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In Praise of Ric5

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jloftin1

Aug 7, 2009
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Carrollton, Ga
#1
I have been lurking on this site and occasionally posting for a few years now. There are many people on TB that inspire me in my playing, practice ,or the mechanical aspects of bass. I was reading a thread a couple of days ago where Ric5 was taking alot of crap off some folks for his creations. Some say that the spacing is too tight, the pickups wont work, ect.. Just look at the guy's website and you can see that it works over and over again. Well, I have read all his threads and posts I could find and was inspired to try a 4-2-5 conversion myself.

I have wanted a 5 string precision for years. I think the Fender Vs are too wide for me. I've owned 4 Jazz V and played the new Squier PVs. I found an Ibanez TR-50 in my local shop for $100 and took a chance. I got a miss matched tuner for $5 and a 2.5 inch spaced bridge off ebay for $19. I made the nut. For about $150 I now have a 5 string P that plays great, doesn't fatigue my hand, and sounds pretty dang good.

Thanks for the inspiration and thinking outside the box.

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#4
I love Ric5's creations. I think they are beautiful and mechanically sound.

They wouldn't work for me, for the obvious reasons stated in the OP (spacing, outside strings close to the fretboard edge, etc.). That's not a critique, it's just an observation. You guys who can get away with that, good on ya, I think it's badass and opens up all kinds of possibilities not available any other way.
 
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Those look awesome! Do you think it's possible to convert an Epiphone T-bird IV into a 5-er? They're kind of hard to find here, and a converted 4 would be easier since the 4-stringers are much easier to find used.
 
#18
You're all crazy with your wacky 5 sting guitars and what not... ;)

I'm a fan of, if it's yours and you can make it work better for you, do it. Ric5 has done some pretty cool stuff as have many TB'ers regardless of violating the sound principles of TB bass law. I actually started writing some but deleted them.

Nice to see your projects turned out nice too.
 
#19
Spiffmeister said:
Those look awesome! Do you think it's possible to convert an Epiphone T-bird IV into a 5-er? They're kind of hard to find here, and a converted 4 would be easier since the 4-stringers are much easier to find used.
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Yes you can convert an epi t-bird IV into a 5 string.

You need a new bridge, a new nut, and drill a new hole in the headstock for the 5th tuner.

But why stop there? make is a 5 string Fenderbird!

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