*Pictures* from last night's rehearsal

[TwilightOdyssey]

We did some new photos for our updated press kit last night, and here are some candids taken while we rehearsed after the shoot:

[_tom_]

haha the guitar looks HUGE on that pic for some reason  :lol:  :?

[Johnny Mac]

Nice one Ben! They look good  8)

[38thBeatle]

Great stuff Ben. I love that Ric bass.

[Peterku]

That snakeskin pattern is really spectacular. 8)

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Yah
excellent  pics.
you looks younger on the pic.
why PJ didnīt appear properly on the pics?
Q:P
And.. whois the second guitarrist!?
Hails
JP

[Ratrod]

Great stuff Ben. I love that Ric bass.

+1

Is that a Music Man humbucker in there? (sacrilege!)

[Kilby]

Is that a Music Man humbucker in there? (sacrilege!)

I resisted mentioning that (for a while) though I see the Ric bridge/tail piece has also bit the dust (christ I really am getting sadder as the years go on).

I too love the snakeskin finish on the guitar (and think the Ric bass would look cool with a similar finish).

Rob...

[Skybone]

Mapleglo 4001/3's are just the mutt's nuts IMO. ;)

[PhilKing]

Great stuff Ben. I love that Ric bass.

+1

Is that a Music Man humbucker in there? (sacrilege!)

I resisted mentioning that (for a while) though I see the Ric bridge/tail piece has also bit the dust (christ I really am getting sadder as the years go on).

I too love the snakeskin finish on the guitar (and think the Ric bass would look cool with a similar finish).

Rob....

It is my 74 Rick that I lent to Ben for a bit.  I got it many years ago (1982 I think), with no pickups on it (the guy who sold it took the pickups to put on his Jazz Bass).

It is a transition model as it has the checkerboard binding, but the smaller 'rounded corner' triangular inlays.  The neck pickup is a vintage reissue Rickenbacker Toaster top and the bridge is a SD basslines Music Man.  It has a very old active tone circuit (just bass and treble), and has a Schaller bridge because the Rickenbacker one is unstable and loses a lot of the sound!  If you saw the back you would also see a battery compartment, and 4 holes which were there from the screws of Jazz Bass pickup that was in the bridge position one time.  It has been fretless for a while, but now has 6100 frets and no lacquer on the fingerboard.

Last but not least, it has Scalar bass strings - but don't bother trying to find these as I bought the last dozen sets that Dean had!  They are the best bass strings Ihave ever used.  He now has Snake Oil Bass strings, but I am not sure if they are the same - I should probably try a set to see (http://www.sobstrings.net)

btw, it really does sound great - listen to a couple of Ben's demos (though he had a flat battery in it and was only using the passive output!).

[Kilby]

It is my 74 Rick that I lent to Ben for a bit.  I got it many years ago (1982 I think), with no pickups on it (the guy who sold it took the pickups to put on his Jazz Bass).

It is a transition model as it has the checkerboard binding, but the smaller 'rounded corner' triangular inlays.  The neck pickup is a vintage reissue Rickenbacker Toaster top and the bridge is a SD basslines Music Man.  

It has been fretless for a while, but now has 6100 frets and no lacquer on the fingerboard.

I chopped the quote a bit, theres just something about the sound of a ric bass that nothing else gets close to so I pay too much attention. Same as those people who mess about with their Wal basses, I just prefer the sound of the original (well the vast majority of the time anyway).

I have often thought that a bound tele would look the business with chequerboard binding instead of the standard.

Rob...