Thin neck years ??

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:45 pm

"That Chris is a monster!"

Yeah, you have to realize the whole hand was that much larger too - his outlined mine. I just wish I had the knowledge and dexterity behind those hands!

bmwone · Post by **bmwone** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:26 pm

Mark, re the cap on the 73, answer is, I don't know. I suspect it is still in the circuit because it sounds like it is. I haven't checked and probably won't. I generally don't modify instruments at all, just play them the way they come.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:49 pm

You can always just twist a wire lead to bridge the cap. Use thin solid core wire & carefully twist fairly tightly with needle nose pliers around both cap leads. Totally reversible.
No soldering required (I hate soldering!).
Works great, I did it on my 4080 (no mods for her). When I got her I plugged her in I thought: "Hmmm... not bad"
After the cap was bypassed, it was thunderous & punchy as hell.

thumper · Post by **thumper** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:45 pm

i tried a used 05 4003 blue burst and did not like the "chunky" neck, but when i recieved my new jet glow (which was made in february of 2006) i was happy the neck felt thinner.

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:35 pm

I alway thought that I had very small hands for a bass player, now I know for sure my hand measures only 7 1/4". Right from day one I had to 'invent' my own ways of getting around the finger board. Quite a bit of sliding around, but that has become my own style and when I recently owned a short scale 3000 for a while I hated it...!

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:51 am

Bob- my hand size is exactly the same as yours and that explains why I like the early 73 4001 thin necks so much. That is also why I have found that using a 4004 as a five string is the best of both worlds as you get a much more compact instrument that is as manageable as a four string.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:42 am

Mine is 7 & 3/8ths, no wonder I can't get my hand round the big necks! But saying that, I still can't get all my fingers in on a Ric 12 string neck either!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:09 pm

Early 90's up to about 96 are thinner than the later ones if you want the modern sounding problem free 4003's. Almost all 4001's were comparitively thin also, as were the first few years of 4003's. The thickness of the fingerboard has some bearing on the feel also.

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:46 am

I'm pleased with that so with the above statment,my '92 4003 has a thin neck.My mates '01 4003 feels very clubby.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:09 am

the 2030 basses have thin necks ... they have the smallest nut of any Ric bass ...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:21 am

How are you guys measuring your hands?