From what I've seen, the badass III isn't meant to be an improved model or anything, just a different model for a different purpose. The Badass II is for 5 screw Fenders, while the Badass III is for the newer model 3 screw MIA Fenders.
Hate to admit it but when I first started trying to learn, I used to have the bad habit of leaving the passive bass I was practicing with plugged in so I would just have to pick it up. When I got my first active bass, I didn't think about the fact that the plug was the switch on that...
He started a thread with this same topic a few months ago, but it got shut down by John Turner because talking down about a someones choice of bass is against TB rules. That one was even titled "I love to troll", lol
How red is it, if its painted red it may be refinished or even a parts bass. As far as I know the K5 only came in transblack and some are natural mahogany which I guess can look kind of red
I've seen pics of it done before, in the tricked out Squier club threads I think. Some people liked it , I thought it looked kinda funky in kind of a cool way.
edit** here it is http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=228703&d=1316580634 belongs to bassistjoe93
My 2003 Ibanez SR885 is 8.6 pounds on a bathroom scale
and about your question to another poster above, AVRI is a Fender series, American Vintage ReIssue
Almost bought one once, back when they still had the fender copy headstocks on them, but when I was just about to pull the trigger I came across a deal on a bass I couldn't pass up and never got back to it. Don't really care for the looks of the headstocks they have now
+1 I've always liked the sound of bass, ever since a kid even listening to music, I've always cut the mids and highs and boosted the lows to make the bass stand out.
not that their better, just that pre 2001, MIM jazzes used 2 neck pick ups, making string to pole alignment impossible for the reasons in my previous posts. Some people are very picky about pole alignment, some aren't. Personal preference I guess
Because the string spacing tapers from the bridge to the 1.5" nut, the strings are further apart at the bridge than the neck, so the bridge pup is normally wider to keep the pole pieces lined up with the strings
Not stolen from me, but looking through the craigslist ads yesterday, saw an ad placed by a store owner who said he found a Rickenbacker laying in his parking lot, and looking for an owner to identify some markings, so someone sure had a bad day when they went to unload their car