Rickenbacker Truss Rod Updates?

I made a quick search and found no mention to change to a single truss rod.

 

Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum • View topic - Anyone know about the 2020 new single truss rod?


Interesting , I found that a couple of limited edition 2020 basses DO have a single, dual-action truss rod.

 

I thought they switched to a single truss rod decades ago.

 

The single rods are standard in the Al Cisnero's signature edition, and are showing up in the special run limited editions they've been tossing out lately. I think its the shape of things to come.

 

they did , in all the stuff coming from Japan. Not in real rics though.

 

They changed from the old hairpin truss rods to the more common ones, don't know what they're called but it was done in 1984.

 

I saw a post from Ben Hall a week or two ago saying basically no decision had been made yet whether to switch.

 

You mean they changed from the 4001 dual truss rod to the 4003 dual truss rod ?

 

Coming from Japan? No. RIC does not make instruments anywhere but their factory in Santa Ana. Everything else claiming to be a single truss rod outside of official RIC channels is a fake and has no connection to RIC. Everything.

RIC does ship a substantial number of instruments to Japan, and occasionally the grey market tries to sell them back to the USA at inflated prices. But so far all of these instruments have the traditional double truss rod, as RIC is only now, as posted above, installing the single rod in select models.

For more information, consult the factory forum and the enthusiasts' forum RickResource:
Rickenbacker International Corporation - Forum • Index page
Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum • Index page

 

Yes. This is the limited edition referred to, made only by RIC in Santa Ana.

 

Misread your second paragraph, my apologies. Hence delete.

 

Yep, dual truss rods are better, you have more control over the neck regardless of what people here say. Some of the special order Rics have a single I guess but the vast majority still have dual.

 

Hopefully not. I already made my opinion known in that thread.

 

With dual you have limited control over each side of the neck individually, if for example you have more fret buzz on one side you just loosen that side a tiny bit and they do half the work of a normal single truss rod.

The thread where Ben Hall (John Hall's son) posted is at the rickresource forum (Rickenbacker Forum)

Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum • View forum - Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe

 

they’ve had “normal truss rods” since the early 80s. The single truss rod would actually be an “abnormal truss rod” (bi flex).

 

Yeah... that is what my original post said:

“they did , in all the stuff coming FROM Japan. Not in real rics though”