Ricky build

[Al Heeley]

Thanks everyone for taking such an interest in this thread and for all the great feedback.
Here's a final shot;
Nut lowered, far better action now, headstock painted black, she looks a lot better and plays a lot better.

 

[0175westwood29]

looks awesome man ! i swear at a glace you would not now

 

[El-Bob]

ENCORE!

encore indeed, lets see another build Al

 

[0175westwood29]

yeh definatly! you have a talent man! or job application for rick to be filled out?

 

[edbutler3]

Congrats! Very nice work.

 

[The BurgerMeister]

amazing work! i've been following this from the get-go, and it's really impressive what you've managed to do.

ROCK ON, sir!

 

[SirCanealot]

Omg, that thing looks freaking AWESOME! Great work dude. If you're ever around London with that thing, I'm sure me and a few other talk bassers will queue up to buy you drinks just to take a look at it

 

[matrok]

I wish you were on this side of the pond.

 

[Darkstrike]

Beautiful!

 

[BarkerBass]

very nice man looks great and from what iv heard from u sounds it too... if your ever gigging in or around york let me know via pm or whatever i live in york but in uni in newcastle and would love to see that bass in the flesh!

Andy

 

[Basshappi]

Very cool, well done!

 

[teej]

With a quick glance, I'd swear that was a Ric.

 

[arai]

amazing work! i've been following this from the get-go, and it's really impressive what you've managed to do.

ROCK ON, sir!

this quote is pretty much what i was going to say.
but ill add ;
when i used to log on to tb i would start at basses and work my way down . but since this thread started i go straight to luthier's corner.

 

[debassr]

This thread needs sound clips to make it complete!

 

[Al Heeley]

I did a small mp3 clip recorded dry into my multitrack, but it won't let me post it here as it exceeds my upload quota.

 

[matrok]

get a geocities or some such account?

 

[acook]

Congradulations! That my friend is a beautiful bass!

 

[AndrewClaycomb]

That really is awesome. How did the total cost of the build compare to the cost of an actual ric?

 

[Al Heeley]

I managed to come in a little cheaper But it does have real ric pickups which, when you have to buy them in the UK from the established ric dealer, cost quite a bit of money, once they have them in stock that is...

 

[debassr]

Did you feel the need to lie to the ric dealer by saying that they were replacement pickups for a real ric? Intrigued about how that went down.