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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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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?
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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
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?
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jps wrote:
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
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?
Jeff, August basses were equipped with HS's. Hi Gains came in late in the year, Nov/Dec.
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Thanks, Tony.
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opticnerve wrote:Can you post some pics of your bass?
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I was less than a month old in August 1968.
I want to see pics too!
Curious!!
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jps wrote:Thanks, Tony.
Y'welcome Jeff.
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August basses were equipped with HS's. Hi Gains came in late in the year, Nov/Dec.
Didn't Wints have an odd-ball mapleglo '69 with a HS?
IIRC, his and my 4000 were sequential serial numbers. IB101 & IB102

Maybe it wasn't original to the bass.
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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?
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No, it was the Greenie, Higain.
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Nice Kevin!
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