Which Pickups Should I Get For My 4003?

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:59 pm

I need to replace the pickups in my'82 4003. The ones in there now are dead sounding and kinda farty sounding too.

Should I get the toasters or standard pickups? I'd like which ever one is going to give me a nice full tone.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:08 pm

I have tried many pickups in many ric basses ... In my opinion for a 4003 bass you just can't do better than the 4003 single coil high gains wound to 11k ohms ... the pickups are well balanced to the bass ...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:26 pm

I second high gains also although your original pickups were probably around 7.5K and sounded different than the new ones do. You can find good 70's early 80's high gains on ebay here and there.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:56 am

I prefer toasters and horseshoes, but they're all good....except the dead, farty-sounding ones of course

henny · Post by **henny** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:30 am

Go for a hi-gain in the bridge, and a toaster in the neck.

Can't go wrong.

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:23 pm

Thanks. Where's the best place to buy those single coil, high gains (11k)?

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:33 pm

anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:18 pm

4003 high gain in the bridge, HB1 humbucker for the neck position. I love the sound of the HB1's in my 3000's but Marc Seligman did this in a 4001 and says it gave a wide variety of tones.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:35 am

You can get new high gains at any Ric dealer, they'll order them for you. Many of us here use ricsrus.com (Mike Parks) or pic o the rics. Chris Cleighton)

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:49 am

Hi gain or toaster at Pick of the Ricks $95 w/free shipping. Best price I've seen. I just bought a toaster pu from them.

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:56 am

Check that, the hi gain is $75 delivered.