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My Feb '74 4001 clean up/refret is expected back very soon. I'll make sure I start a thread on that!

I was thinking there wasn't much going on, either! January blues and all that...

The Rickenbacker site homepage now has a cool photo of Lemmy, replacing the other great Ricky loss from 2015, Chris Squire.

I've had this on both mine, simplest fix I've found is to wrap a little white plumbers tape (the PTFE stuff) around the thread and screw it back in. The tape provides sufficient friction to prevent the strap buttons undoing themselves (even with a tight fitting strap gripping them) but not so much ...

The strap button (the one on the bottom of the bass) keeps unscrewing itself on my April '74 4001.

Any tips on what I can do to prevent this? Bit worried it'll happen - and potentially fall out - during a practice/gig!

Heard this on the radio first thing. Devastated. I'm another 'Ricky because of Lemmy' players - became a fan at 13 in 1987, and never looked back. The crushing bass tone, and the look....I just had to have one! I've loved all their records, seen a few gigs, and was planning to go again. Bands and ta...

Looks that way to me. Guess this was a regular mod in the 70's as a Grover replacement? They certainly look like they've been on there since the mid-70's!

I should add that they actually resemble the standard Ric stamped tuners as well.

The one I've seen, a Feb '74, has the back of the tuners actually stamped Schaller, just like the current 4003 ones are branded Ric!

They also have been on the bass for many years.

When did Rickenbacker fit Schaller tuners to 4001's in the '70s? Did they ever fit them in '74 alongside the Grovers?

I've read a mix of theories, if stocks were running short!

The silver vintage style are quite hard to find - out of stock from where I've looked - they seem to around £219 ($331) new. So as mine is mint and unused, I'm guessing at a ball park of £175 ($265)? Even the modern black ones new are £200 ($300)! :shock: In an ideal world, I'd keep it - but I need ...

What do you think the price of an early 90s case is?

That's if it's not early 80s.....

Kopfjaeger wrote:

spongebob wrote:Is the mod for the Grovers an easy fix to make them reliable in a 21st century live context?

I guess you didn't read the tutorial I posted earlier in this thread??

sepp

Just spotted it! Apologies...Mobile phone usage....!

These seem like a bit of a worry, look great, but the stability....

So we're pretty much looking early 90s....

I guess the value of a case of that era is similar to just any modern case? Probably just worth keeping rather than moving on?

I was going to flip it to fund some work, but it's newer than I was told!