The Rickenbacker Club! (part 2)

[Smedley]

BassKadet / BrentSimons,

I recently got a 2008 4003 that hums to distraction.

I picked up an Electro-Harmonix Hum-Debugger and it really works. The tone is still there but the hum is gone.

 

[BASSKADET]

BassKadet / BrentSimons,

I recently got a 2008 4003 that hums to distraction.

I picked up an Electro-Harmonix Hum-Debugger and it really works. The tone is still there but the hum is gone.

Thanks, I'll consider getting one. What really bothers me is that for what Ric charges for a bass it has this problem. I can understand a little hum(nature of the beast with non humbucker pu) but mine is driving me nuts. I like to play with my treble volume pegged.

 

[mellowgerman]

Yeah there was a doubleneck 6 string fretless headless carbon model with factory whammy and ivory fingerboard.

you know, i'm not the biggest of rick fanatics, but that's definitely one thing i give them major props for - they keep it oldschool! and as all of us in this thread probably know, oldschool = betterschool

 

[BASSKADET]

BassKadet / BrentSimons,

I recently got a 2008 4003 that hums to distraction.

I picked up an Electro-Harmonix Hum-Debugger and it really works. The tone is still there but the hum is gone.

I forgot to ask if it messes with your harmonics?

 

[Buster Brown]

Look inside the cavity for the treble pickup and look for the little black wire with eyelet. It needs to be on one of the height adjusting screws. If it is there, it needs to be up against the metal mounting surround. If it is, while the hum is going, wiggle it and see if the hum changes. Also, make sure the shielded cables shield is connected at the bottom of the bridge pickup and also at the volume pot body in the control cavity.

Should be like this:
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That might do the trick. Honestly - I've been playing Rics (seriously) since 1970-71 and I guess that I have been extremely lucky in that time. I have really never had a problem with noise....I've heard the occasional radio station D), but never had a problem with "hum"......

 

[BASSKADET]

That might do the trick. Honestly - I've been playing Rics (seriously) since 1970-71 and I guess that I have been extremely lucky in that time. I have really never had a problem with noise....I've heard the occasional radio station D), but never had a problem with "hum"......

I went through the whole bass checking for bad grounds and shorts. I found nothing. Like I stated before my 82' 4001 never had this hum.

 

[mellowgerman]

I forgot to ask if it messes with your harmonics?

i have a humdebugger for my dark starred bass. it doesn't mess with the harmonics(at least not that i can tell) but it does effect the sound the slightest bit. for me it's worth being rid of the hum though, or most of it anyway.

 

[Buster Brown]

I went through the whole bass checking for bad grounds and shorts. I found nothing. Like I stated before my 82' 4001 never had this hum.

Weird.....

I'm going to recommend the guys over at Invalid Link Removed

If there is anyone who can find a solution to this dilema - it's these guys.....they have helped me tremendously!

Good luck to you!!

 

[BASSKADET]

i have a humdebugger for my dark starred bass. it doesn't mess with the harmonics(at least not that i can tell) but it does effect the sound the slightest bit. for me it's worth being rid of the hum though, or most of it anyway.

I might have to bite the bullet on this. My Sadowsky with big singles has a little hum to it when I take the balance knob out of detent. But no where near the Ric hum. So the debugger might serve a dual purpose for me

 

[DW1969]

Here's my '83 4003

 

[mellowgerman]

I might have to bite the bullet on this. My Sadowsky with big singles has a little hum to it when I take the balance knob out of detent. But no where near the Ric hum. So the debugger might serve a dual purpose for me

yeah. it has two settings (strong and normal). the "strong" is useless to me since it really kinda ruins the tone of your bass IMO. the "normal" however, leaves the tone pretty well in tact and gets rid of most of the hum - so much that even the loudest hum is no longer a problem. i think it's well worth every penny.

 

[Robert Sjea]

My '74 4001. May I join please?
robert

 

[Chronicle]

My '74 4001. May I join please?
robert

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[Oberion]

Here's my 08 JG/ 06 FG

 

[JackUSN]

'08 4003 in Jetglo, can I play, too?

 

[synaesthesia]

I might have to bite the bullet on this. My Sadowsky with big singles has a little hum to it when I take the balance knob out of detent. But no where near the Ric hum. So the debugger might serve a dual purpose for me

Get it looked at professionally. Have had 3 lefty Ricks no issues, still have one and it's fine.

 

[BASSKADET]

Get it looked at professionally. Have had 3 lefty Ricks no issues, still have one and it's fine.

I was thinking about that. Maybe a bad bridge PU. Where do I take it? Called Ric no human answered the phone with more than one phone # option.

 

[sturmvogel]

'08 4003 in Jetglo, can I play, too?

Only if you put the pickup cover back on!

 

[JackUSN]

Only if you put the pickup cover back on!

Well, for me I generally play right over top of the area where the pickup cover was, so it makes things kind of awkward...

Besides, this guy doesnt seem to mind taking the pickup cover off of his:

...and if Geddy does it, then it's good to go, friend-o.

 

[RickenBoogie]

Very cool pic.