Horseshoes Available

[4003]

Placed my order this morning. I think I will stick it on my 4004LK.

Well, probably not. But it will go on my '67 to make it look a little more "period."

[rickaddict]

... I wanted to try one for my 4000,but have come to realize the Higain needs to stay in there,it sounds too good to replace.

I feel the same way about my 4000, I am keeping the Higain, as that is how it was made and it really is a special tone.

A wise move, IMO.

[8mileshigh]

Placed my order this morning. I think I will stick it on my 4004LK.

Well, probably not. But it will go on my '67 to make it look a little more "period."

And then buy an old steel and transfer the shoes over!

[SMR 78]

Well, the day finally came. Interesting about the windings. My C64 horsey is around 10.5k IIRC, maybe 11k.

That's consistent with what Richard told me that these boutique horseshoes will be. I wonder why my C64 horseshoe is measuring around 7K? What year is your C64 John? Could it be they used hotter horseshoes in the first few years of the run and wound them less later on? Mine was built in July 2009.

Perhaps I need to measure it direclty at the pickup to be 100% sure, but I get about 6.8K on the cable with the cap bypassed (I had a push/pull pot installed), so I should only be losing a little bit by not measuring it at the leads.

[aceonbass]

I'll be pairing mine up with an unbuttoned bass hi-gain under a toaster cover. That seems like it would be a better balance to me.

[cjj]

Now, why would I need to buy any more horseshoe pickups...

Oh, I suppose I could put one on one of my 4003s... OK, I placed an order too...

[wim]

I've been waiting several years now for one of these.
Thank God I live in Europe, so I can't buy one.
Great.. just great

[aceonbass]

If you live outside the US, just call your local RIC distributor, give 'em the part number, and place an order. I'm pretty sure this isn't an exclusive USA only available part.

[gearhed289]

Nice. I just ordered one for the heck of it. Maybe put it on my 8 string.

And they sound good in one!

Nice 4008! Always a sucker for white w/black plastic. My first love. I have a FG 4003S/8 with vintage knobs and the toaster. The horseshoe is gonna look as good as it sounds! Not to mention I just got one of Teeder's 8 saddle bridges.

[cjj]

I'll be pairing mine up with an unbuttoned bass hi-gain under a toaster cover. That seems like it would be a better balance to me.

So, what, exactly, is an "unbuttoned hi-gain"? I assume the toaster cover is mostly for looks, or does it affect the magnetic field in some special way?

[aceonbass]

An "unbuttoned" hi-gain is a hi-gain with the poles removed and replaced by Allen screws and topped off with a toaster cover. RIC pickup covers are stamped brass and are therefore non-magnetic.

[johnallg]

Wow...this is something I've been waiting for. If only those would be available for us who live outside of US...
How this modern horseshoe work in 4003 when "vintage tone" circuit is bypassed?

I don't think anyone addressed this, and I'm also wondering: will these work nicely on a 4003 with the push/pull pot? To add one more question: how would these match up output-wise with a fairly new (1 year-old) reissue toaster?

One of the H/S PUs might be nice on my MID FL.

Basically, (bass-icly??) it will sound almost the same as a current higain. There is not that big a difference, to my ears. Both are wound to about the same number of k ohms. Balance with a new toaster would be the same, more output on the RIHS than the 7.4k toaster. Using the push/pull will give the same change as it does with the higain.

[johnallg]

Well, the day finally came. Interesting about the windings. My C64 horsey is around 10.5k IIRC, maybe 11k.

That's consistent with what Richard told me that these boutique horseshoes will be. I wonder why my C64 horseshoe is measuring around 7K? What year is your C64 John? Could it be they used hotter horseshoes in the first few years of the run and wound them less later on? Mine was built in July 2009.

Perhaps I need to measure it direclty at the pickup to be 100% sure, but I get about 6.8K on the cable with the cap bypassed (I had a push/pull pot installed), so I should only be losing a little bit by not measuring it at the leads.

I got mine from a gent in Pennsylvania off his C64, I'm guessing it was a 2004/2005?? bass because of when he bought it and when he took it off. I would think yours is also around 10.5k - next time you have the pickguard off, throw the pup switch to the neck and then measure the RIHS at the gray wire to ground at the switch tab. Or try it with the cable plugged into the ROS jack with the treble tone and volume all the way to 11 ( ).

[ajish4]

Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus....

A very large THANK YOU to JH & COMPANY.

I KNOW what's going to be on MY Christmas List!

[rickenbrother]

Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus....

A very large THANK YOU to JH & COMPANY.

I KNOW what's going to be on MY Christmas List!

You'll get one made of coal!