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Here's another one with the Cheyenne. This time neck pickup only, played w/ a pick, roundwounds. GK 800RB direct out. I love this bassline for having a simple dub feel, yet complex intermingling with the guitar melodies. And it's fun to play!

https://youtu.be/Xcue8VSd2dI

Haha, we have a parallel call and response going on here and TB...

Nope, nickel rounds, but palm muting and the humbuckers gets me that flatwound sound. But I prefer to have the roundwounds on there for when I need to get angry

Sup RRF! I recently acquired a dream bass, a '94 Ric 4004Ci and it has inspired my to make some more cover videos. Disclaimer, I am doing this next few videos as my character St. Snake from my original band The Gold Web (shameless plug here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGoldWeb ) The first instal...

Thanks for the info. I do not have firsthand experience with this mod on a jazz, but I know that I don't like both pu's on full on a jazz and have read that wiring them in series gives a much louder, fatter, and deeper sound, more reminiscent of a P-bass. That sounds appealing to me. If it had anywh...

I have heard lots of great things about Jazz basses wired up in series, and based on what I have read, it sounds like it just might be for me and my 4003; I have always had a little bit of a problem with the scoop and flabbiness of the middle position of my Ric. I have searched the forums here, but ...

My band Bad City recently got to play on the Kiss Kruise, so I figured I'd share a few nautical Ric shots! Monkey Face http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab76/jserek/jakekisskruise.jpg Jacob's Ladder http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab76/jserek/kisskruisegroup.jpg And the Demon! http://i851.photob...

The upper horn looks far more Manne-like than Rick-like, to me, anyway. Very nice, Jake. 8) I have never seen Manne Guitars before, cool stuff! I like the whiskey barrel bass. If no one is opposed, I wouldn't mind keeping you all updated here. I always appreciate input and I am sure I will have man...

I had a hunch I was doing something illegal! Sorry once again!

Cool, thanks for the support guys. I feel a little bad having a full thread devoted to this build here being that it isn't really Ric-related, so if anyone wants to follow the progress, PM me and I'll give you the link.

jake

You can see the top body wing borrows pretty unashamedly from the Ric design. Materials as well, I am using Walnut for the wings and just glued up some hard Maple for the neck. (Even though the similarities to a Ric bass are not blatant, this design does owe a lot to Rickenbacker, thus I feel the ne...

That's definitely something to think about, although I tend to only need more blatant changes in tone. Being that I play in a rock band with a fairly aggressive tone, subtle shift in tone aren't easy to notice. I also like having the ability to change quick at the flick of a switch.

Thanks!

Sorry, I didn't mean to bring anything non-Ric related, I wasn't sure if there was any special info. on the HB-1's in particular. Thanks for clearing it up!

jake

I am in the process of building my 2nd bass guitar, the design of which borrows a lot of Rickenbacker measurements (scale length, angles, thickness, etc), but is quite a departure in shape. When complete, I would love to install 3 gold Ric humbuckers, a la the 4004LK, but with a different control la...

Thanks for the advice, I may hold off. I have already taken some steel wool to the back of the neck to dull the finish a little, but it didn't really help the stickiness, I will try the Naptha. I would feel pretty bad taking the finish completely off the neck as it is Montezuma Brown, but again, thi...