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I put this topic also under the "ask a luthier" forum, but I'd like to know some response from you RICbass players:

I own a '98 4003. I replaced the stock PUs with the vintage ones, plus I added the .0047 cap, and the bass is perfect but... there's a odd question I need your response about:

1) when the switch selector of my bass is upward OR downward, the pickup volumes work, everything works;

2) when the switch is in the middle and BOTH volumes are full open, the bridge PU has almost no output (very thin!) and it seems only the neck PU works; in fact, if I move the switch upward, the tone seems the same!

3) but if I turn down (a little) the neck PU volume, the bridge PU starts singing;

4) also, if don't turn the neck PU volume until the max the outputs are mixed well and everything works.

Could it be the neck PU pot or is this a common Ric bass peculiarity?
Can anybody check its 4003, 4001 or 4001v63 and answer my question?
Could the .0047 cap cause this oddity?

Any answer will be very helpful.

Thanks

How far from the strings is the bridge PU polepieces set?I don't know how anyone else sets theirs up[this is the reissue horseshoe PU we're
talking], but on mine[a V 63] if I push down the strings at the last fret, the strings should be around 1/8" away from the poles on the PU coil, maybe a tad farther away.Try this.

On my bass, pushing down the strings at lats fret, they are 2-3 mm away. They are really close to the pickup because I like this tone. Anyway, when I switch only the bridge PU I have a big output! Bu when I use both PUs at full volume, the toaster overcomes the horseshoe.