A new set of strings forced me to fiinally adjust the truss rods on my 4001. It all went off fine and the neck is now optimally adjusted (according to Joey's Rickenbacker Pages, which have disappeared!) and this allows me to set the action very low which is fine. But.. this fiddling about has resulted in the intonation drifting on the E and A strings. When I come to adjust it I find that the screws are partially hidden as the action is now so low.
Is there any trick to setting the intonation or is it a case of raising the action high enough to reveal the adjustment screws? If I did this, would the subsequent lowering of the bridge cause any drift in the intonation again?
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I haven't a clue about a work-around for the hidden screws though.
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To be perfectly honest, and much as I love my Rick, I have to say that the Hipshot replacement bridge is a much better piece of engineering, if you can live with the way it looks.
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I'm not sure the washers really help - the problem is simply that the strings pull upwards on the back of the tailpiece, as a result of the break angle.
This is my solution...
It's actually made from a piece of Peavey speaker grille trim strip! Just what was to hand and a convenient size. It's notched so the 'ribs' of the tailpiece casting fit down tightly onto it.
The strings now pass through the original holes in the tailpiece, then through the holes in this piece, then upwards to the bridge saddles, so the upward pull is now taken by this.
Completely invisible when the tailpiece is fitted of course - unless you look backwards into the string tunnels.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
That one is so bent that straightening it without cracking it may be difficult, so if you're going to replace it anyway I wouldn't try.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein