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GHS brite flats (groundwounds) or D'addario groundwounds will probably be the closest you will get to the Dean Markley grounds you've been using.

Guys, RIC published a new price list for 2008 on December 13. You can check it out at http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/pricelist.pdf. I believe that orders made prior to the new price list being published will be filled at the price prevailing at the time the order was received, but it's always best...

G'day Chris, I just registered my Rics. I also have a '72/'73 4001 carcass that is being restored. Unfortunately it came to me without its jackplate. I have since acquired a later plate (a '72 would have cost more arms, legs and firstborn than I was prepared to part with). On completion of the resto...

John, Just a gentle word of caution re adjusting the new neck. I have an '80s MIJ '62 RI J-bass that needed a major set-up on delivery. The neck was extremely responsive to small tweaks of the truss rod. It went from the mother of all bows to back-bowed in two quarter-turns (spaced out by about 6 ho...