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Hello, this is my 2010' Rickenbacker 4003
Want to become one of the club !
Hello, this is my 2010' Rickenbacker 4003
Want to become one of the club !
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This may be the wrong thread to ask in, but I am looking to get a rick, and have been trying to research what to get. Are there any production years to avoid for 4003's? By that I mean crummy years for QC or pickups, hardware, necks, etc? Thanks and sorry if this this is off topic.
Unless you have a line on a good deal for a used bass I would just get a new one. Wildwood guitars and Bass Northwest have them in stock right now and have the best prices. I got one a few weeks ago and it is top quality it has become my number one player.
Thank You. Its a nice bass I use to have a '74 Jetglo but sold it a long time ago because it had a really thin neck, this neck is bigger.
Yes, un-winding would get you closer to the 70's tonal pallette. One tidbit I learned through conversing with Brad @ Classic Amplification is that along with variations in physical construction of the instruments, pickup magnets varied in strength. At one point, Ric was making them in-house with 'mixed' results. Brad states on his site that he is utilizing better magnets as well as a superior bobbin. I don't know enough about pickups to understand the ways a bobbin can be superior. I know I like what I hear from my 'new' bass.
I also learned that another tone factor is the carbon content of the pole pieces. The screws in the 'modern' hi-gains have a much higher carbon content than the old-school rivets.I'll see about getting a clip or three with the new pickups when I can get one of those 'round tuits'.
Just added a new Ric 4003 from Sam A to my collection and love the sound and feel of it.With the Hofner and J makes a well rounded group.
I just realized it's been over a year since I got my Ric and I need to celebrate! Any other MF/MID sale customers here join me for a virtual drink! Why else be in a Rickenbacker club after all?
Mine is one of the infamous Musician's Friend MID sale Rics from summer 2011, but it's managed to survive and become my main instrument. It's a lovely thing with a lovely sound. Basically it has lived up to my expectations after years of desiring one. I've grown very comfortable with the body shape and the Treble Bezel helped alot with that. And the sound is so sweet it's hard to put it down.
I've since removed the p-up cover but otherwise she still looks like this pic from the day of arrival:
Mine is one of the infamous Musician's Friend MID sale Rics from summer 2011, but it's managed to survive and become my main instrument. It's a lovely thing with a lovely sound. Basically it has lived up to my expectations after years of desiring one. I've grown very comfortable with the body shape and the Treble Bezel helped alot with that. And the sound is so sweet it's hard to put it down.
I've since removed the p-up cover but otherwise she still looks like this pic from the day of arrival:
Guess I should jump in this club since I have been a Ric player since 1972. Please assign me a number.
Here are a couple of my rics with a Dingwall 6 and some amp stacks.
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Here are a couple of my rics with a Dingwall 6 and some amp stacks.
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Spectrum said:
I was a MF/MID potential customer but I was late to the party and got a back order notice with a projected ship date of Jan 2013. However by placing occasional calls to MF customer service they finally agreed to send me a MapleGlo instead. I had to pay slightly more to get it but it is worth it. This is now my main player by a long shot.
Here it is in action
My dad actually made some of those a few years ago except his just had "TUIT" on them - you had to make the connection yourself. Fun conversation pieces. Thank you for the smile!
I've been busy learning new music as well has catching and fileting large-mouth bass. Then I have to figure out a bass line to record...
Could any of you guys tell me what green Rickenbackers Rick has made over the years, other than those ugly sea foam ones? And I'm just talking about the 4001/4003 basses.
PS no offense to sea foam lovers. I just hate that color
PS no offense to sea foam lovers. I just hate that color
Well, it depends on what you call "green." Turquoise (a standard color from 1994 to 2003), was a metallic blue green that looked very green in incandescent and fluorescent light. In daylight and camera strobe light, it looks more greenish blue.
The Sea Green of which you speak, is a vivid aquamarine color and is very rare. It was the first of RIC's "Color of the Year" program and made in 2000-01. Blue Boy, a pale powder blue, was COY for 2004 and sometimes turns a minty green color if the clear coat yellows.
There is a color called "Trans Green" that is available on the 4004Cii Cheyenne II only (along with Trans Red and Trans Blue).
There were experiments with a "green burst" in the late 1960s, but the only ones I've found were 330 and 360 model guitars.
The Sea Green of which you speak, is a vivid aquamarine color and is very rare. It was the first of RIC's "Color of the Year" program and made in 2000-01. Blue Boy, a pale powder blue, was COY for 2004 and sometimes turns a minty green color if the clear coat yellows.
There is a color called "Trans Green" that is available on the 4004Cii Cheyenne II only (along with Trans Red and Trans Blue).
There were experiments with a "green burst" in the late 1960s, but the only ones I've found were 330 and 360 model guitars.
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