Restoring ',68 4001
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Restoring ',68 4001
I've only posted once, a few years ago,, I'm a novice with technical bass info.. However, trying restored my 68 Ricky bass, born August '68. I got it in 72 and the original horse shoe magnetic pick up I believe was replaced. Looking for that vintage part.. Does it exist out there anymore,?
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Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Hi James, It's extremely unlikely that you'll find an original '68 (or any year for that matter) bass HS pickup.
I would say the odds are 99.5% against it.
The closest you'll get to it, is to convert a 6 pole lap steel pickup bobbin to a 4 pole.
The bobbin would be either the black raised lip or the flat green phenolic type.
In August it could be either or, but I think chances are it's the black raised lip variety.
Either one will be correct for your bass.
Black bobbins usually came with the flanged surround & the green came with the rectangular surround.
This is not gospel, I've seen a rectangular with the black bobbin.
Is the pickup surround rectangular or flanged?
Can you post some pics of your bass?
I would say the odds are 99.5% against it.
The closest you'll get to it, is to convert a 6 pole lap steel pickup bobbin to a 4 pole.
The bobbin would be either the black raised lip or the flat green phenolic type.
In August it could be either or, but I think chances are it's the black raised lip variety.
Either one will be correct for your bass.
Black bobbins usually came with the flanged surround & the green came with the rectangular surround.
This is not gospel, I've seen a rectangular with the black bobbin.
Is the pickup surround rectangular or flanged?
Can you post some pics of your bass?
Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Wasn't 1968 a transition era where some had HS PUs and others had hi-gains? You say the pickup was replaced when you got the bass; do you know for certain that yours had a HS PU in it, originally?jimmybass27 wrote:I've only posted once, a few years ago,, I'm a novice with technical bass info.. However, trying restored my 68 Ricky bass, born August '68. I got it in 72 and the original horse shoe magnetic pick up I believe was replaced. Looking for that vintage part.. Does it exist out there anymore,?
Thanks
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Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Jeff, August basses were equipped with HS's. Hi Gains came in late in the year, Nov/Dec.jps wrote:Wasn't 1968 a transition era where some had HS PUs and others had hi-gains? You say the pickup was replaced when you got the bass; do you know for certain that yours had a HS PU in it, originally?jimmybass27 wrote:I've only posted once, a few years ago,, I'm a novice with technical bass info.. However, trying restored my 68 Ricky bass, born August '68. I got it in 72 and the original horse shoe magnetic pick up I believe was replaced. Looking for that vintage part.. Does it exist out there anymore,?
Thanks
Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Thanks, Tony.
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This. Big, clear pics please!opticnerve wrote:Can you post some pics of your bass?
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Re: Restoring ',68 4001
I was less than a month old in August 1968.
I want to see pics too!
Curious!!
I want to see pics too!
Curious!!
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Y'welcome Jeff.jps wrote:Thanks, Tony.
Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Didn't Wints have an odd-ball mapleglo '69 with a HS?August basses were equipped with HS's. Hi Gains came in late in the year, Nov/Dec.
IIRC, his and my 4000 were sequential serial numbers. IB101 & IB102
Maybe it wasn't original to the bass.
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Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Hey Kevin,
Yes, there were a couple of basses after late '68 that had factory HS pickups, but those are anomalies.
Did your '69 4000 have a factory HS pu?
Yes, there were a couple of basses after late '68 that had factory HS pickups, but those are anomalies.
Did your '69 4000 have a factory HS pu?
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No, it was the Greenie, Higain.
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Re: Restoring ',68 4001
Nice Kevin!