Since you probably had the stock electronics in your Rick, you never heard that HB1 at its best.
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I can use a lighter touch, and for some parts, I do. Not every part of every song requires beating the crap out of the strings. However, for a lot of parts, I do like the sound I get by playing very aggressively.
I actually put in a 500k volume pot with the HB-1. Undoubtedly it sounded good, and definitely retained the rickenbacker sound, but I found the raunchiness of the hi gain in the bridge to be more responsive and suitable to my bands sound.
Ah, but did you swap out the tone cap for a more HB friendly one? Also, RIC hasn't used a real 500K tone pot in decades, so who knows what the stock value was.
Ooo noo I didn't try that buy I never use the tone cap anyway. I like the single coils for feedback purposes too. Are you running HBs?
I run a pair of HBs and a reissue horseshoe in my main 4003. I only run a pair of tone controls, one for the HB1s, and one for the horseshoe. I use a different value tone cap for each. How could you use a tone control without using a tone cap as well?
Well this showed up a short time ago....
Aceonbass himself (thanks Dane!)constructed this harness that will be placed into the bass (the .0047 cap I'll add next week when I have more time to do all the work and set up) along with new HS and toaster pups, some vintage style knobs, and FX HX 4-40 saddle screws, and a set of DR Sunbeam .045 -.100 strings.
Thus far, this is a superior example of a Rickenbacker bass.
Time to get out all my tools...
Aceonbass himself (thanks Dane!)constructed this harness that will be placed into the bass (the .0047 cap I'll add next week when I have more time to do all the work and set up) along with new HS and toaster pups, some vintage style knobs, and FX HX 4-40 saddle screws, and a set of DR Sunbeam .045 -.100 strings.
Thus far, this is a superior example of a Rickenbacker bass.
Time to get out all my tools...
Wow, sexual snowglo's. I real rick noob question but how does the toaster and horseshoe compare to the hi gains? I understand the horseshoe used to/does cop flack for being weak sounding?
Having owned both the current hogain bridge pickup and a few reissue horseshoe pickups, I am of the opinion they sound pretty close to the same. Low output they have not. Very hot pups.
The toasters are wound to 7.4k ohms and the higains are wound to 11.4k or more so the toaster has a bit less output and because of the less windings, more clarity and highs in the tone.
Old magnetic shoe horseshoe pickups getting flack; maybe because of the .0047uF capacitor in series with it cutting so much of the lows. The magnetism would weaken the output over years too, but they can be remagnetized. They have a different sound, a 3D-like roundness to them, that I really like. The new RIHS use four 5/16" diameter alnico rod magnets and the shoes are not magnetized.
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Yes the re-issue horseshoe pickup and the bridge high gain pickup sound pretty much the same. The toaster is a little smoother than the high gain neck pickup because it has less mids and it is not as hot.
With todays payment, I have $1045 out of $1906 paid off for my Ric. Can't wait until I get it paid off in October (its on layaway)
I also decided that I don't like the stock strings. Gonna get some TI Jazz Flats. Good things the shop does free setup on layaway instruments.
I also decided that I don't like the stock strings. Gonna get some TI Jazz Flats. Good things the shop does free setup on layaway instruments.
Long term loan from a friend. It's the first time this '78 4001 has ever been gigged.
Played and sounded great. Needs a tiny bit of intonation work, but its good aside from that.
Played and sounded great. Needs a tiny bit of intonation work, but its good aside from that.
Yeah... there is an original white TRC in the case as well. I may order a white pickguard and swap the two for a different gig.
The black amd fireglo is sure an unusual combination but it looks pretty cool and matched my shirt LOL
The reverse tuners throw me every time, though.
That is awesome! Congratulations. I agree with your string choice as well. Sunbeams sound so good on a Ric.
Well this showed up a short time ago....
Here is my latest 4003 in JetGlo. Factory fresh and free of cracks or neck warping problems! - I ended up returning my 2011 bass cause it just had too many issues to bother with!
Its got a lot of red pigment in the wood, so it looks more like the now discontinued Bubinga/African Rosewood boards of yesteryear than most of the new fingerboards I have seen.
This one was purchased from Wildwood Guitars, a well known Ric dealer in Colorado for $1499.00 brand new. I sent them a set of DR 45-105 Nickel Lo-Riders which they put on the bass before setting it up. I had them keep it for a full week to let it settle in with those higher tension hex core strings. They ended up having to tweak the truss rods four times over that period as the neck settled in over time.
It was defintely worth taking these extra steps cause the bass arrived with a fantastic action, a perfectly silky and "straight" neck and one of the nicest looking Carribean rosewood fingerboards I have seen so far.
Here it is in the 7 space rack along with most of my other guitars...
Only thing I have left to do is pull the bridge pickup cover off and install one of those standard bezels from Tubeampology. I've got one on the way, and can't wait to be able to play this without that infernal cover in my way!
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As some of you know, if you count all the problems with my original 4003 purchase from MF back in March, this was probably the biggest hassle I have ever gone through in the purchase of a new guitar, but in the end it worked out great! I just happened to call Troy Benns over at Wildwood the same day they had gotten their next shipment ETA from Rickenbacker, so I only had to wait a few days from my first touching bass phone call until the bass I purchased arrived from the factory!
If this had been my original purchase experience, I would have a completely different opinion on the 4003 buying experience.
According to the serial number, my bass was made the week of July 15th, 2013. My birthday month! (July 1st)
So everything about this bass has been perfect from start to finish!
After all is said and done, I couldn't be more pleased with the way this whole long story turned out!
Its got a lot of red pigment in the wood, so it looks more like the now discontinued Bubinga/African Rosewood boards of yesteryear than most of the new fingerboards I have seen.
This one was purchased from Wildwood Guitars, a well known Ric dealer in Colorado for $1499.00 brand new. I sent them a set of DR 45-105 Nickel Lo-Riders which they put on the bass before setting it up. I had them keep it for a full week to let it settle in with those higher tension hex core strings. They ended up having to tweak the truss rods four times over that period as the neck settled in over time.
It was defintely worth taking these extra steps cause the bass arrived with a fantastic action, a perfectly silky and "straight" neck and one of the nicest looking Carribean rosewood fingerboards I have seen so far.
Here it is in the 7 space rack along with most of my other guitars...
Only thing I have left to do is pull the bridge pickup cover off and install one of those standard bezels from Tubeampology. I've got one on the way, and can't wait to be able to play this without that infernal cover in my way!
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As some of you know, if you count all the problems with my original 4003 purchase from MF back in March, this was probably the biggest hassle I have ever gone through in the purchase of a new guitar, but in the end it worked out great! I just happened to call Troy Benns over at Wildwood the same day they had gotten their next shipment ETA from Rickenbacker, so I only had to wait a few days from my first touching bass phone call until the bass I purchased arrived from the factory!
If this had been my original purchase experience, I would have a completely different opinion on the 4003 buying experience.
According to the serial number, my bass was made the week of July 15th, 2013. My birthday month! (July 1st)
So everything about this bass has been perfect from start to finish! After all is said and done, I couldn't be more pleased with the way this whole long story turned out!
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