Recent content by Le Commissaire

I absolutely love the sound and look of this bass. The 3 single coil pickups, one in every placement I could hope for, long scale, and eye-wateringly gorgeous design... There's nothing quite like it out there. I almost bought one a while back, but missed it literally by minutes, possibly...

Hi! I'm new and also digitally challenged. Please bear with me as I learn how to work the controls... The Mapleglo bass with the 2 toasters looks lovely, and I bet it sounds like magic. I've been wanting a V63 or C64 or at least a proper Rickenbacker bass with the toaster in the correct...

Hello and happy new year! That Mapleglo withe the

Hello, I'm still fairly new to the forum. I am a bass player but, sadly, have no bass at the moment, an unacceptable situation I hope to remedy soon. I have long been madly in love with the classic Rickenbacker bass tone, specifically that which is produced by the somewhat strange, unlikely...

My last reply ended abruptly when I hit the wrong button... My apologies. What I was getting around to saying was that I have also played this solo many times on both Höfner and Rickenbacker basses, and to my ears it always sounded right. I think the thickness of the bass strings lends a bit...

Hello, I'm seriously new, as in, this is my first attempt to do anything here. So, I apologize in advance of my perhaps inevitable faux-pas, and hope I fall short of disgracing myself. The Rickenbacker 4001s of Paul McCartney has long been something near and dear to me, starting as a...