PAWN SHOP FIND!!

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:05 pm

The TI flats that have been on both my '98 and '86 for 2 months sound and feel great to me. They have plenty of high ends for me, in a different manner (shorter, transient, zinginess duration) Quess I'm a new TI flats convert now. However, I'd like to have one of my babies wear TI Power Rounds or RIC nickel rounds when I get another RIC bass, for the sweet piano sounds.

Ah, glad to know you got to Lima safe, Bob.
Do you get online there in an internet café?

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:05 pm

Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing in this thread:

CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS!!!

dougp · Post by **dougp** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 11:52 am

The original owner of my '68 4001 used Fender flatwounds on it (I know this because there was a used set inside the case), without any averse effect on the neck, despite the bass having travelled across the country several times, as well as to the UK & Germany. So I wouldn't worry about using them, but I wouldn't want to stop anyone from playing it safe, either.

wints · Post by **wints** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:43 pm

Doug, any chance you can post a pic of your 68...or link us to where we can see it...

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:49 pm

That's really odd, my '68 had old fender flats as well when I bought it earlier this year, and as Doug commented, no neck issues however the horseshoe output is weak and thin.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:09 am

I noticed that my '77 has a brass nut on it. Is this correct for the period? Or could this have been added on by previous owner(like the Badass bridge)?

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:16 am

added

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:19 am

The brass nut and the leo quan bridge were popular modifications to basses in the 1970's ... neither were stock to a Rickenbacker ...

The brass nut makes a bass a little brighter and harsher ... the plastic nut is a little mellower ... The stock Ric bridge has a little more brightness and sustain than thew Leo Quan badass bridge ...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 7:01 am

Yes Paul I write from interner cafes, which are very slow, and the keyboards are bad a lot of the time but hey, they are cheap here, about 60 cents US. for one hour.
I have Fender flats on a 4001 right now, a 78, some seem to take it and some don't seem to very well, (I know from personal experience), also I wonder if the flats that Fender made before(unless yours are newer ones)were of the older type (less tension with silk wrap). Then again I had a 75 4001 with the old style flat neck, and that neck was a rock, I had med. guage Fender flats on it and it never budged. Fender has three guages too. When I use them I use the med.lights, the mediums are really like telephone lines, they sound good for old fashioned thump though, so do the med. lights, I have never tried the lights.
And yes The TI's are nice and bright and even sounding, great strings for a Ric, especially a 4001 because of the low tension, which for me takes some getting used to.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:37 am

Thanks for the info Jeff! I just picked up my '77 4001 from the pawn shop....it is standing behind me in my office, smiling at me....problem is, I can't get any work done...I will post pics when I get it home and clean it up a bit...stay tuned...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:16 pm

Here it is.....hope these pics come out ok...