Recent content by Rich Melville

That's exactly how my dad scored a Rickenbacker 4004 for $500 in a Guitar Center store.

1 Black P 1 Orange Hot Rod P 1 Cream P 1 Transparent Blue Custom 51 P 1 Wine Red J 1 Mapleglo 4001 1 Matte Transparent Spalted Maple Custom EAS 12-String 1 Wine Stained Burl Maple Custom EAS 4-String I guess I like a lot of different colors...

I have replaced all my P-bass bridges with either Badass or Hipshot. And I have put 500kOhm pots in one. Both are awesome mods that really help make my sound more solid! I also have a few basses with custom pickguard overlays. They look cool, but don't affect the sound, at all..

Not sure if it qualifies as "pop", but Space Oddity by David Bowie has one of the most amazing bass lines I've ever heard:

I believe that the finish on a solid body instrument probably doesn't make much, if any, difference in the sound, but that doesn't stop my hands from liking the feel of a nitro-cellulose finish MUCH better than anything else. That being said, I only have one bass with a nitro-cellulose finish...

I've never been insecure enough to need a hat, special glove(s), sweatbands, makeup, band T-shirts (unless it's something akin to wearing a Spandau Ballet shirt to a thrash gig), hanging bandanas, platform shoes, or any other monkey business that really only gets in the way of playing.

The pickup covers on Rickenbackers are made of plastic, except in the case of the now-pretty-much-defunct "horseshoe pickup", where the "pickup cover" is actually an extension of the magnet, itself...

I hope you've tried an 8-string or a 12-string bass in your band by now. 8-strings give a really solid octave up, and 12-strings sound a lot like a bass and a guitar playing at the same time. Regarding the Super Synth: I have one, too, and it rocks, but to be honest, I also like a little tactile...