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Electric bass is all my Rickenbacker 4003S

This is a follow-up on my post from 2019, below; I dismantled and rebuilt what turned out to be (probably) a 64 RM1999. https://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=415905 I've toured, recorded it and loved it, since my rebuild. 1E7A9619-5F6E-4BF0-AA84-8A0EB3A01B26.JPG IMG_6937.JPG IMG_4606.J...

henry5 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:21 pm This is number one (Feb ‘72, pre-skunk).

It’s so weird seeing pics of me now, having lost a third of my body weight (not intentional, I was ill!). Thankfully the bass is the same!
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Great color on that 4001

Can anyone help – I am trying to understand how the hi gain pickups on my 2011 330 are constructed? I cannot find any decent diagrams online so hence asking here. I can find that the old toaster design seems to have 6 pole piece magnets that go through the bobbin… how about the Hi Gains? I can see ...

Last year with Cloudstone in Seattle:

A faster way to deploy the mute would be nice. Agreed, I’d like it if were spring loaded, so you just pull on one of the buttons and it pops up with the option to fine tune the final height to get the right amount of muting depending on your action/preference etc. Once set you could just flick it o...

A faster way to deploy the mute would be nice.

Toasters all have six wide poles.

CatHead wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:52 am

cheyenne wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:53 am They said years ago if the 4005 ever returned, they would be pricey.

Well they definitely stayed true to their word on that... in the UK at least!

Part of that is the pound has a much less favorable exchange rate to the dollar than it used to.

I've never gotten the opportunity to play one, but maybe that will change now.

K9-4026 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:39 pm RIC_FACTORY should experiment with attempting to grow Santa Ana Rosewood.

That would be cool but Orange County land is a bit pricey for a tree farm I think.

I'd be curious because it looks like they do come in my preferred gauge at least for E standard.

But I'm slow to change anything. I don't change my strings often enough as it is, plus going to a different brand can be a pain because the tension and intonation might be a bit different.

Yep. It's a nice thing about Rickenbackers.

henry5 wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 8:43 am Have you ever heard players like Geddy Lee or Flea play acoustically? It’s pure buzz, so much so that it’s actually part of their sound.

Yep, they really dig in. To me it's a great sound when playing through an amp, a bit less so when acoustic.

devnulljp wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 12:12 pm Wishlist? A metal -- not plastic -- treble pickup cover for the 4003 please. My Fenders all have em, my Gibsons all have them. I'd like one on my Rick please and thank you.

Agreed. I'd love a metal pickup cover.