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Thanks, it’s a joy to play and built to impeccable standards.
That’s a beautiful bird! You don’t see many of the Pro models in black.
PLEK update:
First, to stay on topic, a Thunderbird is my primary bass.
As a follow-up to my previous post about getting a 1988 Ric 4003s PLEK-ed, I got the bass back and am thrilled with the results.
The bass plays exceptionally well and I got a report about the process as well.
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As other mentioned in the original thread, the final fret polishing and set up are done by a person, so it is a combination of the two that makes up the final result.
In my case the frets (1-7) were significantly lower than the remaining frets. This is part of what was causing me such difficulty in getting it set up properly.
This process was done after taking it to a local "Rickenbacker Specialist' with 40+ years experience for set up and nut replacement (original nut was not on the bass). This tech slapped on a new RIC, pre-cut nut and called it "done". It had not been filed for string height, there was zero mention of any fret issue and the new nut was too wide for the bass, as newer Ric's have wider necks. This put the E & G strings really close to the edge of the fret board.
It was $239 all in (including new strings) so not cheap but about $100 more than a regular set up with strings in this area.
I guess I didn’t realize you had a set of Lollars. I bet they sound great.
Contact Italia? They may be willing to do a custom extra long bottom strap.
Congratulations and welcome!
Spot on ten pounds. I’d guess nearly two pounds of that is the bridge and hard tail. As far as Alembics go it’s actually on the lighter side of the full scale 4 bangers. The guy I bought it from gigged it on a regular basis, personally I (especially my shoulder and back) wouldn’t look forward to that. It’s much better suited for sit down studio work.
looks heavier, actually lighter than an NS-2..
Great picture. Rant and rage! Rockin'.Sweaty times at Seattle's "Funhouse" long dead punk club.
Yep, it’s half an ounce lighter than my Spector NS2J-SE (solid walnut body doesn’t help)…
May end up with a Supertone for my CP. After breaking the three point on the Les Paul my confidence is a little down on it. And the Supertone looks pretty sharp
