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here's my first post:

briand said:
sounds like it might be a grounding issue. have you checked the wiring inside the bass? everything tight and secure?
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...in response to someone trying to figure out why their noisy bass was noisy. and, a few posts later, I offered to fix the grounding issue for free. :D no response. :shrug:


edit: oh! and, interesting: i made that post on my birthday in 2004.
 
#50
Are we talking first ever post, or first outside introductions?

First one outside the intro thread:

"Definately a Samick, I recognize the machine heads. I had an older Samick, and the machine heads are identical, except mine were gold."

"In reply to identificate this bass."
 
#51
First post ever, as far as I can tell:

62Jazzbass said:
In spite of what JPJ said in an interview last year, saying that he stopped using flats after his session days, he was using flats on his jazz bass in zeppelin. I have a Guitar Player interview from 1977 where he is very clear on this point, stating that he used Rotosound flats. The photographic and video evidence would seem to back this as well.

He also contrasted them with what he used on his Alembic (which was fairly new to him at the time), and the old single coil precision (or tele) bass he used, stating that he used Rotosound rounds on both of those because "they demanded that one use a brighter string", or something along those lines.
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What's funny, or pathetic, or both, is the fact that I posted nearly the exact same thing back in November:
62Jazzbass said:
I know he said in that interview that he stopped using flats when he was doing session work (pre-Zep), or something like that, however, I think his recollection is a bit off, or, quite possibly he is being deliberately contradictory (he has been known to do that too).

First, just simply listen to the first two Zep albums, flats, period. And on Zep I, I think he still had the felt mutes on. (There is photo and video from 1969 out there to back this).

But ultimately I think his Guitar Player interview in 1977 is the definitive statement on what he used, he goes into quite a bit of detail.

When discussing strings he stated:
Jazz bass – Roto flats
Fender single coil P Bass (or possibly an early Tele bass, he calls it a Tele) – Roto Rounds
His Alembics – Roto Rounds (“I tried flats on it, and lost half the instrument, same with the Tele bass”)

He also talks about his Gibson Violin bass and the fretless Fender P (nothing special), but doesn’t mention strings.

He said he typically went straight into the recording console, but sometimes mixed in some amp. I would imagine there would be a UA compressor on there too, they were the $hit back then (and still are, to some extent).
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Not sure what's worse, the fact that I keep responding to the JPJ rounds or flats questions, or that they keep coming up.

If we can just agree that I am right about this, we can move on.
 
#53
My first post.
canadian_man_44 said:
Benjamin
Seriously????

JMaris
Like BS said, you're not screwed badly yet. Get a quote for repair from someone that has a brain in their heads then see if the store that messed it up will pay for it.
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Benjamin had advised the OP to go back to the store for a refund on a $0 adjustment.

JMaris was upset because a truss rod adjustment had apparently caused a crack at the heel on the back of the neck.
 
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johnk_10 said:
this is my first post here, but i have been a bass and guitar tech since 1973 and have owned (and still own) lots of Ricky basses. IMO, the wood in ric necks themselves isn't stable at all, but are extremely adjustable. if you remove the truss rods completely they are like rubber. however being the fact that they have a dual truss rod system (each one comprised of two rods), it is pretty easy to adjust them to offset the tension of the strings. so it is the steel trussrods that are giving it its stability.

the worst case scenario is to replace the rod(s) which is actually a fairly simple thing to do, and i have had to do it a few times on my customers basses that were constantly overadjusted. if your environment changes drastically and often (i.e. hot/cold or dry/damp), i think that that would be the only reason that you should have any movement, or of course, if you are not tuning to the exact same pitch or using the same gauge/type of strings.

2 cents......

johnk
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;)
 

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