Ric HB in the neck of a 4003?

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:56 am

Anyone here try this? Seems like it could be a pretty versatile setup - that warm humbucker sound in the neck, with the bite of a hi-gain in the bridge.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:51 pm

I agree - it is a versatile setup. In fact, what you're proposing is the original 4001 premise: a neck pickup assigned to bass and a bridge pickup assigned to treble, right?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:52 pm

Let me re-phrase that: a neck pickup assigned to thumping bass and a bridge pickup assigned to crackling treble - the distinctive Rickenbacker tone, right?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:58 pm

I have the HB in the neck position of my 4001 project and a horseshoe in the bridge position. would love to own 1000 basses with that set up. The tonal range is unmatched IMO.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun May 29, 2005 4:01 pm

I tried 4004 pickups on a 4001 ... I prefered the single coils ...

basshawk · Post by **basshawk** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:28 am

Marc's 4001p has a great voice to go along with the eye candy. Very unique indeed.