Billy Apple Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 [quote name='4000' timestamp='1491412543' post='3272862'] Do you mean you added the cap in or took it out? For me the cap mod is taking the cap out on a 4001, although I guess if you've got a Ric without a cap then the opposite is true. In my experience the results vary massively and I've tried it on lots on Rics. My Fireglo 72 still has the cap in, but taking it out hardly makes any difference at all; I suspect it's probably goosed. On my Azure 72 it makes much more of a difference. The biggest difference was on a '76 I had, that was night and day. It went from sounding like a banjo to sounding like a bass. Of course YMMV and the results will depend on playing style, amplification etc., as well as differences in the bass itself. [/quote] Erm, on a 4001 it is taking it out. I can't bypass what's not there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1491414185' post='3272890'] Erm, on a 4001 it is taking it out. I can't bypass what's not there! [/quote] That depends whether it had already been taken out when you got it. I've had a couple that have had the caps already removed, and you can always put one back in (which I have, temporarily), although technically that would be a reverse cap mod. Just wanted to be certain. FWIW, with the exception of my Fireglo 72, which as I said doesn't really sound noticeably different either way, I've always much preferred cap out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 [quote name='4000' timestamp='1491480646' post='3273368'] That depends whether it had already been taken out when you got it. [/quote] Well, then I wouldn't have modded it, I'd have restored it. As I said in my post, it was a cap mod. Other people do know stuff, you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1491482499' post='3273392'] Well, then I wouldn't have modded it, I'd have restored it. As I said in my post, it was a cap mod. Other people do know stuff, you know [/quote] Indeed! they take caps out for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 [quote name='4000' timestamp='1491498125' post='3273565'] Indeed! they take caps out for starters. [/quote] But they comb their hair when they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 That reminds me, must find my flat cap. It's the only suitable stagewear these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 By 'eck lad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 4003s. Inbound, yet unbound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ba Dum... tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio GC Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1491654799' post='3274597'] 4003s. Inbound, yet unbound. [/quote] So true, but so much less then being bound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 [quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1491642489' post='3274468'] By 'eck lad... [/quote] " 'E were a great bassist were our dad"......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 [quote name='4000' timestamp='1491679594' post='3274779'] " 'E were a great bassist were our dad"......... [/quote] "E'd lug 'is own gear to the gig on t' bus, nip back for everyone else's, including t' drummer, play a 14 hour set non stop, note perfect, load out on 'is own while everyone else went t' bar, and still 'ave time for us lot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 [quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1491680229' post='3274790'] "E'd lug 'is own gear to the gig on t' bus, nip back for everyone else's, including t' drummer, play a 14 hour set non stop, note perfect, load out on 'is own while everyone else went t' bar, and still 'ave time for us lot" [/quote] You were lucky - we ended up livin' in a cardboard Ricky box in't middle o't road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 [quote name='scrumpymike' timestamp='1498036461' post='3322075'] You were lucky - we ended up livin' in a cardboard Ricky box in't middle o't road! [/quote] Cardboard box? luxury... sheer luxury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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