matt-bass-sparkes Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 This is for a "toaster"style pickup taken from an original 1976 Aria RE550 bass. The Aria RE550 bass was pretty much a direct copy of the Rickenbacker 4001. The pickup sounds really warm and lovely for nearly 36 years old. I made a couple of recordings of the pickup which you can hear: [url="http://snd.sc/vHEqCH"]http://snd.sc/vHEqCH[/url] The first riff is with tone pot all the way, and then there is a pause, and the second riff is with the tone pot rolled off. I'm selling the pickup as I use the bridge-bar pickup most of the time with my bass, and I would like to put in a replacement soon. The back springs are included, but unfortunately the heads of the fitting screws were too rusty to use again. Also, one of the small screws that holds the pickup onto the plate is missing, but this isn't really a problem at all. £50 including postage. I live in Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm willing to do a straight swap with this pickup for some sort of semi-hard case. I need a sturdy soft case that will protect me bass from being in the van, but that also has back straps so I can carry it across town. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) MB1. I havent seen many 36 year old Aria/ rickenbacker copys to be honest! Any idea how much the bass is worth in its original form before you modify it ? .........I have a feeling somebody will be along with the answer in a minute! Edited December 17, 2011 by MB1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hi! Yea it's a marvellous bass....soooo happy with it as I've always wanted a Ric, but could obviously never afford one! It's a fireglo 4001 copy...check this old catalogue: http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/catalogs/78_diamond/78_aria-diamond_pg2.jpg.html I bought it for just shy of £300 about 6 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 One more bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 £40 now please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 £40 now please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-bass-sparkes Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 bump again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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