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It's the best liquid wax around!! The beast Jerry, the absolute best!
And it works on cars too!!
Nice MG, but please, take those stickers off.
It takes away from the beauty of the bass.
It is smaller but it's much heavier. Plus the scale is 33 1/4". Big difference to me when switching back and forth. Plus there's the fact I lived on only the 4001 for about 7 years.
I'd like to join. I have a 1980 4001 autumn glo, pretty damn happy with it. beautiful condition (sorry, too lazy to take a picture) but only one of the stereo jacks works, the toggle doesn't switch over to the other pickup, and 2 of the tone controls don't work. anyone know of an easy way to fix it (can't see anything obvious when I open it up), or should I go to a specialist? I've soldered the P bass over and over but afraid to do anything to the ric
Unless it's been rewired it doesn't have two stereo jacks. It has one mono jack (the one nearest the strap button) which should work quite happilly with a standard momo jack plug.
The bottom socket is the stereo one and it needs a stereo jack plug to work properly, this can be wired as a Y-cable that splits the signal from each pup to a separate mono jack or a stereo cable that will plug into a splitter box.
Either way it sounds as if you have a mono jack plugged into the stereo socket. This means that the mono jack will only connect with one pole of the stereo socket and hence only give you one pup (if you pull it out an 1/8" it will make contact with the other pup), that may be why your selector does nothing.
IIRC when you plug somethhing into the stereo socket it has a switching function that also cuts the signal to the mono socket (I could be wrong, I only use the mono socket and it's decades since I needed to look inside my Ric)
Try a mono jack into the mono socket, it should work....of course there is a chance that the signal path to the mono jack might be broken, but it's not rocket science in there and is most likely a disconnected wire that can be soldered
oh yeah, I should clarify, the mono works but I had trouble when trying a stereo cable, but maybe I didn't set that up right (it's late as I wrote that). thanks for your quick answer. will the selector only work with a stereo cable? I could have sworn I used to be able to switch with just the mono.
BTW, has anyone ever seen their ric in a black light? I opened my case one day in someone's new practice space and freaked out for a second, thinking "how did someone else's bass get in my case?" the wood grain was all psychedelic blue with a bright pink pick guard... trippy! (yes, I'm a nerd)
BTW, has anyone ever seen their ric in a black light? I opened my case one day in someone's new practice space and freaked out for a second, thinking "how did someone else's bass get in my case?" the wood grain was all psychedelic blue with a bright pink pick guard... trippy! (yes, I'm a nerd)
First thing should be to check all the circuits out, if you can't, get someone who knows this stuff to do it before you go spending any money.
The switch works for both jacks, if it's not functioning, check the contacts, they probably need a slight bend back to proper position. The switch toggles pups by separating contacts, make sure that the contacts are separating properly when you move the switch bat.
Also check the wires to all the pots. It sounds like something is amiss with the wiring of the switch and two pots aren't working.
RIC (and some dealers, Pick of the Ricks particularly) do sell the whole prewired harness, pots and switch, if you just want to replace the whole thing as an assembly (I hate soldering, personally).
The pots will be a slightly different value. They use the current 4003 standard: 330k.
I've installed this on my '77 4001, it sounds fine.
RIC also sells the stereo jack (if you find yours is faulty), and also a prewired dual jack assembly.
Currently they're on vacation, but Pick of the Ricks usually has many of the service parts in stock, and the prices are often better than direct from RIC.
These guys are great to deal with.
Check them out.
The switch works for both jacks, if it's not functioning, check the contacts, they probably need a slight bend back to proper position. The switch toggles pups by separating contacts, make sure that the contacts are separating properly when you move the switch bat.
Also check the wires to all the pots. It sounds like something is amiss with the wiring of the switch and two pots aren't working.
RIC (and some dealers, Pick of the Ricks particularly) do sell the whole prewired harness, pots and switch, if you just want to replace the whole thing as an assembly (I hate soldering, personally).
The pots will be a slightly different value. They use the current 4003 standard: 330k.
I've installed this on my '77 4001, it sounds fine.
RIC also sells the stereo jack (if you find yours is faulty), and also a prewired dual jack assembly.
Currently they're on vacation, but Pick of the Ricks usually has many of the service parts in stock, and the prices are often better than direct from RIC.
These guys are great to deal with.
Check them out.
now I need to tweak the rods and I don't have a proper tool. Can anyone recommend something from the hardware store that will work? I just don't wand to go through trial and error to find the right tool.
You need a long, thin walled 1/4" nut driver. They are available, you just need to check around. I believe Sears sells one.
The one RIC sells is made by Xcelite USA, L8 is the model.
The one RIC sells is made by Xcelite USA, L8 is the model.
Very nice Walnut/AutumnGlo. Is it shiny or a matte finish? What's the story behind it having a horseshoe pickup in the bridge position?
it's shiny - now I'll have to zymol it and take a better pic. you got me on the pickups though, always been like that since I've known it. bought it from my friend for $800 because he was moving and selling off everything, and he knew I'd been drooling over it for months. I just tried to pull off the same thing with another friend's gibson ripper but it didn't work - he kept it.
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