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The notorious 'tail lift' on the basses is another symptom of the same problem, it's the crap alloy they use for the castings of both parts. My old 4001 has it, as do almost all of them eventually.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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It doesn't seem to affect 6 strings much.
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Thanks for the informative reply. And I now know where to send mine if they suffer a similar fate!
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I love the instruments, and *some* aspects of the way the company does business - they're not Gibson, for example! - but I don't think they should be above criticism.
Not only black - my ex 360/12 was a chrome one.
But it is true that the black ones are more prone to failure - the chrome plating is actually part of the strength of the part by making the surface more rigid. But in my opinion this means that the material and/or dimensions of the casting are just too marginal for the purpose, if the plating is enough to make a significant difference.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It is a 360/WB and is a 1994 (year) model. The pick ups on this are superb... aggressive but very clear and chimey - different from my previous Ricks. It is a belter, and tuning is superb and stable.
It does have the twin outputs — ‘Rick O Sound’.
Ive added the gold TRC/scracthplate and vintage knobs.
(I much prefer the R tailpeice, which incidently, is affecting my current search for a 330).
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