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Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:55 pm
by antipodean
rickfan60 wrote:It looks like a '75 to me. The neck pickup route appears to be able to take both the 1/2" or the 1" spacing. Most '74s are cut to only accept a 1/2" guard. The worst part is it appears to have been Burg. So many Burgs and Azureglos suffered greatly.
Now you've got me wanting to "check under the hood" on my '74 4001AZ.
This must be one of those stragglers that went out in '75 with Grovers then. If it was Burg, I mourn for its demise, but I still kind of like the beaten and butchered beast it has become.
Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:22 am
by rickfan60
I've seen factory Grovers on an '86. They are reputed to have been backup tuners and were used when the standard ones were out of stock.
Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:10 am
by antipodean
I've seen more Grovers on Ricks in the '80s than in late '70s. I had thought that either RIC had found a cache of them somewhere in a storage cupboard or that they decided to run with Grovers again on the understanding that any quality control issues had been ironed out. It's one of those little mysteries that keeps me awake at night.
Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:36 pm
by cjj
rickfan60 wrote:The worst part is it appears to have been Burg. So many Burgs and Azureglos suffered greatly.
What does this mean, exactly? Is there some reason people didn't like them?
Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:14 pm
by rickfan60
They did not make many of either and for some reason they are usually perfect or totally messed up.
Re: Is this a Legit Ric 4001?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:14 pm
by cjj
Ah, I see. I now have a better appreciation for my '76 Azureglo 4001, battle scarred with chips & dings, but definitely not totaled...
