Woohoo! It's all back together and playing nicely. Just have to do some very minor tweaks to the setup and the bridge pickup alignment but it's all easy stuff. The new frets are amazing and the Barden pickups.... well ho-lee-cow! First thing is, they are almost dead silent. Like, so silent that you can't believe it's a Ric. BUT, you still sound like you're playing a Ric for sure. I'm not very good at describing "harmonic content" etc... but these sound like - at least to my ears - a Ric on steroids without all the hum.
Anyway, here's a VERY quick and dirty sound sample I did using a simple Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 with a signal from my Fender Super Bassman DI. For the first four sound samples I was using the vintage channel on the amp set pretty much flat. The fifth one I just wanted to have some fun, and used the OD channel.
1st pass - Both pickups full on, modern circuit
2nd pass - Neck pickup only
3rd pass - Bridge pickup only, modern circuit
4th pass - Both pickups full on, vintage circuit
5th pass - Bridge pickup only, vintage circuit, Yes wankery.
Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/eggie/ric-tonesAnd here's a couple of pics of the thing all done.
