Set-neck Rickenbacker woes

[Phantopeth]

Hey everyone. My old '80 Rick 4000 is having some serious issues. The set-neck is beginning to pull away from the body; slowly leaning out of the cavity it's glued into. The more string tension there is, the worse it gets, and it makes playing in standard E-tuning a horrible experience, with close to a full inch of action in the upper register. I've spoken to a local Rick dealer/guitar shop about fixing it, and they suggested bringing it in for them to have a look at, and possibly sending it out to Rickenbacker for the repairs.

Anyhow, I started to wonder if I could do this myself. Does anyone here have experience/advice regarded resetting my neck? What kinda of glue to use, wood preperation, things to look out for, etc. Thanks for whatever help can be given!

[Tbirdbassist]

I'd let the guys at Rickenbacker do it for me, if I had no experience doing it before. I mean, I'm sure resetting a neck isn't rocket science. However I wouldn't want to first try it on my quite rare 1980 Rickenbacker 4000.

[scottyg11]

It sound like the neck needs to be reset to the body. If I remember correctly the body on a lot of those 4000 basses did not have a lot of meat in the area of the neck pocket. I am not sure but I think that some if not all of those were routed for a neck pick up leaving to little wood to hold the neck properly. Might want to ask the people over at http://forum.rickresource.com/ They know way to much about Ricks

[spudmaster34]

I would suggest removing all tension and taking it in to get looked at

[duncbass]

I'm having mine reset. I'll let you know how it goes.

dunc