I would love to see a close up of that Ric 4000. How do you like it ?
I think at one point the 4000 had routing for the neck pickup, just with the solid guard. I guess you could always 'make' one. That's a beautiful bass. And a true "S" model as well! The newer 4001S 'reissues' don't get that right, though many people don't seem to notice.
Aren't all the newer S models neck thru?
Bert, that bass is beautiful! I missed the original thread, what year is it?
S models (4001S, 1999RM. 4003S, 4003S/5, S/8) were in general neck-thru except for a few 4001S's that were 4000 set-necks converted to 2-pickup models. Single-pickup 4000's, OTOH, started as neck-thru's, then became set-necks (possibly when the pickguard shape changed but I'm not sure), until the few last years of production when they built them again with neck-thru's.