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The bass player in my band brought his 4001 to rehearsal yesterday........... yikes!!
He didn't do it, BTW!

I hope he got it cheap...

That does make my eyes water... and my stomach turn...

That's hard to look at!

That's probably the biggest damn pickup I've ever seen. :puke:

You actually let him stay?

How'd it sound?

The neck pickup looks like a DiMarzio Model One. I'd be interested to hear how it sounds. That with the original bridge pickup could be pretty cool!

Ooh, I gotta go lay down ...

Actually it sounds pretty darned good, Harry! Still nice and clean and clunky....... who'd have thunk it?

I'm going to take my 4003 to our next rehearsal and see what comes out of it........ although he may not be comfortable with the chunky neck. The 4001 neck is as slick as hell!!

ozover50 wrote:Actually it sounds pretty darned good, Harry! Still nice and clean and clunky....... who'd have thunk it?

It's hard to kill a good rick. Actually I have a theory that the following factors, in order, determine the sound of an instrument: 1) The body (and neck) itself, 2) the strings, 3) the pickups, and 4) bridge hardware, amp and anything else after that. I'm willing to be corrected, but it doesn't surprise me that his bass still sounds like a rick.

I once put a deposit on a Dimarzio Model 1 to put in my first Ric. Unfortunately I then ran out of money (I was 17 at the time) so couldn't afford to buy it. Lemmy had one in his white bass for a short while which was reason enough for me.

That bass looks like it has been someone's workhorse so I'd be surprised if it didn't sound good. I love mods on Rics.....it's nice to see something a little different.

Poor 'ol girl.....she probably never knew what hit her!

hieronymous wrote:The neck pickup looks like a DiMarzio Model One. I'd be interested to hear how it sounds. That with the original bridge pickup could be pretty cool!

That is the DiMarzio replacement for the Gibson mudbucker IIRC.