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olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2288 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:26 am: | |
Found this killing some time at work. Is it me or do the first two frets on the bass neck look unplayable? Unless of course you have Spaghetti for fingers. OO Hmmmm, post number a coincidence? (Message edited by olieoliver on April 21, 2009) |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 2178 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:32 am: | |
The picture of the pegheads on http://www.rickbeat.com/ shows enough room:
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bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 2302 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:34 am: | |
Actually, it looks like the bass neck is straight and the guitar neck is tilted back. Even though it looks like there's no space from the front, I think there's room for the hand. Of course, this probably makes for a case nightmare. -bob |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2290 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:45 am: | |
HMM, this picture looks a lot different than that one. Shorter scale guitar maybe? (or longer bass or both even)
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bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 2303 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:49 am: | |
I think it is perspective, Olie. If the guitar neck does angle back, then the straight on view won't look like the pic from an angle. Look at the pic in the listing that is straight on from behind. |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2292 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:59 am: | |
I do believe you are right Bob. Odd how camera angle changes ones perspective on it. These two pix are a fine example. (Message edited by olieoliver on April 21, 2009) |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2293 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 9:02 am: | |
Rear
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hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous
Post Number: 583 Registered: 1-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 9:20 am: | |
I just found out myself from a Ric doubleneck owner that the two necks are angled differently. If you wanna see unplayable frets:
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olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2297 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 10:37 am: | |
WOW Harry! That looks like someone insinuating a bass player doens't need to be playing solo's or lead fills. |
hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous
Post Number: 584 Registered: 1-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 10:57 am: | |
I don't know, if that were the case, then they probably wouldn't have put the frets on to begin with! Instead, I enjoy considering the irony of using upright bass thumb position technique on a short scale instrument... |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2299 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 11:08 am: | |
It'd be a trick for me. I have trouble enough with my upright. Compound that with horizontal position... Fortunately for me Alembics are easy-access up there. I play quite a bit in the upper register. OO |
fish
Member Username: fish
Post Number: 75 Registered: 6-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 2:40 pm: | |
Rick doubleneck...I hate those things.. : )
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57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra
Post Number: 872 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 4:01 pm: | |
WoW! |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2300 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:25 pm: | |
Double WoW!! |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 2197 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 4:32 am: | |
trip.... never mind. You get the picture ;-) Graeme |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2301 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 6:24 am: | |
Dave, are those all your basses/guitars? If so very impressive collection OO |
fish
Member Username: fish
Post Number: 76 Registered: 6-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 10:37 am: | |
Yes Sir.. They were. The Ric section of my collection is always rotating. Some of them are now gone, other 4080’s now (not pictured) added. |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 3742 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 11:11 am: | |
Dave: Wow! Very impressive! Are you married and, if so, how do you get senior management to let you acquire and keep your toys? And oh yea, do you by any chance have twins in your family! lol Bill, tgo |
fish
Member Username: fish
Post Number: 77 Registered: 6-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 1:59 pm: | |
Bill, the wife actually encourages me to buy vintage guitars. She knows that I enjoy them. Also, I don’t want to get into how they “out performed” my stock portfolio. : ( |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 3745 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 2:37 pm: | |
Dave: My better half still celebrates every time I decrease the collection (and gives me "the look" every time UPS drops off one of those big boxes). As I keep telling her, the guitars are my stock portfolio. Bill, tgo |
llobsterbass
Member Username: llobsterbass
Post Number: 51 Registered: 5-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 1:08 pm: | |
I can't believe it's not Photoshop! ;) How long did it take you to acquire that many Rick double-necks? And how many were even made? I'm not sure I've ever seen one for sale, let alone...how many do you have? |
eligilam
Intermediate Member Username: eligilam
Post Number: 169 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 1:44 pm: | |
Hey Fish, I'm going to convert that pic to a full-size poster and hang it in my studio over my puny two-Ric collection. I remember a post of yours from several months ago on another thread that showed like 15 4001's of all different colors that you had...I was flabberghasted then, but I'm just plain stimied now. What's the full story, here, man??? |