geofio

you know i never thought i would say this, but i had blinkers on i always purchased rickenbackers and at £1700 a pop not cheap, i then questioned myself for the first time are these basses worth this amount of money, as the bass i recently purchased 4003 was not satisfying me in the sound dept!!! so i started looking at the fender jazz basses, i was amazed at how good they felt, played and sounded compared to the rickenbacker. i have sold the ric, purchased a 70s fender jazz installed a badas II bridge. what a sound honestly it just blows the rick away, might not be as pretty but if it is pure sound you want the fender wins, and i could almost buy three of those basses for one rickenbacker. i am glad i took the path i did. the most important thing is this bass i have feels right and sounds right thats all that really matters.

been playing the bass for a few hours now and i can confirm , its night and day, before the bass did sound nice but now it is just awesome, i really thought hard before i did this i had a decent sounding bass before the change, and had a fear that i would muck it up!!! but i am so glad i had the balls to go through with it as the bass is now a monster tone , it really is a huge difference, it took a bit of adjustment in the height of both pickups (lowering in fact) tuning is spot on , everything just sounds so much more musical , and to me thats what counts, the reason i changed was it made sense to upgrade something i could do myself , the bridge that came with the bass was ok but there is not much to it !!! with the difference in weight of the badass i was sure it would make an impact on the sound of the bass, i am pleased to report it makes a huge difference, money well spent. cheers guys george

thanks guys job successfully completed , and it was really easy to do , i can hear a difference in the clarity of the notes and i think a bit more bottom end and sustain does go on forever , and it does look cool also, cheers and thanks for the input. george

cheers thanks for you help. george

hi ou7shined, thanks very much for that , thats a relief, what was the biggest difference you noticed with the bridge?? cheers george

hi guys, has anyone fitted the badass 2 bridge to a fender 70s bass, as the bridge pick up has been moved nearer the bridge on these models, and it does not look like much room to spare, be good to know it has been done as i purchased both the bass and the bridge, i had to take it as it was the last bridge available to buy . cheers george

some of my other ricks.

MY RICKENBACKER 4003 JETGLO CONSTRUCTED END OF JULY 2011.

well a financial crisis had struck, but i got over it, so the bass is staying put, it just sounds too good. cheers george

[attachment=90683:P1050229.jpg][attachment=90684:P1050232.jpg][attachment=90685:P1050237.jpg] hi guys, here is my new baby, my rickenbacker 4003 jetglo, purchased her on sunday from guitar guitar in glasgow, i had a choice of seven rics, which i have never seen anywhere, tried them all, this one was the heaviest of all the basses, and a really sweet e string and just felt right so here she is. cheers george