NBD: RICKENBACKER

[ryco]

Welcome to the club!!
ENJOY!!!!!!
They really are cool basses! Esp try the stereo Ric-0-Sound = GREAT fun!!

 

[Mo cowbell]

I ordered a deluxe bezel. Can’t wait. No procrastination here bassists!

 

[Mo cowbell]

Help needed. I was trying to use the mute. I was unable to turn the knob ok the control side so turned the other side a few turns and it came out. I was unable to get it to catch so I torqued a little more on the control side thinking I needed to loosen it in order to give the other side some slack. Well...that one came out as well. Now I can't get either rethreaded. Help! Looked for videos but apparently I'm the first ding dong to do this.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Those screws pass through nuts on the bottom of the mute plate, held captive by a little blob of glue. If you really torque the screws, you break that glue bond and the nuts come off. You have to remove the bridge and re-glue the nuts onto the ends of the screws. Its an ill-conceived system I wish they had dropped on the V2, but kept it for the undeniably cool vintage look. The mute can be made to work with a bit of fiddling and sometimes shaving the foam itself, but unless you leave it on all the time, hardly worth the trouble. Quicker to stuff a bit of foam under the strings in front of the bridge.

 

[Mo cowbell]

Oh Judas.

 

[Searay]

The one by the E gets in the way anyway. On the old bridges, the allen screw by the E is also a sharp hazard. Perhaps they thought it would encourage finger use.

 

[Mo cowbell]

Help with Rickenbacker 4003 mute knobs