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RIC_FACTORY wrote:

radapaw wrote:I notice these are double rod unlike the last few specials. There was speculation here and other places if RIC would be moving to single rods on the 4003 and 4003s as well. I'd love some official word.

Maybe, maybe not. Officially.

One vote for keeping dual rods here.

I fear change.

ilan wrote:This guy can't really play bass. Sorry but someone has to say it.

So what would you call what he's doing in that video?

He's definitely not picking daisies with it...

I believe that's finish separating/bubbling, right?

My 4003's binding is covered with that stuff, mostly in the areas around the various dings it's suffered.

jps wrote:So, when I get up there I should skip 69, you're sating?

That really sounds like a decision you and your wife should make together.

And I don't know why the difference matters to some people. :roll: One is smooth and cohesive with the body line of the lower edge of the bass, and the other one is not. Rickenbacker returned to the previous design in early 2014 for a reason. I've done several custom mods to Rickenbacker basses, ma...

Nice! That's the PU combo I've got on my (also Paul W) 4-2-5 convert.

Mine's an '07, necks a bit of a chonker, depth-wise, but I love the narrow spacing.

Killer bass lines.

I got the mudbucker installed yesterday. The only mod to the body was to make the cavity just a little bigger. This was done on the bridge side of the whole. I'm liking the tone I'm getting now. I played it last night for about a half an hour. I've also put a mudbucker on my P-bass. One pickup and ...

correct me if I am wrong but as I recall there were graphics and processes which had been painstakingly developed and refine, which were being lifted from the JBN site; without asking or noting the source. Might have been a couple of folks passing it off as their own as well. I think that would hav...

Sorry for any inconvenience shutting down Joey's Bass Notes may have been. The reasons: The site was looking cheesy and outdated. I made that website when I barely knew how to make one. Now that I know better, I just haven't had the time. I've been spending more time over the past few years playing...

cjj wrote:Joey said he was shutting it down, for a while anyway. Probably would be started up again sometime in the future...

In that case, I find it even harder to believe no one pulled down a local archive.

Um...sorry, but a couple videos aren't an acceptable substitute for the comprehensive and annotated diagrams and photos concerning setup, wiring, and "how to spot a fake" that were neatly laid out for quick and easy reference on his site.

I'm willing and able to host a mirror, I just need someone who has a local archive to reconstruct it from. The site was not being indexed by the wayback machine.

I'm on the fence... I do kinda wish they'd put some lighter y-tuners on it, pull the guard, and call it a 4004. I don't want the classic 4001/4003 to 'go away' or be 'improved'. I like the carried forward idiosyncrasies and think they contribute to the sound and overall brand image of rickenbacker....

Something as massive as a 4001/3 tailpiece cast in brass would weigh at least a pound, and change the tone of the instrument. Brass is fine for the 4003S5 bridge inserts, and BadAss bridges because they're not that big, but I'm trying to keep my basses at 9lbs or less these days. I'm more than will...