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This morning I started to get my 4003 back to what it should be: hipshot bridge gone, and the original bridge on!!! To my ears it sounds again as it should be. Are there more who converted back to original?

I wish everybody a nice day!!!

Robin

Excellent job and beautiful wood!!! You've done a good job, and have a nice collection of basses!!!

I have only one Rick; a FG 4003 from 2003, and then some other basses and guitars. I would not touch a copy of a Rick!

I love my 4003FG dearly, but my number one bass has a Squier body (p-Bass), a custom build neck (birdseye maple neck and fretboard) in J style, P/J pups from Bartolini, passive circuitry and I painted it myself. This bass sounds and plays so fine.....

I heard that story too, but I gave them I try and really liked them. They are not cheap, at least not in the Netherlands but hey tone is tone and one needs a good one......

The way I feel it, they have less tension.

I played a head and cabinet a while back while I visited my friend in Devon UK - who owns one. I was not impressed by the sound. No definition and very wooly sounding. Since the late 80's I used Trace Elliot gear and nowadays an Eden WT300 with a Mesa Powerhouse 2 x 10" so yes I'm spoiled - but if I ...

I use Elixers on all my basses and guitars and I like the sound better for bass then Roto's. Beside that Roto's sound dead to me after a month of use and the Elixers last for more then a year. They feel better for my fingers to.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTGTCSGj30

An old videoclip from 1972 from the Scorpions with Michael Schenker and a bassplayer with a Ric, I thought it is nice to share.....

Greetings from The Netherlands!

Nice to have a topic like this! I'm into various sorts of metal and hardrock and delighted it's getting some attention.

Did John Fogerty play a Ric? I saw some stuff on youtube, and it seemed to me he was playing a Rick 330 or 360. Well what do I know, I'm a bassplayer owning just one 4003.....

I have a Status Graphite, and it hasn't got a truss rod at all. They set the curve in the mould for the neck and thats it. It wont twist or bend. Later series have trussrods because the customers wanted it. I think my status is 10 years old but plays as a brand new instrument. Of course does it ...

Are you listed as Squir on the dutch bassguitar forum? Seeing the list of your basses and your avatar you are. Welcome here on the ric forum. I'm dutch too, and come from Heemskerk, near to Beverwijk.

I wish all my musical brothers and sisters a very good 2008, and may the force be with you!

Greg, how does the SD sound compared to an original Ric PU? Always wondered how they sound.