Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

aceonbass wrote:The Bart pickup is the same shape as a standard RIC pickup, so it won't fit a 3000 guard either. The guard I have will fit the Bart. I would use the bridge pickup though since it's a humbucker, and therefore has the added option of being coil tapped.

totally agree!

ken_j wrote: I will definitely agree that the SD will not sound like a Rick pickup but if properly wired they can sound good with clarity and not muddy. There is no clank or growl. I have an SD on a 4000 that never sounded good to me, but before changing the pickup I tried rewiring it a number of times and came up with a satisfactory solution. I can understand why many here don't like it .

Talking with Alan Davey (Hawkwind), he has an SD in the neck postition on his 4001. He said it was a load better than the stock neck pickup, but added that it was an early SD, and that early ones were vastly superior to later ones. I've only ever tried the huge SD bridge humbucker before, so cannot comment on whether there was any evolution of the SD neck pickups. Anybody else know? The SD bridge humbucker actually sounded OK, but the bass lost it's ric distinction! It was meaty, but had no finesse!