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s4001 wrote:Nice pair.

Now you have to work toward the full house that, can't say beats....but, augments your pair. Two superb specimens.

Thing with a full house, is eventually you need to get a bigger house.

Please pardon my ignorance, but does the half inch neck p'up position placement make that big of a difference??? If there's a thread or research I can follow, please point me in that direction... Would it be worth repositioning the 4003 neck p'up?

Congratulations on the new addition to your Rick family!!

I only have my experience to go on, but my 68 has a huge rout in it and I've got two pickguards (one with each positioning.) For chits and giggles, I swap them out occasionally. To my ears, it's not a big difference.

bassman7365 wrote:

s4001 wrote:Nice pair.

Now you have to work toward the full house that, can't say beats....but, augments your pair. Two superb specimens.

Thanks! I believe they are superb specimens as well!

I think the next symptoms exhibited for my case of RAS will be a 4003FL, a 4003S/5, and a 4004 Cii (maybe a 4003S/8 way down the road). But none of those are coming my way soon, that's for sure!

Scotty_Guitar wrote:Please pardon my ignorance, but does the half inch neck p'up position placement make that big of a difference??? If there's a thread or research I can follow, please point me in that direction... Would it be worth repositioning the 4003 neck p'up?

Congratulations on the new addition to your Rick family!!

There is a thread about this.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=400339

You'll find that it depends on who you ask. I can't say because my 4003 has a hi-gain, while my 4001C64 has a toaster.

And thanks for the congrats!

Congrats, Jonathan !!! Very nice acquisition.
That's a real nice pair you have there and I echo the comments about a full house beating a pair !!!!
I'm glad to see you have the R.A.S. so well under control and have the several future acquisitions planned out.

If you are planning a little Ricken jam session, where you give this new baby a proper test drive - Let me know !

s4001 wrote:I only have my experience to go on, but my 68 has a huge rout in it and I've got two pickguards (one with each positioning.) For chits and giggles, I swap them out occasionally. To my ears, it's not a big difference.

Thanks, Scott. I would think it would be better left where it is, based upon the harmonics available above the p'up in that position...

coolingitdown wrote:

bassman7365 wrote:

s4001 wrote:Nice pair.

Now you have to work toward the full house that, can't say beats....but, augments your pair. Two superb specimens.

Thanks! I believe they are superb specimens as well!

I think the next symptoms exhibited for my case of RAS will be a 4003FL, a 4003S/5, and a 4004 Cii (maybe a 4003S/8 way down the road). But none of those are coming my way soon, that's for sure!

Scotty_Guitar wrote:Please pardon my ignorance, but does the half inch neck p'up position placement make that big of a difference??? If there's a thread or research I can follow, please point me in that direction... Would it be worth repositioning the 4003 neck p'up?

Congratulations on the new addition to your Rick family!!

There is a thread about this.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=400339

You'll find that it depends on who you ask. I can't say because my 4003 has a hi-gain, while my 4001C64 has a toaster.

And thanks for the congrats!

+1 for the full house, then a bigger house!!

And thanks for the link, Jon.

8mileshigher wrote:Congrats, Jonathan !!! Very nice acquisition.
That's a real nice pair you have there and I echo the comments about a full house beating a pair !!!!
I'm glad to see you have the R.A.S. so well under control and have the several future acquisitions planned out.

If you are planning a little Ricken jam session, where you give this new baby a proper test drive - Let me know !

Thanks, Rich!

Regarding R.A.S., it occurred to me after the fact that my list there only covers the basses. If my guitar playing develops further, a 360/12 and a 330 (likely in that order) join the list. Again, not soon!

And yes, if any kind of a jam session occurs, you'll be in on it! The SCARF group seems to meet up, what, 3 times a year or so for mini-cons and/or jams? We're probably due up here in a couple of months!

Armed with knowledge of upload capabilities for this site, o present for your approval: larger photos!

And the family photos:

Ladies in Red....beautiful

Congrats on the beautiful new Rick!

coolingitdown wrote: I think the next symptoms exhibited for my case of RAS will be a 4003FL, a 4003S/5, and a 4004 Cii (maybe a 4003S/8 way down the road). But none of those are coming my way soon, that's for sure!

But wait...What about the 4005 and 4002?

rickaddict wrote:But wait...What about the 4005 and 4002?

I'll have to be much more financially stable before I even thing about those two!

I suppose I'd want a 4002 before I'd want a 4005. It depends on just how bad the R.A.S. gets.

Ooooohhhhh, aaaahhhhhhhh!