Custom Built Rickenbacker '325' (inspired) Bass
Note: 'Rickenbacker' is the sole property and a Tradmark of Rickenbacker International Corporation and I am in no way affilliated with RIC
Both basses have have Hipshot's aluminum retrofit RIC type bridges, genuine Rickenbacker vintage 'toaster' bass pickups, Rickenbacker knobs, electronics and tuning keys. They have dual tiered, white (semi transparent) plexiglass pickguards, and have Corian nuts. I'm currently running ECB80 D'addario "chromes' stainless steel flatwound strings on both of them. Their finish is nitrocellulose lacquer. Both basses have a push/pull switch/pot on the treble pickup's tone control to switch from a 'modern' ( down position ) to a 'vintage' Rickenbacker tone (up position)when both pickups are on. The black one's middle pickup is accessed by a push pull pot on the neck pickup's tone control, that switches between the neck and middle pickup when pulled up.
The natural 'mapleglo bass has a total of 5 distinct pickup settings/tones: (1)neck, (2)bridge, (3)both, (4)both with vintage capacitor setting and (5) bridge pickup with capacitor. The black one has all 5 of the maple one's settings, plus 3 more: middle pickup, middle and bridge pickup, and middle and bridge pickup with vintage capacitor mode. And the coolest thing is, every setting sounds great.