Strings on a '72 4001

[rickfan60]

I use DR Hi-Beams 40-100 on my '63. If I put flats on her they would most likely be TIs.

[teeder]

I'm using GHS Boomers on my '72 and it plays and sounds great!
Someday I'll throw a set of TI's or Chromes on for kicks.

I assume the Chromes are brighter?

[72rick]

I truly appreciate each of you guy's position on your choice of strings, being such a major part of what helps create that over-joyed feeling of playing Bass especially when it's an exceptional instrument.

I have admittedly struggled with arguments over the crafsmenship and stability of my '72 4001 as compared to later/current 4003's, which led me here and was the topic of my first rickresource thread quite a while back.

I know what you're saying about the Flat-wound feel, having acutally been givin a set of Fender Flats about a year ago to try and still have them on the Bass I built(non-Rick).
My motivation was trying to find a string that my Cello Bow would get better action on. It may be a thing where Horse-Hair needs Cat-Gut to get a good Bow sound on a Bass Guitar!(?)
As far as a normal playing thing goes, they feel good to my hand but not as good to my ear! I'll keep them on and work on the sound part, who knows maybe I'll be in your ranks some day.
It's the one to the left of my Fireglo.

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

Nice collection, Garret!

Sergio, I haven't REALLY played yet, as I am crash-coursing myself on wiring knowledge...as you may recall, I am A) installing a 1976 wiring harness in my '72, and B) an idiot.

So far, your high gain is in correctly, and a quick test with one string gave me an understanding of what your pickup can do. Boy, she is one Hot Potato.

But I'm still figuring out the proper way to connect the toaster, as the harness I bought has no leads still soldered to the pots--looks like it requires "a wire with two wires within it" rather than a single wire...and right there you see the limits of my understanding.

But I'm making progress, and Joey Vasco's online wiring diagram is a great resource. I'll let you know when I've really played it, and the last of it's missing parts (other than old wavy grovers and a repaired headstock) are coming any day now from Ric. Fun times! Thanks, Sergio.

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

I popped some pictures of it into the "History of Burgundyglo" thread.

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

And one last thing, the D'Addario extra lights do not strike me as feeling "loose" at all. I sort of expected them to feel like rubber bands or something, but they are solid with a nice ringing sustain. This coupled with the foam damper that I have never used before offers a lot of different tonal possibilities. What a great instrument.

[rickcrazy]

She is one hot potato, eh?
"She looked good, she looked hotter than Hell, all dressed in satins and lace, I looked at her and it was just too clear I had to get on the case". You know the rest.

[elysrand]

That is a song best reserved for a certain November 1970 lady, not a paltry 72

I cannot guess her name. Too many actresses of that age.

[72rick]

"I Asked Her Why She Couldn't Make Up Her Mind, She Said Babeh', You Don't Understand, I'd Love To Go But There's Something You Should Know, She Showed Me Her Wedding Band"!

"Hot, Hot, Hotter Than Hell"!

[rickcrazy]

YEAH! You got it, Garret.
Hey Elys. "Her name"? Jaclyn.

[72rick]

This may help explain why I know that song so well, Sergio!

[elysrand]

Jacklyn?

Agora eu sei! Angels de Charley, sim?

She is still very good-looking at 59-ish, I think!!

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

What I remember about her is, is she burned me like the midday sun! Oh yeah.

[jingle_jangle]

Garret, no offense, but that is one hell of a clunky-looking Gibbie you're trying to coax some thump out of. Neck like a railroad tie, too!

[elysrand]

That's gotta be a too-youthful Garret in his Age Before (1972 Rick) Enlightenment.

Who else besides Gypson is going to do the environment such a favor? Someone has to recycle all those perfectly good used railroad ties into somethng useful If not Gypson, then Funder!