Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Has anyone experimented with different foam materials for the string mute? I'm finding that the stock foam piece is just too dense (e.g. it mutes too heavily). I know this setup probably isn't very popular on here, but I'm trying to go for the flatwounds-with-mute-engaged sound à la Sgt. Peppers. A...

[quoteI've seen someone putting a hb-1 in their 4000, can anyone comment on the sound of those compared to the 'normal' 4000?][/quote] My 4000 is also a member of the HB1 club. Actually, I had no complaint with the tone of the original hi-gain pickup, but the noise was intolerable. Comparison . . . ...

Actually, it was a brief, passionate affair with a Laredo which helped me get up the nerve to modify my 4000. Absolutely loved the HB1s - - they had all of the tone across the entire spectrum and they were dead nuts quiet. A friend of mine decided that he couldn't live without the Laredo and he had ...

Or maybe my favorite all-time instrument configuration . . . a neck-thru 4000 with an HB-1 !!

Touche! Good vintages for both! :mrgreen: I've considered putting an hb1 in my '74 4000,(which also sports an aluminum Hipshot bridge),but i have several 4004's,so I'm keeping the old higain in her.[/quote] Here's a better pic with more details visible: HB-1 pickup, aluminum hipshot, and clear with ...

Last Wednesday night at the East Texas Performing Arts music festival . . . of course our singer called an obscure tune in A flat. Enjoyed a WONDERFUL pub crawl and song swap with two other bands after the show !! Oh,that's a beaut!! What year is it,Don? July '55. Oh, maybe you meant the bass. Apri...

Last Wednesday night at the East Texas Performing Arts music festival . . . of course our singer called an obscure tune in A flat. Enjoyed a WONDERFUL pub crawl and song swap with two other bands after the show !!