Never saw this page before…..

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:09 am

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.megabass.it/doc/re_ric_4001_4003.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drickenbacker%2Bchecker%2Bbinding%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

titanic_tony · Post by **titanic_tony** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:15 am

Cool site. A better translation would help.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:51 am

Definitely cool and almost accurate.cool to see pics for a change of all the changes.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:53 am

I want a ric bass with a padouk keyboard ...

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:07 am

Does it say the 4001S didn't get a mute 'til '67?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:47 am

Nice, but he has the truss rod diagram all wrong. The shorter half is on top, that's the part that arches. The way he illustrates it, it doesn't make any sense.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:07 pm

Wow! That's a lot of stuff I wanted to put in my book. Can someone provide the original url for that? When I click on the untranslated button, nothing happens. Probably cached by Google. I would appreciate a hand here, guys.

edski · Post by **edski** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:16 pm

http://www.megabass.it/doc/re_ric_4001_4003.htm

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:20 pm

He has the rod upside down, but he has the priciple correct about how it fails, except it's not the end with the nut which pushes the block over, it's the other end, the end before the block that pushes the block over and bends the rods. Incidently a machinest cut off the threaded ends and welded hard steel for the new threaded ends on one of my 4001's and the block hasn't tipped one bit, the hard steel keeps it upright.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:31 pm

Cool page!

"the shovel comes visibly shortened"

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:52 pm

...and I get to brush up on my Italian. LOL

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:06 pm

Yeah, that sight is pretty accurate and complete, although I do see a few inaccuracies.

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:46 pm

That is a great site, I enjoyed it.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:55 pm

One mistake is that the truss rods were changed in 84 not 80. They just turned the old ones around for the first 4 years of the 4003. Another is the picture of the truss rod is upside down and works backwards than they have it.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:40 pm

There are a lot of inaccuracies but a cool way to show the changes so one would understand.