Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

yes I can sell you a set of 5 saddles complete with screws that are ready to drop in ... no mods needed and 100% reversible ... e-mail me and I will figure out a fair price ... and if you still don't like the bass after that then I will gladly purchase it from you ... also the 4003s5 has an bridge pickup that is overwound to about 15k ohms ... this can make the 4003s5 a little thick sounding ... sometimes I put a Seymour Duncan jazz neck pickup in the mute cavity and wire it in with the neck pickup ... this adds a little bit more treble bite and it is a 100% reversible mod ...

Jeff,you have mail.

4003s5 Man,absolutely a dream to play.This one sounds and plays awesome I haven't found good use for the low "B" yet except playing blues,but its still new to me.The high gain in this thing kicks.

roll the neck pickup off to about 7-9 range and the bridge pickup will really growl and scream ...

What year is it ... that looks like a 98 or 99 to me ...

Ken currently the saddles are not grooved ... I usually like to put them on the bass to groove them ... I like to get the maximum spacing ... I set the B and G strings about 1/16" to 1/8" to the outside of the bridge high gain pole pieces ... there is a little bit of an art to this ... too wide and you get string drop off and too narrow and you get tight spacing ... here's a picture of the uncut saddles ...

Jeff,Its a 98,and great go ahead and tally up something I think I can handle it.

my girlfriend even commented how full it sounded.

That is one beautiful bass, Ken. How many does this make now?! Did you take some sort of speed-buying course?

Say...if you're gettin' tired of that old, out-dated '72FG, let me know!

I agree about the tone on the S5's. Mine sounds brutally cool. I wonder if a 4003 would sound the same if its bridge pickup were wound as hot.

Sergio?

I actually prefer the sound of my 4003 4-2-5 basses to the 4003s5 basses ... I like 2 11k ohm high gains as opposed to a 7k ohm toaster and a 15k ohm high gain ... but the 4003s5 still sounds very good ... just a little different ... but the 4003 4-2-5 sounds a little more like a traditional 4001 ... that's why for gigging my favorite bass is this one ...

Its a cool bass, Jeff. I'd like to hear you play sometime. Do you ever get as far west as Chicago? How about Kalamazoo or Battle Creek?

nope just southest Michigan ... and sometimes I gig with these ...

4004 4-2-5


4003s5

Jeff ,did you change your e-mail address??

I have an earthlink account and a SBC account and an account at work and a domain www.3dentourage.com and with the domain I get unlimited alias email addresses ...

I just wanted to make sure it was you I'm exchanging emails with.you have mail