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Jingle jangle, that's gorgeous! Can you also do work on the neck joint? It seems like the joint loosened up and there's play in it now. The strings are too high to play it very long, but the tone is great! I'd like to see how much it would cost to get that worked on and then possibly get a refin ...

Here's a nice AFG I did for a customer in Nashville...

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First question-is the bass already routed for the neck pickup. If so,then adding it is a reversable mod,so why not? The main reason the 4000's one pickup is always cited as sounding so great is it is not "saddled" with the capacitor on the 2 pcikup models.
Since this is a set neck,if it is NOT ...

heinpete wrote:I would strongly recommend to keep it as it is (Pic are welcome)! The 4000 sound is still unmatched and not worth to "downgrade" it to a 4001/4003.

And the headstock.

heinpete wrote:I would strongly recommend to keep it as it is (Pic are welcome)! The 4000 sound is still unmatched and not worth to "downgrade" it to a 4001/4003.

Here's a close up

Hi all

I've been following this forum for some time, but this is my first post. I need some help with a decision and I thought some of you here would give me opinions/advice.

I have a '73 Rick 4000 that I still love and used pretty extensively in the 80's (yeah, I'm old!!). It's been closeted for ...