Recent content by Spoobs

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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    Thank you for being so helpful and patient with my incompetence. I've been having an off week. I peeled back that shrink wrap and the grounding wire practically popped right off the solder joint. Hopefully this is the end of my bass problems when I get that soldered back on. Once again, thank...
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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    This is my fault for not double checking but I meant to have 4003s and not a regular 4003. It just has the ground wire under the pickup and no braided wire. I live in an extremely small town and a music store just opened up so I will stop by to see what they know about Rics, but if you have more...
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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    I was just coming back to say that. It fixes it, so it must be grounding, right?
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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    It wasn't that. All the connections under the pickup look strong.
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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    I have not looked here yet. I will check tonight. Thank you.
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    Surprise! Another Ric with a pickup issue

    So like a lot of Ric players, I took the cover off. Realizing I didn't like the giant hole I decided to put the cover back on while waiting for a treble bezel. Since putting it back on there is an extremely loud buzz coming from just the back pickup. However, if I touch the pickup cover or...