An introduction
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:10 pm
Hello,
Just joined today, not sure I know all the proper Ricknettiquette, but here's an introduction in any case.
So apologies if I do anything incorrectly.
I was pointed here from the TalkBass forums, which I have been a member of for several years.
A little brief Rickstory from me.
I'm a former Rick player who stupidly sold his old Rick's years ago, before the internet even!
As I moved on to more strings I thought I would never go back or miss them, I was wrong.
My Rick background, I bought a brand new Maple 4001 in '79, it was nice, eventually replaced the original bridge with
a Badass, all the rage back then. Got it at the House of Guitars Rochester, NY.
Used that bass for many years including school. There I ended up selling the '79 to my roommate to fund an older Rick.
Well I must have had good taste at least. I got the oldie in '81 while I was at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. from another bass student there.
Here are the clues I have, I don't have the bass anymore, but remember it very well.
From help over at TalkBass I have been able to determine a general age range of the older Rick.
60's to early 70's, Maple, 1 piece neck, walnut sides headstock. Checkerboard body inlay, deep mother of pearl inlays edge to edge.
I was told it originally had a horseshoe in the bridge, and the bridge pickup ring was cut down to allow the horseshoe to come up though, so I believe that.
The neck pickup was a post '74 High gain, I assume it had a toaster originally. Pickup and electronic routs are forstner drilled. I got it with wavy tuners, "72- whenever. It did have Rick-o-Sound with 2 outs, but always thought it was questionable as the screws on it were certainly not original. I eventually gave it the badass bridge replacement, and replaced the neck pickup with a High-A. Also replaced the tuners.
Now on to my motivation as to why I discovered this amazing resource here.
The other day I managed to find my old trunk from my school dayz, and much to my surprise, the older Rick leftover parts.
Stuck away in a barn since about '83 I was amazed at all the old stuff I still had, quite a walk down the nostalgia path.
I am aware of the initial number of posts in order to do more research, no problem and it's completely understandable.
I obviously have lots of reading to do here.
Thanks for having me.
Dirk
Just joined today, not sure I know all the proper Ricknettiquette, but here's an introduction in any case.
So apologies if I do anything incorrectly.
I was pointed here from the TalkBass forums, which I have been a member of for several years.
A little brief Rickstory from me.
I'm a former Rick player who stupidly sold his old Rick's years ago, before the internet even!
As I moved on to more strings I thought I would never go back or miss them, I was wrong.
My Rick background, I bought a brand new Maple 4001 in '79, it was nice, eventually replaced the original bridge with
a Badass, all the rage back then. Got it at the House of Guitars Rochester, NY.
Used that bass for many years including school. There I ended up selling the '79 to my roommate to fund an older Rick.
Well I must have had good taste at least. I got the oldie in '81 while I was at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. from another bass student there.
Here are the clues I have, I don't have the bass anymore, but remember it very well.
From help over at TalkBass I have been able to determine a general age range of the older Rick.
60's to early 70's, Maple, 1 piece neck, walnut sides headstock. Checkerboard body inlay, deep mother of pearl inlays edge to edge.
I was told it originally had a horseshoe in the bridge, and the bridge pickup ring was cut down to allow the horseshoe to come up though, so I believe that.
The neck pickup was a post '74 High gain, I assume it had a toaster originally. Pickup and electronic routs are forstner drilled. I got it with wavy tuners, "72- whenever. It did have Rick-o-Sound with 2 outs, but always thought it was questionable as the screws on it were certainly not original. I eventually gave it the badass bridge replacement, and replaced the neck pickup with a High-A. Also replaced the tuners.
Now on to my motivation as to why I discovered this amazing resource here.
The other day I managed to find my old trunk from my school dayz, and much to my surprise, the older Rick leftover parts.
Stuck away in a barn since about '83 I was amazed at all the old stuff I still had, quite a walk down the nostalgia path.
I am aware of the initial number of posts in order to do more research, no problem and it's completely understandable.
I obviously have lots of reading to do here.
Thanks for having me.
Dirk
