Help me with this Rickenbacker

[bmusic]

Very, very cool!

 

[woodyng2]

Well Sam is right FYI, the pickup cover is definitely magnetic cause my screwdriver top stuck to it. Am i supposed to charge it or something?

I will up the other guy’s previous offer of a nickle,and add a chicken sandwich!

 

[Komadinic]

Back of the neck heel should look like this.

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Hm i see what you mean now. This bad boy has a little bit of curvature on the end, but this is definitely intended from factory cause there is absolutely no wear or tear of any sort. I'm confused, I wish luthiers worked in NYC right now...

 

[Komadinic]

I will up the other guy’s previous offer of a nickle,and add a chicken sandwich!

Throw in a nice bottle of mt dew and you got yourself a deal partner

 

[woodyng2]

Hm i see what you mean now. This bad boy has a little bit of curvature on the end, but this is definitely intended from factory cause there is absolutely no wear or tear of any sort. I'm confused, I wish luthiers worked in NYC right now...

Maybe It’s possible this is a 4003 that someone converted...?
If so, they still wound up with an a nice reproduction of a ‘60s Rickbass.

 

[Komadinic]

Maybe It’s possible this is a 4003 that someone converted...?
If so, they still wound up with an a nice reproduction of a ‘60s Rickbass.

The dude i got it from told me it's a 4003S like the one McCartney used. I never even saw a rickenbacker in my life before so i truly have no idea what's up with this one

 

[Komadinic]

Maybe It’s possible this is a 4003 that someone converted...?
If so, they still wound up with an a nice reproduction of a ‘60s Rickbass.

Rickenbacker 4001 V63 bass guitar 1984 1985 early production | Get B.C. Rich or die trying | Reverb
only one i was able to find, seems identical to me

 

[Komadinic]

Well i did my research and found pictures of 3 Rickenbacker 4001 V63 basses on google. All of them have a heel exactly like this one so my assumption is that they changed the design as their model changed over time

 

[woodyng2]

Well i did my research and found pictures of 3 Rickenbacker 4001 V63 basses on google. All of them have a heel exactly like this one so my assumption is that they changed the design as their model changed over time

Rickenbacker has been known to do that sort of thing. I owned a ‘92 V63 once,and I didn’t care much for that square heel.

 

[Dluxe]

How about a close up of the front and back of the headstock. Does yours have the long headstock?

 

[Komadinic]

How about a close up of the front and back of the headstock. Does yours have the long headstock?

I truly don't know bud. Here's the pics for you, but my knowledge is not helpful with this
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[Komadinic]

How about a close up of the front and back of the headstock. Does yours have the long headstock?

Speaking of which i love their headstock design, I think it's one of the coolest ones i saw thus far

 

[basmansam]

Yes, that's a long headstock.

 

[FretlessMainly]

Unfortunately neither of mine came with recommendations to read .

http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/manual.pdf

 

[Komadinic]

Yes, that's a long headstock.

Which further means...? Sorry, I can't overstate how little i know about this brand

 

[Gluvhand]

The original AC was single-rod, but I think the prod models are twin.
My 5-string is twin truss-rod.
I think it's a distinguishing feature of the bass and it can give a bit of tweakability.

All the AC’s are single rod as are some of the special run dealer specials but I forget which ones specifically.

 

[Komadinic]

Ladies and gents do you know a luthier preferably in Brooklyn but in NYC area that works from home right now? I'm enamoured with this bass and really want to get it to it's full potential. Thanks!

 

[Turnaround]

It is true actually, because if you adjust the neck-relief to 0.2 mm on the bass-side of the neck & the relief on the treble-side is 0.3 mm on a single truss-rod bass, there's nothing you can do.
On a RIC you can adjust each side.

Except that it doesn’t actually work. What you end up with is a neck where the bulk of the load is carried by one rod while the other is doing little to nothing. If you were successful in putting more relief in one side of the neck than the other, the neck would eventually twist.

Think of it this way. On a typical bass there is usually more tension on the G and D strings than the E and A. Yet where you see uneven relief it’s just as often that there’s less on the G string side than the E string side.

 

[Dluxe]

Mas Hino?
BTW, that is quite a score! I love my '72.

 

[Komadinic]

Mas Hino?
BTW, that is quite a score! I love my '72.

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Uh that's quite sexy to me, the binding and everything! What a gorgeous beast!