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02-02-2013, 11:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | Tuning a RIC BEAD.
Have any of you done this? I want to be able to use my Ric in my current band, but I can't without at least a low C#. So I figured I'd just drop it to BEAD versus Drop C.
I'm planning on some Circle K strings, with a .130 B. I know I'll have to widen the nut slots, which is fine as I have the tools. I'll also be spending quite a bit of time setting it up again and dealing the dreaded intonation....
Any other advice from people who have done this? Did you get favorable results?
Thanks!
Dan
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02-02-2013, 12:05 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | I have my 2008 4003 strung BEAD currently. I used a set of DR Sunbeam 5s. I was a little apprehensive when I did it, but I am pleased with the results. Oh, and I had one of the Hipshot replacement bridges installed. I wanted to avoid having to deal with the original bridge.
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02-02-2013, 12:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Folmeister  I have my 2008 4003 strung BEAD currently. I used a set of DR Sunbeam 5s. I was a little apprehensive when I did it, but I am pleased with the results. Oh, and I had one of the Hipshot replacement bridges installed. I wanted to avoid having to deal with the original bridge. | Yeah I had one of the Hipshot bridges on my last Ric. I didn't have any real issues with it, but I definitely didn't like the saddles moving. I might be switching back to the Hipshot though. The Ric bridge is just such a pain, and it impedes my playing with a pick because of where I play. it slices up my palm. |
02-02-2013, 12:28 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | BEAD works fine on a Rick. Just remember BEAD is less tension on the neck than EADG is. So you will have to back off the truss rod a little.
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02-02-2013, 12:40 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | I like to convert my 4 string Ricks in 5 string basses ... 
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02-02-2013, 01:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | What gauge and type of strings are you using, if you don't mind me asking? |
02-02-2013, 10:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Twin Cities, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ric5 I like to convert my 4 string Ricks in 5 string basses ... | I always thought they were too narrow as a 4!
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02-02-2013, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gurensan I always thought they were too narrow as a 4! | Many people think the Rickenbacker neck is too wide.
I use a carvin 5 strin nut. So they are the same width at the nut as a 5 string Carvin.
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02-02-2013, 10:25 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by willsellout What gauge and type of strings are you using, if you don't mind me asking? | Usually .130 to .045
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02-02-2013, 10:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | Well I set it up BEAD today. had to file the nut a bit but I used .125, .105, .085, .065 strings.
It's not the best B string I've ever heard, but it sounds quite good. I'm letting it sit over night and I'll finish any setup stuff that it needs tomorrow. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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