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New Rickenbacker 4004 cii

#21
Beautiful. My '08 4004Cii is trans green, and almost as nice as the wood on this one. The modern Ric bass is not only a thing of beauty, but the best playing Ric bass ever. Mine's tuned D standard with the 4 strings= best deep growling tone ever.
 
#23
Spectrum said:
What was it wired at the factory?

These things are awesome, but I can't help thinking a Ric with no pickguard looks naked, somehow. But it wouldn't look right with the huge 4001/4003 guard on it, either; would have to be something unique to this model. And that wood is awesome. Did I use the word awesome? Because this is awesome.
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From the factory it is wired toggle, volume, tone. So a lot of 4004 owners will rewire it vvt or toggle and 2 stacked pots like this one here.

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#24
FretlessMainly said:
I agree. I would classify those strings as rounds, not flats. The core is the same as a roundwound string and the nylon wraps are much more rounded than any other tapewound I've tried.
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The have a flat surface and they have a flat sound so I call them flats. The main problem with tapewound strings is they are no good for slap.
 
#27
woodyng said:
Wow,Jeff,that is a stunning bass! Will you be changing out the pickups for the 5 string conversion? I'd like to try a set of tapewounds on my Cii,it currently as flats that sound great with a pick.Congrats on your purchase!
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I have some bridges that will work with the existing pickups ... So I may go that route.
 
#29
Ric5 said:
From the factory it is wired toggle, volume, tone. So a lot of 4004 owners will rewire it vvt or toggle and 2 stacked pots like this one here.

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If I were going to get a 4004 I think I'd rewire it with stacked knobs like the lovely bass in this picture.

Haven't tried a 4004 yet, even though I want to, as I suspect it might be a bad idea to do so at a time when I definitely can't afford another Rickenbacker.
 
#31
Ric5 said:
I got a new bass. a 2001 Rickenbacker 4004cii. It is a very cool bass. It will end up a 5 string bass. It came strung with flats. I rewired it Vol, Vol, Tone.

I know a lot of people here love the p-bass with flats. Well this bass with flats outdoes the p-bass for sweet low end growl. You p-bass lovers should look at the 4004 basses.

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Oh ya ... the flame on this bass is over the top!

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OH my GOD, please don't make this stunning bass into a 5 string, PLEASEEEEEEEEEE, it's fine the way it is.
Can't you just make it BEAD or something like that instead of drilling into the head stock.
Man that is one of the nicest 4004cii I have seen, I really wish you would reconsider from making it a 5 string.
 
#32
Ric5, unlike myself, I think often needs both the low B string and the G, so for him, a five string bass is really the optimal solution. For me, a BEAD tuned bass is fine whenever I need a low B.

Given that he's converted several before and kept them looking quite good and not "hacked up," I don't think it will look any less nice after the mod.
 
#36
gwangi said:
OH my GOD, please don't make this stunning bass into a 5 string, PLEASEEEEEEEEEE, it's fine the way it is.
Can't you just make it BEAD or something like that instead of drilling into the head stock.
Man that is one of the nicest 4004cii I have seen, I really wish you would reconsider from making it a 5 string.
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I really don't have much interest in preserving a Rickenbacker stock for a collector.

If you like the bass that much then offer me more than I paid for it.

To me it is just another piece of wood ... it is a tool to use to play music. My tools need 5 strings.

there are a bunch of these 4004 basses that are stock on ebay all the time and the only way they sell is when people drop the price. The 4004 is a good bass but it begs to be modifed. It is too one dimensional when it is stock.

It really is fun drilling holes in the headstock of a Rick.
 
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#38
dedpool1052 said:
that's a killer looking bass. will look even better with 5 strings. this wouldn't happen to be the ric website 4004 you almost got stoned for is it?
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Nope ... But it is very similar ... except this one has a better neck. Also it is 12 years old and it was actually played. It wasn't stuck in the case and worshipped by a collector. This one has some miles on it but it was also taken care of.

It could use a good wax job with scratch-x and zymol, and I think I will oil finish the fretboard. It would make someone a a good D standard tuned 4 string bass. You know ... If bass players were smart they would quit tuning EADG and tune DGCF and for that matter the electric and acoustic guitar should also tune D standard.
 

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