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Leaving soon for family festivities, but wanna wish all you girls'n guys a Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année 2023. With all your comments, 'pinions and projects, y'all are an inspiration. This club is indeed a special place, even if I don't comment often, I come in everyday to get my Thunderbird-related (and sometimes not so related) dose of happiness and thunder and leave with a smile.

Cheers,
Michel
 
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Bassmike62 said:
Leaving soon for family festivities, but wanna wish all you girls'n guys a Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année 2023. With all your comments, 'pinions and projects, y'all are an inspiration. This club is indeed a special place, even if I don't comment often, I come in everyday to get my Thunderbird-related (and sometimes not so related) dose of happiness and thunder and leave with a smile.

Cheers,
Michel
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And the same to you, Michel. I’m glad you joined the community!
 
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Holiday Birds.
I have a short day at work, then Frank and I are off to my Mom's place for a German dinner, yay!
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PaleAngel_90 said:
No I meant the issue with the bridge, where parts fall off and intonation issues.
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I've been playing Ricks for years and never had any intonation problems nor things falling off :laugh:. If you take all the strings off the whole bridge will come out but nothing goes out of whack.
This is my own idea but I think tail lift is at least partially from raising the bridge too high which makes the string angle go up and increases upward pull on the end of the tailpiece and I've used some pretty heavy strings in my time with them.
I've owned at least thirty of the things since 1977 and have never had more than about 1/16ths on an inch lift which doesn't affect them. They can be a PITA to intonate but once they're done they're done. I loosen the string and intonate like on any bass and then use a little slot head screwdriver, works great and takes two seconds. They're like most basses, they take a while to get used to.
 
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bobyoung53 said:
I've been playing Ricks for years and never had any intonation problems nor things falling off :laugh:. If you take all the strings off the whole bridge will come out but nothing goes out of whack.
This is my own idea but I think tail lift is at least partially from raising the bridge too high which makes the string angle go up and increases upward pull on the end of the tailpiece and I've used some pretty heavy strings in my time with them.
I've owned at least thirty of the things since 1977 and have never had more than about 1/16ths on an inch lift which doesn't affect them. They can be a PITA to intonate but once they're done they're done. I loosen the string and intonate like on any bass and then use a little slot head screwdriver, works great and takes two seconds. They're like most basses, they take a while to get used to.
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Hmmm, Might be bothering you for advice next year if I get to buy a Greco Rickenbacker...
 
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