Rickenbacker 4003s Reissue Review

[JakeK]

Congrats on the bass! Looks like Ric hit it home big time in the bass department.

Now, for those 1993Plus pictures...

[lordblackmore]

I've been fan of Ritchie Blackmore since, well, forever. Hence the name.

[bassman4001]

Wow, what a great bass. I received mine this past Thursday and I used it yesterday evening with the praise band I play in. It has such a warm and smooth sound. It got punchy when I wanted it to be. I have been thinking about putting in a toaster top neck pick up but I'm rethinking it. This bass rocks. If you're waiting for yours to be delivered, it is worth the wait!!

[aceonbass]

Larry, would you mind taking a pick under the hood of the neck pickup route? I suspect it may have changed, and for the better.

[Okabass]

Congrat!
Really nice bass!

[bassman4001]

Larry, would you mind taking a pick under the hood of the neck pickup route? I suspect it may have changed, and for the better.

I'll open it up tonight after I put my daughters down.

[bassman4001]

Dane, I posted the cavity pictures on Facebook.

[jps]

Dane, I posted the cavity pictures on Facebook.

Please post them, we don't all do facebook.

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

Dane, I posted the cavity pictures on Facebook.

Please post them, we don't all do facebook.

Here they are

Also off topic - but a few cool pics of John Hall playing bass with Roger McGuinn were posted today as well.

[jps]

Thanks muchly, Brian.

Great looking bass.

Very cool those photos of John and Roger!

[bassman4001]

Thanks for posting them for me. Every time I try to post a pic from my phone to the board I always fail...oh well..lol

[squirebass]

Dane, I posted the cavity pictures on Facebook.

Please post them, we don't all do facebook.

Here they are

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Also off topic - but a few cool pics of John Hall playing bass with Roger McGuinn were posted today as well.

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VERY nice bass, thanks for the peek inside!

And I never knew John Hall was in the Byrds!
That guy gets around, doesn't he?

[aceonbass]

Dane, I posted the cavity pictures on Facebook.

Please post them, we don't all do facebook.

Here they are

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Thanks Brian! So they did change the route for the neck pickup cavity. It's no longer routed all the way through the neck blank to the fretboard! This is a big structural improvement that should help to reduce or eliminate flexing at this point that results in shallow neck angles.

[squirebass]

So, Dane, you're saying there's a chance that the neck pickup CAN be successfully located to the old position without undue stress to the neck?

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

Thanks for posting them for me. Every time I try to post a pic from my phone to the board I always fail...oh well..lol

Well I don't own a smart phone - so I can only be online when at home or sitting at a wifi spot with my macbook. So you are ahead of me.

A trick I learned to deal with resizing pics before posting them here is to post them to facebook first (even in a private album if I don't want my facebook friends to see them). Then saving the facebook version of the same image and posting that here. They are then correctly sized and in a format the RRF can handle within the size and resolution restrictions.

What I like about the facebook RIC groups is the immediate response - people will often reply to a comment within seconds. What I prefer about the RRF forum is that posts tend to be active longer and are archived and searchable - even years later.