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The Rickenbacker Club!

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#721
Kenny Allyn said:
It’s not your eyes … when McCartney was given his left handed model in 64 (it was number 1 or 2 I think) and the story I heard was that RIC didn’t actually have a left handed neck ready, so they just put a standard right-handed neck style cut on his lefty body. Flash forward to the reissue … they added the flipped head to the right handed models too (Jimi style). You usually don’t see them in black though mostly the original Fireglo and the “stripped” natural.

I like them both but they are very different instruments … the 4001 with the old style pickups has a very detailed but lower-gain output, I think it’s gonna record great!

The new 2007 has the Hi-gain system and the new vintage switch and I like it live. The vintage setting won’t quite get the vibe of the 4001 but having the Hi-gain bridge makes up for it live. It reminds me of a hot wound 51 P-bass. Both have D’addario XL Chromes flatwound strings.

As for the whole adoption thing sorry man my pater familias status is taken up with two live in teenage daughters and a GF that is a professional belly dancer and she requires a large portion of my attention …

The Memphis summers melt Canadians with alarming regularity, and it’s to cold for me up there … besides I would miss the BBQ and Blues music and this …



:eek: ... I know I know It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it!... I hear it all the time.
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Beautiful basses! And beautiful ladies in the pic! Some people just have it ALL goin' on. I don't blame you for not wanting to leave any of that. Had to try the adoption thing but seen as how I am 43 I am probably a little old anyhow. :D
 
#722
macahan said:
am i in???

don't know what happened to the image, i'll give it another go.

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That might just be my ideal trio of basses. I like the Ric colour.
That T-bird is a beauty too...

Re: the 4001's colour... it looks like BurgundyGlo to me...

See pic of Cliff Burton's modded Rick below... isn't it the same?

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#725
gilbertma said:
Speaking of ones that got away, here's a 1997 white 4003 with black trim that I sold last year. It was a very bright white and showed no signs of yellowing. This bass is being replaced with a 1973 4001 project bass that is being refinished in bright white and will have checkered binding and white plastic trim, there will be pics to come.

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sweet mother of.. that is a damn sexy rick. if that had a stained black fretboard (or an ebony one, whatever) that'd be my perfect bass, i'm pretty sure.
 
#738
Wademeister63 said:
I don't like the way the Ric bridge extends above the strings where the mute is. I'd prefer to be able to palm mute the strings at that location or back a bit closer to the saddles, but it's not convenient. That's probably the main reason why I tried the Hipshot bridge.

The Ric bridge is not THAT hard to adjust, but it's much more solid IMO. I know about the tail lift thing and my Ric has it too a tiny bit, but I have a more satisfying Ric experience (!) with the original bridge in place.

You can palm mute easier with the Hipshot bridge, but I never could get over the way the saddles move out of position whenever digging in hard. I think they jumped around on me some when I used a pick too, and that was what prompted me to go back to the original bridge.
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As someone who had the hipshot bridge and then went back to the stock bridge let me chime in on this issue:
1st thing--: screw palm muting anymore, with a ric bridge you can engage/utilize the adjustable mute, its such an overlooked feature. I can palm mute fine with the stock brige too-it just takes a little time to get the technique down.
2ndly--: Those saddles moving around on the hipshot were the dealbreaker for me as well, especially while picking.
3rdly--: Sure the hipshot is easier to intonate and had heightened adjustablilty, but I did not notice any increased sustain as others have described and it lacked the stock bridges mojo factor-Personally I'll wait until Ric unveils its new bridge, which is supposed to put the hipshot and current stock bridge to shame as far a adjuastability is concerned, before I experiment with a new bridge on my ric.
 
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Sign me up...I just bought one two days ago. Problem is I've been so busy I really hadn't had a chance to learn how any of the knobs work before today. I play a Pbass normally and it only has 2 knobs so my Ric is a completely different experience for me. I am having a blast learning how to make all the different tones. I may have to find a rock band to play with now.
 
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