NBD Retrovibe K32 Rickencaster/Telebacker

All I got to say is wow, 32 inch scale nice chunky neck that isn’t cumbersome, Rick styled pickups that are HOT, typical Rick layout with the Treble pickup capacitor on a very nice silver push button between the controls.
Not heavy and not ultralight, feels like a very nice Relic’d bass, slab body feels well proportioned.
There’s a very slight ski jump in the neck preventing me from getting the action super low, but it had to have one downside to it or else I would have had to sell my Rick! Necks are fairly inexpensive from Retrovibe so if it becomes a bigger issue it’s not the end of the world, but looks like the neck is actually rock solid. I can even tune it down half step and it’s perfect still.
I’ve been slacking on NBDs and I figured this was out there enough to warrant one!

 

They are really cheap too £350-375
Bunch of colors, binding, relic or not
After I got home with it started looking into Retrovibe and I’ve only ever seen the Rick shaped one with double Humbuckers
Retrovibe also makes a short scale Telecaster bass

 

I think I’m gonna end up getting one of these considering I’ve been eyeing a Squier Paranormal baritone tele in the same color and have a Fender modern player Telecaster Plus already the holy trinity of Sunburst Teles

 

Minimal neck dive, the shorter scale and the proportions make it feel like a slightly bigger Telecaster, the bigger/fatter neck and the slightly bigger body cancel each other out.

 

I actually meant to update this post, I ended up moving this along to make room for something else and when meeting the new owner he referenced this thread and asked about the ski jump.
I fixed it!
It turned out to have a shim in the neck pocket. I removed the shim and got it all dialed in, it played great, I just couldn’t justify having 2 Rick sounding basses! It was definitely a fun bass and if the quality control is consistent, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend one of these as a cool unique substitute for your average everyday bass!