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by stevehwgill
Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:34 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: jackplate as indicator of authenticity
Replies: 24
Views: 6139

Re: jackplate as indicator of authenticity

Hello all
Yeah it was quite a drive but completely worth it. Gigged it a week later and loved it completely. It's quite a change for me as all my other basses are 5 string, active and my main bass is a 35 inch scale. So I'm relearning stuff in different positions. Worth it though!!
The band thought ...
by stevehwgill
Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:23 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: Weak e string on 4003 bass
Replies: 9
Views: 3508

Weak e string on 4003 bass

Hi
Well I have owned my 10 year old 4003 for a week now and love it! It got it's first gig with me behind it on Saturday.
I notice the output of the e string seems lower than the adg strings. Have done a bit of research and found some coverage of this as 'a known characteristic' of 4003s of this ...
by stevehwgill
Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:07 am
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: jackplate as indicator of authenticity
Replies: 24
Views: 6139

Re: jackplate as indicator of authenticity

Wow, thanks chaps for your prompt replies on my query! - This has been of real help to me.

Sorry to have been unclear - it is a two output model - it was just the lack of the words ric-o-sound and (whatever the other word is) on the plate that I was concerned about.

The pictures you found - which ...
by stevehwgill
Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:17 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: jackplate as indicator of authenticity
Replies: 24
Views: 6139

jackplate as indicator of authenticity

Hello!!
After many years, I am excitedly looking at buying my first Ric bass. I'm looking at a used 4003 which is privately advertised as a 2004 and is serial number 04 23846. my worry is over authenticity, don't want to buy a fake. its serial is stamped on (punched into) the jack plate - but that's ...

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