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NBD! Rickenbacker 4001v63 FireGlo (Pic heavy)
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Hey don't forget this guy!!
I still think a V63 would tempt me to consider going up for dessert too
That's a gorgeous color. I'm guessing the ride behind it is optional? My last remaining temptation would be a Mouradian CS-74, but I know that'll never happen, so I can relax.Hey don't forget this guy!!
I still think a V63 would tempt me to consider going up for dessert too
That's a gorgeous color. I'm guessing the ride behind it is optional? My last remaining temptation would be a Mouradian CS-74, but I know that'll never happen, so I can relax.
lol, nope....that's its permanent stand LOL! j/k! ah yes....i need to learn to relax
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
I came here for another quick peek before bed but my goodness look at all of these gorgeous basses I'll be up all night.
I'd never play it and couldn't justify the outlay, but damn, those v63 series Ricks...I want one. Stunning and I've played enough to know it's not too hard to find one that sounds great.
Great score, sir.
Great score, sir.
@CanadaNeal -
IMO, that is one of the best looking Rics I have seen, and would, to my personal preference, only be bested in mapleglo.
As much as I love the vintage checkerboard binding, the unbound, semi-contoured Ric is my favorite.
Congrats!
IMO, that is one of the best looking Rics I have seen, and would, to my personal preference, only be bested in mapleglo.
As much as I love the vintage checkerboard binding, the unbound, semi-contoured Ric is my favorite.
Congrats!
Re: toaster 1/2" vs 1" positioning...tonewise, not sure if there's a huge difference. Paul or someone else more knowledgeable than me can chime in, but the shift was more for neck strength under tension. At 1/2", there wasn't much wood mass, so there were cracking / splitting / snapping issues.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
What does that harness do? is it a reproduction or a custom improvement?
First, sorry for the long answer.
To quote @Aceonbass (who made my harness):
"The stock harnesses in Ricks for the past several years have had anything from 175K to 330K pots in them, and they are assembled out of random batches of pots that have not been measured. These low values have a detrimental effect on the clarity of the tone, particularly on the top end. I build harnesses to the older specs with 500K tone, and 250K volume pots that have been measured and matched in pairs. When building harness for Ricks with humbuckers, I use 500K pots all around, and different tone caps measuring .022-.033uF. I'm also very OCD when I assemble the ROS output jacks in making sure the lugs aren't going to interfere with the walls of the holes in the side of the body, causing them to bind when you plug into them. I also test all of the components when I'm finished to make sure they're still in spec, and that there are no shorts or grounding issues. RIC doesn't do any of that when they build theirs, and I don't charge much more for an assembled harness than they do for a harness with the output jacks unattached. I also stock several vintage components that RIC hasn't had in decades.."
Also, to quote me, on my harness upgrade first impressions:
"I'm still dialing in my pickup heights (which is kind of new to me, any advice is appreciated), but yeah there's definitely more usable top end.
My 1992 Chris Squire Signature 4001CS harness upgrade first impressions:
Before:
First of all I have to say, my old harness was probably faulty, so I can't speak for any-one elses 'before' state, except mine - which wasn't a good sound. Before, when I dug in, it was muddy, distorted (not in a good way) and it just didn't sound 'Rick-ish'.
After:
I can dig in behind the bridge and it sounds good, for the first time ever. I also notice I can dig in real hard and get a kind of farty sound (good distortion), or back off and it whispers, without losing hardly any volume. It's like there's a compressor thing happening, without the adjustment sounds I find compressors make. The difference in tone from picking over the toaster, to behind the bridge pickup is huge. I can toss most of my effects now, as it has that classic Squire distortion that comes from picking hard and fast near the bridge. It's....more responsive? Like the difference between a cheap car and a boutique. It's actually changing how I pick and where I pick. It's a more sensitive microphone, which is unforgiving. All my mistakes seem more glaring now...
. Lastly, it sounds so good, that I go WOW! and forget where I am in the song, so I'm more prone to 'Wow-mistakes', now.. The cool sound is distracting, but I guess I'll get used to that. Oh yeah, it's a lot quieter now, too.More to come, as I learn about how to play this new sound....
.Finally, I have to thank @Aceonbass for his design, quality control, and customer service. Second to none, as far as I'm concerned. Stellar work!"
Lastly, there is the option of going Stereo - a separate output for each pickup. Plug a mono cord in, and the output is mono - with the bridge volume IN/DOWN. Pull the knob UP, plug in a stereo cord, and it's stereo. Functionally, it's the same as "Rick-O-Sound", but ROS is just a trademark name for stereo using the two output jacks.
I hope you don't mind a few more pics:
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I'm confused. That bass looks new, what with all the case candy, etc. I didn't think they have made those for years. Is it new?
if you read the OP, maybe it would've prevented your confusion
Too much coffee..if you read the OP, maybe it would've prevented your confusion
Edit: Wow. Whata find. Dang, is all I can say..
but yes....the pictures are really blinding..... its hard to read the words with seeing something that HHOOTT... i've had trouble trying to read it and stop drooling on my keyboard
That's the dream Full Prog Rock ensemble you have there, always wanted to learn bass pedals, never sucked it up to buy some.
I did some further up reading and this was the reason why according to a few others as well.
However, I did some more reading and testing and it seems that when the neck pickup is at the 24th fret (1" position) some of the harmonic overtones/nodes actually get cancelled out. I have been toying around with this great applet lately (Guitar Pickup Response Demonstration) which allows you to play around with different pickup positioning and seeing the frequency responses of them and this phenomenon is certainly visible when you enable the "show 16 harmonics" feature. The 8th and 16th harmonics are completely muted/cancelled out. Relocating the neck pickup either way, even just a tad, makes them audible again. This occurs no matter how you blend the two pickup volumes (in fact soloing the neck pickup altogether also mutes two additional harmonics - the 4th and 12th)
I'm curious how this would affect the tone though. It may actually cause a Rick with the 1/2" neck pickup to have a greater bass response, a greater mid scoop @ around 400hz, and yet sound brighter than the 1" positioning because more of the higher harmonics are present in the sound. To me, in theory, this would emphasize the tone I like out a Rick (bump in the low mids, scoop in the mid-mids, and another big bump in the upper mids).
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