No more stereo

a1x · Post by **a1x** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:37 am

i'm going ahead and putting a new wiring harness in my '82 4001 when i put a toaster in it.
what is the procedure for disconnecting the ric-o-sound?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:23 am

I put in 2 new mono jacks wired up to where the one mono jack is currently wired ...

I rip that stereo stuff out of every 4001/4003 that I get my hands on ...

2 mono outputs are cool ... you can go to 2 amps, or have a backup jack, or run to outs in a studio, or run one with effects and one clean ... etc ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:37 am

How did I know Jeff would be all over this topic?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:53 am

Did somebody say Mute Pad????

mrmstrd · Post by **mrmstrd** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:53 am

Jeff,

How exactly did you wire it in double mono? Two separate feeds or just wires coming off one jack and going to the other? Or something I haven't thought about...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:05 am

I wire it up one jack mono ... and then run two wires to the second jack from the first ... the way you described it will work and may be better ... Actually all six of my Rics have just one mono out put these days ... my '68 came without stereo, all 3 of my 4003s5 models came without stereo, and my 4004L and 2030 came with one mono output ... I have owned 3 4001/4003 basses that I converted to 2 mono jacks ... Steve Cooper has one of them

mrmstrd · Post by **mrmstrd** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:28 pm

You're a man, if not THE man Jeff! That is both a "thanks" and a compliment. Cherish this as I slave over a hot soldering iron...