Recent content by Neil Hitze

They were only offered from 84ish to 89ish. Since they were all the same, and no model year is more valuable than any other it doesn't matter whether yours is 25 years old or 32 years old. Cort licensed the Steinberger system (the tuner mechanics & double ball strings), not the bass designs or...

Take this for all the value that anecdotal evidence could possibly have (not much), but in 2022 I bought a 2021 EBH1000S that the original owner had swapped in Aguilar pickups (the rest was left). They're good pickups I guess, but I was unimpressed, so I reinstalled the original pickups and now...

Heads up for any Riverhead guitar players who also dig headless. There's a Unicorn guitar for sale on a Japanese classified site called ZenMarket. It ends at 4am 6/13/4. NMNA. I considered buying it, but it's too short and has too many strings. Plus I spent my wad on a black fretless Phantom...

You can choose to not view the thread if you don't want to see it. Besides, details are important. If OP just said "don't trade with Johnny Long" you'd say "why not?".

I'd all but given up on finding a Phantom, but kept the search bot just in case. The bot found this. There are two separate threads on talkbass about this bass. You can read that here https://www.talkbass.com/threads/a-buyer-beware-review-of-the-hobo-depot-and-johnny-long.1525677/. The tl/dr is...

neutralomen was not exaggerating when he said that Johnny Long completely stuffed this restoration. I am literally an amateur, and I'd be embarrassed to let anyone see work this shoddy. Charging more than the cost of materials is outright criminal. Photos really make it look better than it does...

I found this sad sack listed as “unknown” brand. I figured that it was either a Riverhead RSB-900 or a Brianbergerc so took the risk. I hoped that the craptastic “veneer” was stuck to the original finish, but no luck - the paint was scraped down to bare wood. They stripped the neck, too. Yuk...

I never figured that I'd have one Riverhead, let alone two. The RSB-900 arrived from Japan this week. The RS series are pretty homely if I'm being honest, but the price was very low. It needs new strings, but is otherwise in really good condition. If I'm not mistaken, these are the only two...

I was hoping that the one I’d eventually find wouldn’t be black. Any color but black. Don’t get me wrong, black guitars look fine, but most of mine are black by happenstance. Neil

If you do a Google search for this model the first result you get will be this bass. There was another offered for sale recently, but it was worn ragged. The previous owner (Ron Denoo of Ron’s Gear Garage in Fort Wayne IN) imported it from Japan a few years ago, then I bought it from him. Ron...

After years of looking for a Riverhead Unicorn that was in good condition and not out of my budget I finally found one. I was after a 1095 because they're passive and usually cheaper, but ended up with an 1985 rub-1100 for cheap. I just received it today, and was looking for photos of the wiring...

I'm just a weekender, never having been serious about playing particularly well until a couple of years ago, so I don't have a particular style or sound, and rather enjoy switching between different basses because they are so different. This means that I love to play all of the basses I own (22...

Funny timing. I played a Music Man bass for the first time ever just yesterday. I used it to test an amp that I was considering (near mint 2000s Fender Rumble 100 15", which I bought). I now understand why they're popular. It was a delight to play.