Recent content by fhqwhgads_2113

Alright, I got the new lignum vitae nut set firmly in place. For the sake of record keeping (anyone have Andy White's contact info?) I will state that the neck width at the nut of my '88 2030 neck is 1.59". My guess is a nominal 40.5mm since Ric has often used mm for some reason. Anyway...

Well that's good to know that this is the original nut, thanks for the info

Absolutely, as soon as I get this new nut put in I'll post a picture. I should probably point out that everything is slightly different: the headstock has maple wings and is a 2030, so the same shape as these new 3030s but I think it's slightly larger; the cover is a different shape, it's...

Ohh that's nice looking wood. I'll keep it in mind for future stuff, but luckily I already have the nut plus some some small left over pieces of lignum that I bought like 15 years ago. I should probably get some nut files as Gunga Din suggested, but I made this nut when I had access to a 3 axis...

Completely agree. I had made a replacement out of a plastic that it turns out is hard to glue, so now I'm going to make a new one out of lignum vitae wood

The nut itself of my picture?

It's a great material. The knobs on my bass are original RCA bakelite knobs designed by John Vassos to help make things more comfortable and intuitive for people operating audio equipment back in the 30s. These knobs have been used by Shadow Hills and more recently a white, injection molded copy...

Oh that's embarrassing, I got the terms mixed up, I should have said bakelite. They're both thermosets but still, I should have remembered that phenolic was the composite one

How's this?

I bought a 2030 several years ago and this is the nut that it had. I assumed it was replacement because look at those slots, what a hack job, but maybe that was more common out of the factory back in the day? Any opinions on if this is actually the original nut? It definitely looks and sounds...

So the thumb screws are these stainless steel 4-40, 1 inch long from McMaster Carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/product/99607A215 And I used this style threaded insert that I jammed into the wood with a drop of glue: https://www.ezlok.com/for-plastic/for-thermoplastic/ezpress-inserts-for-plastic

That's good to know, truthfully I have never owned a 4000 series rickenbacker of my own, only played them briefly in stores or before/after someone else's gig and the lack of solid anchor point for my thumb, at least when playing the E string, has always been a bit annoying. My main bass is...

Love the oven knobs. Speaking of thumb rests, is the little indent on the bridge pickup ring actually a good place to anchor your thumb?

That makes sense, when I first got my HB1s I just had 250k pots, which still sounded good but not quite where I was hoping, switching to 500k fixed it right up

I've been thinking about what you said here and I'm curious about it. What is it about the stock electronics that doesn't work well with HB1's? What does one need to change for the tone to improve?