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Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:25 am
by T.A.R.
Congrats Brian! She's beautiful especially being strung correctly
Take your time finding the the RIC pups, but with the RIHS being out the bridge Pup should be easier to find. I recently found and installed a '72 HG replacing a Dimarzio that had live there for close to thirty years, the difference is amazing! Love the 70s HGs!
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:44 am
by ricmic
Congrats Brian, and welcome to the lowlands. Mark
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:10 pm
by woodyng
way to go,Brian! i wouldn't worry too much about the pickups,i played a 4002 with sd pickups for 11 years,it still sounded like a ric should,plus i had multi-coil tap options not available with ric pickups,which i bet your pickups may also be capable of. being able to have the rear pickup on humbucking,and the neck pickup tapped is a pretty sweet sound. Enjoy!
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:45 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
Thanks for the encouragement Woody, Mark and Ted...
Yes I am enjoying having a real bass...
Still amazed at the sheer size of it... The case dominates the pile..
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:05 pm
by johnallg
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:11 pm
by ram
johnallg wrote:
Bass is a REAL man's instrument......
+1
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:21 pm
by cjj
+1000!
Oh, and by the way, they don't seem all that big to me... but I'm 6'5" so lotsa stuff seems kinda small to me...
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:44 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
CJ:
I am 6'4 myself... So I can relate.
But then I love playing my 320, which is very small guitar indeed...
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:53 pm
by superdick2112
Congrats Brian! It's hard to own that many Ric guitars without a bass eventually creeping in there. I see the same thing eventually happening for me, but reversed. I'm happy with my selection of Ric basses (could always use a few more though...), but I keep thinking more & more about a Ric 12-string. I just need to decide between a modern or vintage solid-body, or a C-series.
Re: I just joined the 4001 club...
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:11 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
superdick2112 wrote:Congrats Brian! It's hard to own that many Ric guitars without a bass eventually creeping in there. I see the same thing eventually happening for me, but reversed. I'm happy with my selection of Ric basses (could always use a few more though...), but I keep thinking more & more about a Ric 12-string. I just need to decide between a modern or vintage solid-body, or a C-series.
Richard:
Depends what comes up and is cheap I would think.... Almost every Rickenbacker I have bought (going back to my first one in 1982 which I paid $615 new) was just that I liked how it played, and that I could afford to buy it.
A 12 string is a great guitar - but they are not for everyone. A C series is at least $3000, which is a lot of coin to drop unless you are sure that you will play it... Also I am fond of used instruments myself... I think a few dings and scratches add "character" to an instrument..
But hey that's me...
Thanks for the congrats... I am enjoying the 4001!
