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After a fairly short period of playing time with the pickup cover re-instated I discovered it's not for me, initially I thought I could get by with playing either side of the cover but I just couldn't get used to it! So, the cover has been removed once again, and it immediately gives me my optimum p...

Will give it a try and report back, thanks guys.

Maybe get it initially set at a height so the volume is the same as the neck pup and then tweak so all strings have same output. Yeah, I’d thought of that. At the moment I’m sure it’s not far off the recommended 5/32” but the bridge pickup is so much more powerful than the neck pickup I think it wo...

I pretty much removed the bridge pickup cover not long after buying my 4003 back in 2012 but I recently felt the urge to re-fit it after seeing a few 4003's at various stores and realising how nice they do look with them on! I took mine off due to the pickup getting in the way as I felt this is the ...

Do you think it would be easier and more practical to just buy a complete LH 4001 harness?

Hi Ace,

Thanks for that. What about the capacitors, would they need changing as well to a different value?

Hi guys,

Would changing all the pots on my 4003 from the stock 330k to 250k get it any closer to the 4001 sound (but still keeping the same pickups) or would the difference be negligible?

Hi Steve and welcome to the Forum - from another Lefty Steve! Same bass too (well almost, mine is a 2012).

Hope you have many years of enjoyment with your new Ric. The Forum is a great font of knowledge for everything Rickenbacker....and more!

Cheers!

Have you tried dampened the string between where you fret and the nut to see if that eliminates the buzzing? I had a sympathetic vibration, on a Jazz Bass I used to own, from rattling on frets below where I was fretting. Luckily for me it was just when I played certain double stops so was just mind...

Do you know where along the length of the A string the buzzing is occurring? Hi Jeff, It seems to be on the first 8 frets, but as I said I over-cut the nut on the A string, not noticeable on the 45-105 string set but on the 40-95 it comes through but I think this can be expected given the fact that...

I straightened the neck out again, it took about anther half turn to get it right given that the E string is only .095 in thickness. One complete turn on the bridge screws and it seems pretty much there although at last night's gig the A string was still giving a slight buzz but part of that is prob...

Well, I loosened the truss rods by 1/4 turn and it has indeed reduced the fret buzz somewhat however there is still a bit of fret buzz present if you dig in a bit but I suppose that is to be expected. The downside though is that I've now lost my near-flat neck which to me was it's optimal setting (u...

Before raising the bridge to correct for the fret buzz, loosen the truss rods 1/4 or 1/2 a turn, or so, (do a little at a time and then check the relief) as the lower tension strings are not pulling the neck up as much as the higher tension strings that were previously on the bass. Thanks for the a...

Thanks for all your comments guys, in the end I decided to put the HI Beams on my Jazz Bass - sounds really nice and I have to admit it's the best it's ever sounded! As for my 4003, well I decided to put some Roto's on her (RS66LC's), sounds brilliant and to me it gives that sound you can only get w...

The TIs are not too mellow sounding unless you want them to be through playing technique or rolling of the tone control(s). They are pretty versatile strings. 8) I've tried D'Addario Chromes on a P Bass a few years ago, nice sound and old school thump but I found the tension a bit high. I'm assumin...