Rickenbacker Bass Action Too High?
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Love this! Great solution for a troublesome issue. I think I’ve had more headaches over 4001 basses than any other instrument. 🙂
This is an excellent first attempt at making video’s Dan !
He always makes it look so easy.
Amazing solution. What do you think created this action issue in the first place? Did the wood change/swell over time and actually push that bridge up? Surely the action wasn’t originally like this from factory, right?
Bad neck set from the factory, I’ve seen this before. Once, in the early eighties I even took the neck out, rebuilt it at a better angle, found the same blue paint that Rickenbacker used from Sherwin Williams (had to buy a gallon of Opex lacquer and left the rest of the gallon in Big Rapids with Bryan Galloup when I moved to StewMac 11-10-1986. I should have lowered the bridge instead. HipShot does have a replacement bridge for this situation, and I bought one and it was close to solving the problem, but not close enough. In hindsight I should have lowered the HipShot bridge into the body because it was really nice, would have required a shallower rout. I may do that the next time if there is a next time which I doubt. Thanks, Dan
Great video!
Hi Dan, This is a great solution for the Rick bass neck issues. Thanks for sharing!
Walmart spray paint ✔️
Thanks Dan! What is the little vacuum you’re using?