Roger Glover's Ric

[tallpat1]

I was watching VH1 classic albums Machine Head, Roger Glover was playing his 4001 But it has an unusal mod.
two slanted pups. Does anyone know what he did to it ? later in an interview he said he didn't like the sound

"Ritchie Blackmore's recent recollections threw new light on the Deep Purple phenomenon. Now it's time for his long-time producer, collaborator and bassist, Roger Glover, to have his say. Purp freak Gibson Keddie goes in at the Deep end..."

Listening to you, and watching you play that Rickenbacker through that
huge stack of Marshall's with Deep Purple in the late '60s was one of my
influences - that thundering, loose strung Ricky bass 'clank' was a force to
be reckoned with...

To me, it was always too distorted. It was a typical case of the grass
being greener. I'd heard various American recordings on which Ricky basses
were! used, loved the sound and thought I'd try that. But it was always
'clank, clank, distort, distort' - just too distorted really. I always had a
feeling that I wasn't underneath the band the way that a bass player should
be, and that I was competing with Jon and Ritchie in the mid range, and
generally muddying up the overall sound.

[johnallg]

Eh, what does he know....

[woodyng]

yeah,i mean he's playing FRENCH basses these days,snark snark..... ( not that there's anything wrong with that...)

[weemac]

I believe that Roger still has his Rickenbacker and it has been restored to something close to original...
I've seen pics somewhere...

Eden.

[marty]

He did indeed have it restored a few years ago and the slanted pickups have gone, but the replacements are not Ric pickups.

Here's a small article regarding the restoration:

http://rauenguitars.com/js.html?height=550&width=750

[marty]

Here's a pic of Roger taken shortly after the resoration: