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Mini-toggle switches are individual pick-up selectors for Neck toaster, custom Middle HiGain, and Bridge horse-shoe.

Gigging with my customised 1993 MapleGlo 4001V63.

I received my copy, pre-ordered on Amazon, a couple of days ago, Paul, and am enjoying working my way through it at the moment. The finished product is fantastic, no doubt reflecting what must have been a massive effort in pulling it all together and ensuring that it came out as comprehensive ...

Great news, Paul – congratulations! I've just logged on to Amazon, searched on "The Rickenbacker Electric Bass - 50 Years As Rock's Bottom", and pre-ordered a copy - keenly anticipating its arrival in due course!

LOL....yeah I have a dozen of those straps and they are on all six of my basses and both guitars......wish there were Ric straps.
No you don't. A Rick strap on the bass would cut hard on the shoulder after half a set.

And John is so right here, I have genuine Ric straps for both my basses but ...

I have a couple of customised V63s, Greg, with additional Hi-Gain between neck toaster and bridge horseshoe, controlled with individual selector switches. Each pick-up is set to a height that balances for output level with the other pick-ups (which required replacement of the original horseshoes ...

This is not sounding like a very happy story – here's hoping for a happy ending...and hey, that's one tough location, Rickenbro!

Received thanks, Tom, and I'll be in touch with you shortly – hope I can be of help.

Cheers,
Ian

A belated happy birthday, Sir Paul – one of the main reasons I wanted to play a Rickenbacker bass!

Hi Tom,

I had to make tracings of the scratchplates on my 1993 MapleGlo V63 and my 2001 FireGlo V63 when having Tony at PickGuardian make up some custom replacements for me to accommodate master Volume, master Tone, and individual selector switches for toaster, horseshoe, and Hi-Gain installed in ...

I'm located in Melbourne, and have purchased numerous items on numerous occasions from Pick Of The Ricks, including a vintage-style case for one of my 4001V63s.

As well as Sir Paul and Pete Quaife, the other magic tone that got me lusting after Rick basses was Bernie Calvert with The Hollies. Check out "He Ain't Heavy", "I'm Sorry, Suzanne", "Jennifer Eccles" and any number of other Hollies hits – no mistaking it when Bernie was wielding his Rick! (a 4000 ...

Same here in Australia, Antonius – and "oh" is a letter, not a number!

Lovely story, Dave, and welcome back to the worlds of live performance, bass, and Ricks in particular! Very best wishes for your wife's friend's progress – sounds like you have an abundance of lovely ladies in your life, and sincerely hoping it remains that way.

Fantastic news, Paul (and about time too, all considered!) Please let us know as soon as it's available, and I'll be mightily pleased to take a couple of copies and a couple of bass time-line posters off your hands! (you wouldn't charge us extra for signed copies, now, would you?!)