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Nor do I unfortunately, which would be handy in trying to discern some of the differences between the PMB-800 and PMB-1000.
Being someone who finds joy in tinkering at the work bench, sometimes you buy something knowing it may be bad or even dangerous. Normal, rationally driven people should follow your advise though.
I was born in 1975 so I have seen them only in pictures and videos...
A big motivator can be the time and cost to tool up for something like that. If you can re-use existing jigs, fixtures, and tooling, it can save you time and money. They may have regretted the cost of tooling up for the Rick homage, they may have been in a position where they didn't have as much capital to invest in the process for the birds, they may have done the math and found that the margins were poor on their neck-thru models.
Thank you very much! Well, not for the warm pic! It's 22 here which is likely our high for today. I'm done with Winter!For your restoration project I would look for and seriously consider any of the following that you can find/afford, in no particular order
Lull
Lollar
Thunderbucker Ranch
Gibson
Seymour Duncan Custom Shop
The first three are unlikely, with Lollar at least being available, to my ears the current Gibson Re-issues are hard to beat at their price point. I do like the SD Custom Shop a little better overall, but they're a lot more money. $440.00pr when I bought them vs. $260.00pr for Gibson.
To start, I would sit down with your Red NR and both of your amps, it's closest to what the restored NR is, set neck etc., and really listen to what the Gibson pickups can do, I personally really like them, my '21 is a great sounding bass as is my VP that has them in it.
It's just dismal weather here today, so gratuitous warm day pic.
Yes, all good points. But I modified one!
Well put....China +1 directives (including FCC lists) have wiped many a smile off....
McCartney didn't play a Bird?....Rick's sold better hence commanding more accuracy?.....vintage Birds make it easier (and cheaper) to clone with a non thru/non mahogany neck since they were always finished in some color or burst?.......maybe a licensing thing?... like you say, who knows..,,
main reason for buying a Greco IV was two instead of one pickups for a project such as this (if one came up) until I started gigging it and realized it was better left alone... that said, would be very interested to hear one those pups in the 68 II.....
Is that why the Greco Ricks seem more expensive than the Greco T’birds? At least that seems to be the case locally (in Australia).
Perhaps Rickenbackers were selling better at the time, so they figured they could get more for them, which allowed them to up the production costs. The theory about tooling up for them and deciding it wasn't worth it on other models seems viable, too. Or maybe someone decided there wasn't a discernible difference...
My guesses? That and them costing more to begin with. Plus, there's a mystique about Rics in the GP. More so than for birds.
You've gone and said it now. Take your phone so we can visit you in lockup!
Oh, that kind....
Well I don't know anything about Rugby, so when you say big fattie...
Premiata! Awesome, haven't heard them in years.....never seen those amps? any clue anyone?..... ironically Glover did the same thing to a Rick with 2 J pups in the neck position and iirc, that Ricky neck pup ended in a TBird II...
P.F.M. 1976. Looks like a T-Bird there. Patrick Djivas used a Ripper quite a lot and a G-3 if I recall correctly but never seen him with a Thunderbird before this.
When he was with Area in 1973 he had this modded fretless Jazz Bass. A slanted Fender humbucker?
