Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:55 pm

I like that Jetglo '79.

henny · Post by **henny** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:29 am

Forget a F$nder Squier, Mike - Get her an SX Rondo.

Damned good basses for the money. Easy to play, look tidy - and for the price they don't sound half bad!

http://www.rondomusic.bigstep.com/category.html?UCIDs=940496

$119.95 - Can't go wrong.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:59 am

Joey, I can vouch for that JG. It is a great bass. Jeff made it 100 times better I am sure. He is an artist when it comes to making the electronics sing.....(shameless plug for Jeff)

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:45 am

I had a couple of the sx basses ... they are ok ... slightly inferior to a mim fender ... not bad for the money ... I don't like their current headstocks ...

And the Jetglo 1979 4001 is a good bass ... Jaymi did some of the restoration and I finished it ... Jaymi fixed the bridge ... he took of the leo quan bridge ... I restored the wiring ... it is standard Ric wiring minus the capaciter and ric-o-sound ... and I used 250k pots for tone instead of 500k which means the treble rolls off a little faster ... I also did a good wax job and cleanup on it ... and i replaced some of the cracked plastic and rusty and tarnished chrome ... but what really brought it to life was the GFS 8.5k scatterwound toaster style pickup that I put in it ... so now the bass has the treble bite of the 70's bridge high gain pickup and plenty of bass from a hotter neck pickup ... it can be blended from screaming bite to smooth and round ...

If you don't mind me saying so ... I am getting pretty good at tweaking / setting up / restoring / customizing ric basses ... I did some of my learning on those cheaper sx fender style basses ...

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:18 am

Jeff - Let me know when you get a four string 4003(fireglo,I hope) available that you've tweaked. I'd be a buyer.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:48 am

most of the newer 4003 basses only need a little bridge and truss rod adjustment ... that is pretty easy ... they usually come from the factory with the action a little high ... also most of my basses (ric and fender) need a little seasonal adjustment ... in the winter here in Michigan the humidity goes down and the wood shrinks and the truss rod needs to be tightened and the bridge lowered ... then in the summer it gets humid and the wood expands and the truss rod needs to be backed off and the bridge raised ... also most of the unbound necks need to get the ends of the fret wire dressed due to fret board shrinkage ... I usually have to do this at least once to most of my basses ... on the bound neck 4001/4003 basses the binding will keep the edges of the frets from protruding ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:46 am

I'll give a full report on the '79 after New Years Eve, Jeff is going to loan it to me for my New Years Eve gig. I'll be alternating between it and the Thunderbird.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:52 am

Steve, that would be cool to see pics of, have a great gig.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:28 pm

Thanks Joey, pics will be posted!

timenbacker · Post by **timenbacker** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:06 am

a new twist to the most popular thread here. A short movie file of me playing my ric - last friday night, Ashburn, Virginia

http://furiousgeorgemusic.com/clips/shouldIstay.wmv

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:44 am

Man, you remind me of Alec Baldwin. It's uncanny.

timenbacker · Post by **timenbacker** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:48 am

ROFL!

wish I had his money!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:45 am

Yeah ... but does Mr Baldwin own a Ric, or can he play "Should I stay" .... I think not !!!!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:17 am

Hey, Tim, super-cool clip!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:40 am

Yeah ... but does Mr Baldwin own a Ric, or can he play "Should I stay" .... I think not !!!!

...yeah, but he does or did have Kim BASSinger!

I've never seen that episode of Everybody Loves Raymond , where Ray Plays a Rick bass and sings lead in a band...just kidding, yeah cool clip T!