I recently noticed that you are a member of this forum so I hope this might get to you. Firstly, I only wish your book on Rick basses was printed back in the late '70's as I would have worn it out drooling over the high quality double page photos of basses you virtually never see in...

Oops - didn't see the acoustic with the system I've covered, but you don't need a special 'connector' cable unless you really want one. By the way, it's not a good idea to let a standard Thunderbird IV head fall onto a hard surface...

Listen you twits - do you want to get rid of neck dive fairly easily or not? I've come across others complaining about this problem time and time again, but I've found a simple solution (and you don't have to move the neck buttons either). I just tried this on my Epi Thunderbird and it seems to...

Hi James. I think I might have a possible solution for you. I've got a Rebelrocke (otherwise known as Rockinbetter in the US/UK) which is quite heavy and I think the weight is suppressing the top end response on the E string. I've thought about this for some time as I didn't want to lose (and...

I know how you feel about this, but personally, I think you have a UNIQUE bass. I bought an Epi Thunderbird Pro IV about 5 years ago - I got it cheaply from the distributors shop, and the top half is a unique wavy mahogany whilst the bottom has a slightly streaked straight grain. I like it...