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The Rickenbacker Club Part Five

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BackToTheGroove said:
Hi folks,
Still throwing out numbers?

Here is my Jan 1974, 4001.
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I bought it third hand in 1983 from Biker Ernie. This December I finished the rest of my work on the instrument. In all, the work I did my self was: new Hipshot 'Ric' tuning machines, new saddles, sanded/primed/painted cleared coated the bridge as black gloss from the original chrome, re-soldered loose wiring, replaced the bridge pickup mount, added a 'treble bezel', new screws, added a black pickguard and dome knobs and by-pased the .047 capacitor to give the bridge pickup its full output and bass frequency capability. My biggest project on this bass was a complete electrostatic shielding job using copper tape with a conductive backing-now the pickups are 99% silent except for a little sizzle when my fingers touch the bridge pickup poles. The finale was a set of DR's 'Black Beauties'.

A few months ago I had it set up for the first time since I've owned it. The luthier didn't have to adjust it much (but had to make his own tool to do it properly), but what he did made it even better. He told me that my Ric was the "most playable Ric (bass) of this vintage that I've worked on yet."

I now call 'er the "Backinblacker" and I love this bass even more now.
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#23
I know this makes me sound like a noob, but I gotta ask -- what does GAS stand for? I get what it means from the context (to really really want something), but I just don't get the acronym.
 
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fretno said:
Thanks BassGen , that is my '08 4004cii ,2005 Color of the year Blue Burst , The headstock is indeed lighter in the center , it's not the lighting .
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Ya just gotta love those 4004's the woodwork is fantastic I still freak out when I open the case! Speaking of cases am I the only dumb*** that whacked my brand new Jetglo bass on those silly latches that stick up? That was only going to happen to me once so silver vintage cases it is!
Love that Blue Burst!
 
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fretno said:
Thanks BassGen , that is my '08 4004cii ,2005 Color of the year Blue Burst , The headstock is indeed lighter in the center , it's not the lighting .
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Did I read your post right? You also have a 05 4004 color of the year made in 08? My 4004 AFG is an 06 color of the year made in 08 how about that? at least they keep there commitments on back orders!
 
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And some other modifications of my Ric, going from a third hand stock with some elses' minor hacks, to my improvements.
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Enersha said:
Did I read your post right? You also have a 05 4004 color of the year made in 08? My 4004 AFG is an 06 color of the year made in 08 how about that? at least they keep there commitments on back orders!
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Yes but it's a '08 , COY's had to be ordered from a dealer within that year . It took a good long time for Ric to produce the instruments that had been ordered . I personally waited 24 months for that instrument , had I known before that the dealer ( Ric page) had a few available I would have ordered it even earlier :D:bassist: It was a dream bass for me and the time didn't bother me , the amazing thing is the bass is everything I was hoping it would be + some .
 
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fretno said:
Yes but it's a '08 , COY's had to be ordered from a dealer within that year . It took a good long time for Ric to produce the instruments that had been ordered . I personally waited 24 months for that instrument , had I known before that the dealer ( Ric page) had a few available I would have ordered it even earlier :D:bassist: It was a dream bass for me and the time didn't bother me , the amazing thing is the bass is everything I was hoping it would be + some .
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How small is the world? Mine came from the Ric page, I just got OCD on AFG and had to have it!
 
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BackToTheGroove said:
And some other modifications of my Ric, going from a third hand stock with some elses' minor hacks, to my improvements.
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The pics of your shielding job look like it was done right. I did the same thing to a couple of mine as well an RWRP mod to the bridge pickup and between the two things the bass is quiet as a mouse. When I shield I actually make three layers of copper foil to filter out some of the lower noise frequencies that one layer may not catch.
 
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