Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

So every Wednesday in April the Atlanta room at Smith's Olde Bar (Atlanta,GA) is offering free beer with a 3 buck cover. My band is playing on the 3rd Wednesday 4/20/2011....even if we're terrible that's pretty cheap beer!

Show starts at 8pm.

Forget about watts....Just buy an amp that goes to 11 and you'll aways be louder.

I use an old (American) Ampeg SVTIII pro head that I'm really happy with. Compact and with the built in EQ gives a lot of flexibility. My only complaint would be the cooling fan is kind of loud :lol:

For cabinets I'm all over the map and will base it on the size the venue etc. I have 2 cabinets ...

I guess if I actually owned a bass that was in pristine condition and worth a ton of money I would keep it protected and never take it to a gig....but once the first scratch is on it the gloves are off!

That GreenGlo is amazing. For personal choice thought I just love the look of Fireglo.

johnallg wrote:Nice solution, Terry. You may have found a side business for around here.

Something tells me I shouldnt quit my day job!

I'm not sure how others went about the repair, but I had really good luck with this plate I made. It's just a scrap piece of aluminium with a channel milled to accomodate the saddle area. After that, drilled and tapped 4 holes for the bolts to hold the bridge in place and draw it back down to flat ...

I'm definately with Joey on the stringing method. Everytime I see a strings sticking out like that it drivers me nuts...the only thing worse for me is when the string isnt trimmed at all and the excess is curled up into little circles! But hey, to each their own

Well, at least he recognizes in the auction that they'll likely be the only ones every made!

HA! Thanks guys for not being too hard on me. My collection is up to 25 basses and 3 guitars and I'm running out of room fast. I do have one space I'm saving for a 4008 though....one day, one day.

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Things I encourage everyone to make fun of:
1) yes, those are 2 (yes 2!) Rudy Sarzo signature basses behind me
2) Camoflage pants...come on, really
3) Aluminum neck striped flying vee
4) My choice of window treatments.

Things your are not ...

Thanks to all for the welcome and comments the Ricks. I've had the 4003 since around '98, Buying the FG may have turned me into a Rickenbacker nut because I keep thinking about getting another one, or two or three! It's a dangerous brand to fall in love with.

Hopefully I can get this adding a pic thing right on the first try....Heres a few of both the 4001 and 4003....now if I can just find a 4008! :lol:

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n614/tlkroon/72RickAmp.jpg

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Thanks guys, I'll definately have to take some good pics of the 72 and my 92 4003 as well. Actually, my 72 was already in the register. I think it was a collected item that someone added from the ebay auction (LG 628), but those pics arent that great and I was able to get the correct wavy grover to ...

This seems like a good thread to make my first post!

It seems like my favorite one to play changes from time to time but lately I'm in love with my new-to-me '72 4001. Prior to getting it I was playing my Musicman Clutlass primarily but I think it may have officially lost it's "top spot" status to ...