Saddles, String Spacing, and a Ric

SemiDriven · #1 11-28-2012, 08:50 PM

A while back I adjusted the intonation on my '78 Rickenbacker.

Had to turn three of my saddles around since I ran out of "travel room" to get my intonation sounding decent.

After tuning it up, I put 'er back on the wall.

While jammin' away on one of my other basses, I happened to fixate on the Ric's string spacing. Holy batman! I never noticed how a saddle rotated 180 degrees can mess up string spacing.

Any tips (other than selling the Ric, flipping the offending saddle[s] around, etc.) on how right the situation? In other words, what would you do?

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**Ric5** · #2 11-28-2012, 10:32 PM

I had to flip the D and G string saddles on my bridge on my 1968 4001 ... It was pretty easy to do.

pflash4001 · #3 11-29-2012, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric5

I had to flip the D and G string saddles on my bridge on my 1968 4001 ... It was pretty easy to do.

Dude...I have a mapleglo 1968 4001. I love it, but that fireglo is BREATHTAKING!!!! Could you email me a higher res pic of that? I'm thinking of refinishing a mapleglo 1981 4000 and that's the finish I want! That is gorgeous!

SemiDriven · #4 11-29-2012, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric5

I had to flip the D and G string saddles on my bridge on my 1968 4001 ... It was pretty easy to do.

In other words you swapped the saddles (eg. D to G) rather than flipping each of them around?

Nice Fireglow!

**Ric5** · #5 11-29-2012, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pflash4001

Dude...I have a mapleglo 1968 4001. I love it, but that fireglo is BREATHTAKING!!!! Could you email me a higher res pic of that? I'm thinking of refinishing a mapleglo 1981 4000 and that's the finish I want! That is gorgeous!

I sold that bass a few years ago ... here's some pics ... http://www.3dentourage.com/425/68-ric-2.htm

**Ric5** · #6 11-29-2012, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SemiDriven

In other words you swapped the saddles (eg. D to G) rather than flipping each of them around?

Nice Fireglow!

I rotated the D and G saddles 180 degrees. Before I did that the bass would not intonate correctly, especially the G string.

pflash4001 · #7 11-29-2012, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric5

I sold that bass a few years ago ... here's some pics ... http://www.3dentourage.com/425/68-ric-2.htm

Dear God, that's a beautiful bass! That's what I have in mind for my 4000. My 1968 belonged to my grandfather. There's no way I could part with it.