Being admittedly ignorant about Ric’s, are the necks prone to twisting if the rods are not correctly adjusted?
With that, are there special considerations when adjusting Ric truss rods with a dual rod design as opposed to a single rod design?
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NBD: Mapleglo Ric 4003
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With that, are there special considerations when adjusting Ric truss rods with a dual rod design as opposed to a single rod design?
Not really, I've seen and heard of Rics with one truss rod loose and the other tight before with no problems, I do find on mine though The E side is usually a little tighter than the G side, if I have buzz on say the G side I'll loosen that side a little bit.
One of these days I should put my brand new set that I have up for sale. I bought them from RIC in 1983 and never used them for anything except to make a few photos of them years ago.
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I seriously need a drool pan, very nice, I love Rickenbackers!!!!
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I've recently bought a jetglo 4003s. This bass ended a 25+ years of wasting money on the search for the holy grail. Over 40 basses I had, from Squiers to Foderas, four strings to six and everything in between. Ironically a 4003 was the very first bass I had GAS for in the first place when I started playing...
That's good, it didn't happen at the time and probably I wouldn't have understood it back then. There's a time for everything I guess...
OP, I strongly suggest you to try if the treble pickup cover could do something for you. I've taken mine off two times just to see how does it feel and two times I've put it back and it will not be taken off anymore.
It does a fantastic job in giving support and consistency to your right hand. I've managed to use it as a support for my ring and pinky while I pluck by the neck side of it and for my thumb when I pluck by the bridge side of it.
And thanks to it I've managed after 25 years to play with a pick, discovering another world full of beautiful sounds. It's a fantastic support for the right hand palm as you pick up and down by the neck side of it.
I also don't care for palm muting. I mute with my left when I need to..
What a fantastic bass the Ric is. Just yesterday at rehearsal with my trio we did the usual long improv suite ranging from slow, deep, hypnotic Delta blues to no wave/post punk rage. Between fingers and pick and the vintage/modern push/pull knob I just had all I needed...
That's good, it didn't happen at the time and probably I wouldn't have understood it back then. There's a time for everything I guess...
OP, I strongly suggest you to try if the treble pickup cover could do something for you. I've taken mine off two times just to see how does it feel and two times I've put it back and it will not be taken off anymore.
It does a fantastic job in giving support and consistency to your right hand. I've managed to use it as a support for my ring and pinky while I pluck by the neck side of it and for my thumb when I pluck by the bridge side of it.
And thanks to it I've managed after 25 years to play with a pick, discovering another world full of beautiful sounds. It's a fantastic support for the right hand palm as you pick up and down by the neck side of it.
I also don't care for palm muting. I mute with my left when I need to..
What a fantastic bass the Ric is. Just yesterday at rehearsal with my trio we did the usual long improv suite ranging from slow, deep, hypnotic Delta blues to no wave/post punk rage. Between fingers and pick and the vintage/modern push/pull knob I just had all I needed...
it looks great! i always enjoy seeing a neat ric, and that 'natural thing' is beautiful on that ax. congratulations on your new instrument!
What does this and other similar boxes do as compared to just running two cables from the two outputs on the 4003? Thanks
You can’t use both outputs at once. One is the mono output. The other is Ric-O-Sound. You do need a stereo plug and a 3 wire cable. Other than that the boxes do nothing. They are just a junction box.
I just had a visceral reaction when I saw your Ric fretless! What a beautiful instrument - I've always loved playing fretless basses but don't currently own one. Obviously there's no fret noise - are those flatwounds on it? And does it still have that Rickenbacker sound? That neck is the most gorgeous piece of wood. Any other comments on playing it - especially its sound?
Thanks - never actually tried mine in stereo - always assumed that the two outputs were used together. So, if I understand - the rick-o-sound output would take a stereo (3 conductor) male cable, and that cable then terminates into two mono plugs - one for each amplifier input?
Correct. When the Standard output is used, that jack has a swith on it that shorts the two separate (neck and bridge pickup circuits) outputs together to create the mono out.
