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Thanks! Will check them out.

Adding to this really old thread so see if anyone can recommend a luthier/tech to work on a Rickenbacker bass in New Jersey? Since Pick of the Ricks closed, I don't know who to trust. My 4001CS has a low G at the third fret causing buzzes. Whoever had it over the years must have had a heavy left ...

I had Fliptops make a vintage-like 4x10 cabinet for my V4B... two, actually. I'm actually looking to sell one. If you're interested email me off list. I don't know how to post pictures here, but here's the writeup:

Fliptops (online store for vintage Ampeg parts/restoration) made this custom 4x10 ...

I like how these clips illustrate how the 4004-sound can sit in a mix. The HB-1 pickups (and in the case of the Cheyenne, the woods too) give the 4004 a different voice, but it still sounds like a RIC. Is it unmistakably a RIC? I'm not sure yet...

I adore my '08 4004L (FG). I'd prefer a more 60s ...

It can be a challenge to hear examples of 4004 basses on record, as it were, but in Paul Weller's recent live appearances his bass player (Andy Lewis) can be seen rocking a 4004 bass - a Cheyenne, I think, in Montezuma Brown. Currently on his home page (http://www.paulweller.com) there's a video ...

Angelo,

Glad to hear the v63 went to a good home! I bought that bass new from Manny's in Nov 1998 and always cherished it. Loved the sound, and the look of it. Having been used to 4001s and 4003s, I never got used to the way in which the horseshoe structured my playing though, and I often thought ...

Thanks very much guys for offering your suggestions about the best di setup. I actually bought an Avalon U5 and like jps found that it sounded best without the eq engaged. But it was always too clean and sterile sounding to me. I managed to find a SIB Fatdrive and tried running that before the ...

Lately I've been going direct with my 4001v63 - into a computer and also to a mixer - for rehearsing and recording. I'm investigating DIs, and thought I'd ask the list for suggestions. It seems the Avalon U5 is a standard. But everyone is raving lately about A-Designs REDDI. That DI is quite pricey ...

My Ampeg B-200R combo sounds pretty good to me. It has a tube pre-amp, and it's plenty loud. If I could afford it, I'd get an all tube SVT. My Ricks have never sounded good through solid state amps. I'm not sure why that is...

I don't think my bass has the .0047 cap, since the sound coming from the horseshoe is quite full and loud, trebly but not tinny. I wonder if any combo amp would work well as a treble amp in a stereo setup. My Ampeg combo handles the bass pretty well, and it's plenty loud for what I need it for. I'd ...

Yes, the plan is to rewire the v63 in stereo, but I need to get a good amp for the treble side. From all the great responses I've gotten to this post it seems that the Bassman would provide a good bass sound but for low volume only. When you guys say low volume do you mean that it can't keep up with ...

Tom, is your Bassman a separate head or a combo? Is there a difference? How many watts is it?

I'm not sure about the .0047 cap... Is that the thing that limits bass frequencies? My bass is a 98 v63, and the horseshoe is very loud, way louder than the toaster. I've never modified it.

I like the small form factor and relative light weight of combo amps. My worry is that that horseshoe would ...

Any of you guys ever play your Rick basses through a 4x10 Fender Bassman combo? I have a pretty cool Ampeg B200R combo but I'm thinking of running my Rick in stereo with neck pickup going to the Ampeg and the bridge pickup going to a guitar amp. Since the Bassman was originally a bass amp, I'm ...