My Shadow has arrived
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:29 am
ZI 2528. I got it 4 hours ago. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
Some of you already know the story: I saw it on Craig's List, it had a 3-ply white guard and the seller thought it was "a classic Rickenbacher" and wanted $750. The non-original white guard threw him off, he didn't know it was a Shadow. I saw a black TRC in the ****** pic, copied it to PhotoShop and there were the black dot inlays and checker binding. The guys over at the DudePit confirmed that it was most probably a Shadow.
Okay, here's what I got.
The bass was in poor shape. A lot of corrosion, rusted screws, some dings and superficial scratches but nothing too serious that Stew-Mac polish can't fix (and it did). The bass was probably never cleaned. It was filthy. I took it apart and cleaned it thoroughly.
I threw away the b/w/b guard and put on the black guard I got from Mike Parks. Now the bass looks fantastic. I love that checker binding.
The bass had heavy gauge roundwounds, and a bowed neck. I tweaked the rods and now the neck is straight as an arrow. This system is so much better than the rods in my old 4001. Next I did a quick setup with medium gauge roundwounds: medium-low action, no fret buzz, excellent. I think I'll put TI flats on it later on.
The neck pickup doesn't work. I checked again and again, all the solder joints are undisturbed, but still no life in the neck pickup. Tomorrow I'll take it to a tech to see what's wrong. The bridge pickup sounds great, so until I fix or replace the neck pickup I have a 4000 Shadow... And yes, I plugged the cord into the "standard" jack, not the Ric-O-Sound.
One thumb screw in the mute assembly is missing.
So... where can I find a black Hi-Gain pickup and a black thumb screw?
And how many Shadows were built?
Some of you already know the story: I saw it on Craig's List, it had a 3-ply white guard and the seller thought it was "a classic Rickenbacher" and wanted $750. The non-original white guard threw him off, he didn't know it was a Shadow. I saw a black TRC in the ****** pic, copied it to PhotoShop and there were the black dot inlays and checker binding. The guys over at the DudePit confirmed that it was most probably a Shadow.
Okay, here's what I got.
The bass was in poor shape. A lot of corrosion, rusted screws, some dings and superficial scratches but nothing too serious that Stew-Mac polish can't fix (and it did). The bass was probably never cleaned. It was filthy. I took it apart and cleaned it thoroughly.
I threw away the b/w/b guard and put on the black guard I got from Mike Parks. Now the bass looks fantastic. I love that checker binding.
The bass had heavy gauge roundwounds, and a bowed neck. I tweaked the rods and now the neck is straight as an arrow. This system is so much better than the rods in my old 4001. Next I did a quick setup with medium gauge roundwounds: medium-low action, no fret buzz, excellent. I think I'll put TI flats on it later on.
The neck pickup doesn't work. I checked again and again, all the solder joints are undisturbed, but still no life in the neck pickup. Tomorrow I'll take it to a tech to see what's wrong. The bridge pickup sounds great, so until I fix or replace the neck pickup I have a 4000 Shadow... And yes, I plugged the cord into the "standard" jack, not the Ric-O-Sound.
One thumb screw in the mute assembly is missing.
So... where can I find a black Hi-Gain pickup and a black thumb screw?
And how many Shadows were built?
