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Greetings Paul

Welcome to the group!!! not sure as the total number of 3000's made, but, since you have 2 and I have 1 there is definatly 3 of them :lol:

I have a 76 mapleglo, I love it also.!!!! I have Rotosound Flats on it it sounds great!!!!!! Also mine has the raised letters and made in USA ...

Good luck tracking one down.

The 3001 is a heavy sucker, for sure. But a great neck, and a great sound.

Back to earlier posts by StoneRose about having trouble tuning the open E string on the 3000 (short-scale): (1) this is trickier, in my experience, with short-scale basses in general, and I ...

Only one thing irritates me about it, the E string. When tuning, every other string is good as gold, the E string however, is a b*****d to tune. Anyone else had a similar problem?


So, do you mean your E string tuner takes a lot more force to turn than the other three? A couple of my 70's Ricks ...

The only 3000's that I've seen any documentation on were made in 1976. Is anyone aware whether they were all produced at that time?

I've been gassing for a 3000 but they are really hard to find. I even built a 3000-inspired shortie just for the hell of it (but I won't hijack the thread with that ...

If it had frets it would be mine already! Love that BlueBoy

Nah mate, the mute is nowhere near. Could it be the nut? Fractionally too wide a groove for the string prehaps?

Just to let you know the flats are now fitted and no neck adjustment was required. I also dropped in a new mute pad while I was at it. My 3000 plays like a dream, apart from the fact that my E string seems to have much less sustain (and a muddy tone) compared to the rest of the strings. Anyone have ...

Thank you for such a warm welcoming. Now the learning curve begins. What's a toaster? :D
It's a pickup. And one that I would seriously consider getting if I were you. I got my toaster the same day I got my 4003, but didn't fit it straight away. The sound of the bass as it was with the original hi ...

Thanks Jeff. Yeah the 3000 is a '76 so it has the old rods. Gonna have a go at the weekend. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again to everyone for your helpfull advice.

basjac wrote:

Nice. Very nice. Looks just like my 4003 exept mine has a toaster in the neck. I cant wait for mine to age a little. Hope it brings you as much joy as mine does.

Wow guys thanks very much for the replies, very helpful. I've never done neck adjustments on my Ricks before. Does it require a special tool?

Thanks for the replies. The flats I found for my 3000 are NOS Rickenbacker 3/4 bass strings.The original box is gone and the strings are in the original paper sleeves but with no tension figures. Tryed to contact Ric with no joy. The strings coming off are Rotosound Rounds (I think).

Hi. I want to change strings from rounds to flats of the same guage. Do you think I will need to do any truss rod adjustments? Also on the subject of strings, does anyone know how far past the machine head I should cut the strings? I cut them way short last time! :oops: Any helpful advice would be ...

Nice one buddy. Didn't know I could get these diagrams from the Ric site. Much appreciated.

Hi all.
In the past this forum and the official Ric one have provided me with the answers to many Ric related questions, eliminating the need to ask these questions myself,however, now i'm stuck so it's first post time.
So I just got my new pickguard for my '76 3000. Off with the broken one, swap ...