4001 strap pin questions

Started by Denis, March 11, 2010, 10:11:15 AM

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Denis

So now that I have the 4001 all set up and sounding great, I'm wonder if there's a certain style strap you guy use. The pins on the Ric are different than those on all my other basses and actually look smaller. Will a regular strap tend to drop the bass? I sure don't want THAT to happen!  :o
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Clocks.

Dave W

I don't know how the old ones are, the newer ones have a fine thread machine screw rather than a wood screw. If yours is like this, Mike Parks sells the strap pin for Schaller strap locks with that machine screw.

Denis

Mine has a long screw with a chrome plated pin with knurled edges. Doesn't look like it's something a strap lock would attach to but I could be wrong.


Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

leftybass

That's the way they used to be, same as the mute knobs on the bridge.
FYI, I've been gigging Rics since 1977, with the stock strap buttons, never had a problem.
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Bert

Quote from: Dave W on March 11, 2010, 10:22:06 AM
If yours is like this, Mike Parks sells the strap pin for Schaller strap locks with that machine screw.

Newer ones indeed accept the Schaller straplocks and are interchangeble with the old ones. Same thread.
'68 4001|'73 4001 MG|'73 4001 AZG (PW refin)|'75 4000 MG|'79 4001 JG FL|'81 4001S AZG|'86 4003 MID/BT|'86 4003 Shadow|'86 4003S JG|'88 4003s Blackstar|'89 4003 Grey/BT FL|'96 4003S/8 FG|'98 4003S/5 JG| 05 650D|06 4004 CII BBR||B-115|RB 30||?

chromium

I saw that you can get that Schaller strap lock retrofit for the Rics, but since I had everything else setup with Dunlop strap locks I never bothered.  I just use one of those Levi 3.5" straps with the stock Ric machine threaded pins ('78 4001), and they work fine.  They actually hold much better than the stock strap buttons on most of the other basses I've had.

ilan

Bread clips work great for securing your strap to the button and cost nothing.



Denis

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Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

Thornton Davis

I have a pair of Schaller RIC strap posts available. They're in new condition. Contact me if interested.

The threads on them fit perfectly on your RIC.

TD
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Denis

Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

Bert

Quote from: thornton davis on March 12, 2010, 05:38:50 AM
I have a pair of Schaller RIC strap posts available. They're in new condition. Contact me if interested.
The threads on them fit perfectly on your RIC.


I'm looking for (2 sets of) black one's myself. So if anybody has a link on black Schaller RIC strap locks ......
'68 4001|'73 4001 MG|'73 4001 AZG (PW refin)|'75 4000 MG|'79 4001 JG FL|'81 4001S AZG|'86 4003 MID/BT|'86 4003 Shadow|'86 4003S JG|'88 4003s Blackstar|'89 4003 Grey/BT FL|'96 4003S/8 FG|'98 4003S/5 JG| 05 650D|06 4004 CII BBR||B-115|RB 30||?