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You need to get the TRC sorted out on that!

Too right!

Thanks for that info re. scale length! (Yes, I didn't mention the doublenecks...) 🙂

Thanks for that - it's more than double the winning bid of the one on ebay, though.

Yes, bolt-ons are worth less than a thru-neck.

it's a very similar colour to my '72.

The bolt-on neck ones are inferior in the sense of being an accurate copy of a Ric thru-neck. Some of them can be (even) weaker than a Ric at the join, because the wood there is pretty thin and the overlap isn't that much; OTOH, there are real Ric set-neck (ie. glued on) 4001 & 4000 basses too. The bolt-on neck ones are also all (I think!) 34" scale, as opposed to a real Ric's 33.25".

@stewblack If you do decide to give up on doing it yourself (but I hope you do sort it on your own), there are a couple of fine folk in the FB fakers group who may be able to work wonders on it. It's a £500+ instrument (when in working order). I'm not sure if you already know this, but the Ric 4001 basses' truss-rods will collapse if you just tighten them as you would a Fender or most other guitars, as the stop block at the end under the nut folds in on itself; the result is the fingerboard separates from the neck. Yours looks like it might've possibly been the result of over-tightening, though it is a different design. Incidentally, the 4001's truss-rod system isn't necessarily a bad design, provided you follow the instructions and flex the neck to position and then turn the adjuster to hold it in place; the issue is assuming it works like other guitars, when there weren't may brands around in the 1950s...

Nice stick, but musically challenged...

I put in my max. bid on ebay and somebody beat me at the end.

Needs more precision, especially in the spacing on the front row there!

No - get it done ASAP, godammit!

Ouch! (But funny!)

I think the first single truss-rod bass was the original AC.

Ah yes - the Ibby with the re-purposed EB3 pickups!

I've got a Teisco guitar and its pickup is duff. Pending repair, I've put in a Strat one; I had to make a conversion surround to fit it. Despite being awful plywood toot, the guitar sounds rather good!

More for the next Bass Bash? (Assuming there is one...)

Hmm - a real Ric is 33.25" scale, as were some of the copies (I have one), but Fenders and a lot of Ric copies were 34", so it looks like this truss-rod may be that. Apologies if I didn't pick up on that before! I'd check the distance from the centre of the 3 screw holes under where the bridge saddles sit to the very end of the fingerboard at the headstock.

Nope - don't like the fake Fender logo - why not get something made with your own logo?

FYI, my mandotar with its 8 strings. I do need to get 4 extra string holes drilled into the end of the baseplate, as having two through the same hole tends to pull the saddles off-line. I think that would be needed for a bass, as it won't fit the extra strings through the same hole. Back to the project here, a Precision neck to make it a Fenderbird - that'd be fun. I also don't think it'll need a wider neck for an 8-string. (On another wander slightly off-topic, but relevant re. neck width; I've got a 4-5 string conversion kit to convert a Precision to a 5-string; I wouldn't be getting a wider neck for that.)

I think they're a set up in Japan who sell on Chickenbackers.

Faeries at the bottom of the garden did it!

I've twice played one of those 8-string Alembics: once at the UMIST Students Union and once in a bass shop in Romford.

I've some of that work before. As for faux relic - I think it looks stupid!