greggster59 said:
Yes, the bridge was on it when I got it. I've played rics with the stock bridge, and so far, I'm really enjoying this one. Same goes for the deluxe bezel. It sits in the perfect spot for me. I dig it.
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Yes, the bridge was on it when I got it. I've played rics with the stock bridge, and so far, I'm really enjoying this one. Same goes for the deluxe bezel. It sits in the perfect spot for me. I dig it.
Nice.
I also have the thumb rest bezel. It took me about two days to get used to it. Now I love it. I have been reading about the Ric Hipshot bridge. I have a Hipshot bridge on my Birdsong Cortobass and find it very easy to make adjustments with.
Good luck with your new Ric. I just got mine recently and also find it has quickly moved to the top of my arsenal.
I also have the thumb rest bezel. It took me about two days to get used to it. Now I love it. I have been reading about the Ric Hipshot bridge. I have a Hipshot bridge on my Birdsong Cortobass and find it very easy to make adjustments with.
Good luck with your new Ric. I just got mine recently and also find it has quickly moved to the top of my arsenal.
Hi guys, may I have a number... I have a 4001 Jetglo from 74... this on in the video:
Regards from Brazil!
Regards from Brazil!
I'm already part of the club, but Tuesday evening I installed a pair of pickups that are replications of the early hi-gains and made by Classic Amplification. These have rivets for pole pieces like those produced by Ric, and fewer windings (lower DCR) compared to the 'modern' hi-gains. I had been underwhelmed with the highs/mids & general lack of 'snarl' from my '10 4003 - these transformed my bass. I already posted this in the pickups section but I wanted to share with fellow Ric players:
Classic Amp's neck pickup will fit in the stock Ric cover, but I opted for the aftermarket cover they offer which brings the pickup closer to the strings.
Classic Amp's neck pickup will fit in the stock Ric cover, but I opted for the aftermarket cover they offer which brings the pickup closer to the strings.
I'm already part of the club, but Tuesday evening I installed a pair of pickups that are replications of the early hi-gains and made by Classic Amplification. These have rivets for pole pieces like those produced by Ric, and fewer windings (lower DCR) compared to the 'modern' hi-gains. I had been underwhelmed with the highs/mids & general lack of 'snarl' from my '10 4003 - these transformed my bass. I already posted this in the pickups section but I wanted to share with fellow Ric players:
Classic Amp's neck pickup will fit in the stock Ric cover, but I opted for the aftermarket cover they offer which brings the pickup closer to the strings.
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I'm already part of the club, but Tuesday evening I installed a pair of pickups that are replications of the early hi-gains and made by Classic Amplification. These have rivets for pole pieces like those produced by Ric, and fewer windings (lower DCR) compared to the 'modern' hi-gains. I had been underwhelmed with the highs/mids & general lack of 'snarl' from my '10 4003 - these transformed my bass. I already posted this in the pickups section but I wanted to share with fellow Ric players:
Classic Amp's neck pickup will fit in the stock Ric cover, but I opted for the aftermarket cover they offer which brings the pickup closer to the strings.
Yep, I got these too, great PU's!
Hey guys, I'm not sure this is totally the right place to ask this, but my 4003 has a set of the wavy grover tuners, and the one for the E-string is coming apart on me! I've taken them off the bass, but would like to try and repair that loose one. If I pull hard enough on it, the box that says 'grover usa' comes apart from the plate which holds the shaft. How would one attempt to tighten this thing? I can push the parts together, but it doesn't hold at all...
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Need Help identifying a 1982 [?] 4001...the body binding seems very narrow and it has a two piece black pickguard on a black finish..Can some tell me [pm is fine] if this would be stock or point me to another rickenbacher expert...thanks-in-advance.
This is a well-known problem. Search on the Rickresource Forum, there are some good descriptions of fixes. Basically, you can make careful use of a centerpunch to swage the ends of the pins so they hold the housing; or if you have access to the right tools you can drill and tap those pins and use tiny machine screws to hold it together.
How did you end up with wavy Grovers on a 4003? Are you sure that's not a 4001?
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Hey! Nice one. I like when I see a newer Ric that dosent have that big fat oversized, almost deformed headstock like so many newer ones I've seen, Yours looks great! Congrats!
Wait. Didn't you have that awesome Fender CS Jazz Bass in trans red with the maple neck and pearl inlays???
Where is that one??
Good idea, thanks! Even though I have an account there, I never seem to check there first when I have questions about my bass... I guess i'm conditioned for TB!
Anyways, it's definitely a 4003; so says the headstock and serial #. It's from May of 1984, so it's one of the transition-era basses; it still had(/has) the .0047 cap, the wavy tuners, old truss rod system (but at the body end of the neck...pain!), and the straight pickup housing. Pretty sure the pickups were old stock too. Maybe they were just trying to use up the left-over parts before phasing the 4001 out completely?
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