Shaggy

Thanks for the good words guys!

Bit of a speculative sale this one; I’ve had this bass up FS before and eventually withdrew it - being happily resigned to keeping it I spent a good few hundred upgrading to my ideal spec (replacing the previous Seymour Duncan p/ups with Ric ones, fitting cellulose tort pickguard) So essentially; [list] [*]2005 Rickenbacker 4003 FL (fretless) in mapleglo (natural), almost blemish-free; only defect is 2mm ding on rear of body so small I couldn’t get it to show in a close-up pic [*]Walnut headstock “wings” [*]VT tone circuit [*]Fretless lacquered rosewood fingerboard, side dot markers on 1/3/5/7/9/12 etc fret positions. Has always been strung with flats, so board almost unmarked, currently strung with Pyramid Golds. [*]Brand new Rickenbacker bridge pickup and cover just fitted, replacing previous SD. [*]Vintage late ‘60’s Rickenbacker toaster neck p/up fitted. (see how much the new ones cost on ebay, then see how much vintage Ric parts cost!) [*]WD Music cellulose 5-ply tortoiseshell 2-piece pickguard just fitted, imported from the US. This is the proper vintage quality tort material, far superior to modern acrylic. Original Ric opal white p/g included (see last pic), I just felt the white looks a bit bland with mapleglo, and tort p/guards were offered on some vintage Rics. [/list] “Fretless” and “Rickenbacker” aren’t normally included in the same sentence, which is a real shame; they're so playable, the all-maple and neck-thru construction make for fantastic sustain, and the single-coil pickups are wonderfully articulate. The vintage toaster p/up in particular gives a fabulously deep, warm, double-bassy growl. Price £950, shipping on top or collected from near Swansea, S Wales. No trade offers please – this is only to finance purchase of a specific bass. Any Q’s please PM me. Cheers, Greg

PM'd

PM'd re Gibsons

PM'd re the RE-20 Space Echo

[quote name='Beedster' post='914908' date='Aug 4 2010, 01:36 PM']I still have a black surround for the bridge PUP (sorry Greg, I'd completely forgotten I had it, and it turned up in a box the other day). Happy to forward that to whoever buys these if required C[/quote] Cheers Chris, appreciate it..............and black is the new black of course.

Ric cover sold pending P/ups still available

Bump for a snazzy bit of kit, and Oli's a top guy to deal with

Bump and a price drop (p/ups £40 each posted)

[quote name='steviedee' post='907076' date='Jul 27 2010, 01:48 PM']Hi just wondered if these would it an Ibanez rickenfaker 4001?[/quote] Would depend how close the Ibby is to the original (ie; I've no idea! ) neck p/up is; L - 65 / W - 27 / H - 14 mm, width centre-centre of height adjust screw-holes = 82 mm bridge p/up; L- 74 / W - 36 / H - 13-ish mm (on ric-sized baseplate, width centre-centre of height adjust screw-holes = 127 mm) Hope that helps!

[quote name='speedtriple' post='903683' date='Jul 24 2010, 12:21 AM']PMd interested in the pu-cover[/quote] Replied

Selling a pair of Seymour Duncan upgrade pickups for Rickenbacker 4000 series basses; both virtually as new, boxed, with full wiring instructions. Also a genuine Ric chromed bridge pickup-cover / hand-rest that’s in good nick, no cracks, but fine scratching on the chrome – would look just right on an older bass. *EDIT : SOLD PENDING* Blurb from SD; SRB-1n (neck); “[i]This humbucking pickup improves tone and output over the stock Rickenbacker bass neck pickup while also reducing noise and hum. A full frequency, full bodied response is provided by the dual ceramic magnets and special coil winding. The sound is richer and thicker than stock pickups. Four-conductor shielded cable lets you split the coils electrically: in phase or out of phase, series or parallel, with or without humbucking effect. This pickup is a direct replacement and requires no bass guitar modification. Hand built in Santa Barbara, California[/i].” SRB-1b (bridge); “[i]This humbucking pickup provides more sustain, power and punch than stock Rickenbacker Bass pickup while also reducing noise and hum. Dual Alnico V blade magnets provide full frequency, full bodied response. A special phenolic pickup surround is included to improve the appearance of your bass. Four-conductor shielded cable lets you split the coils electrically: in phase or out of phase, series or parallel, with or without humbucking effect. This pickup is a direct replacement and requires no bass guitar modification. Hand built in Santa Barbara, California[/i].” Asking £40 each (posted) for the pickups (best deal on these on-line around £80 each plus shipping), £20 for the cover. Probably going on ebay this weekend.