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HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
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If the problem is a lifting or broken RIC tailpiece, you could use the ICBM remedy. i.e. A bent steel string anchoring plate, hidden beneath the warping RIC hardware.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
A genuine RIC bridge/tailpiece is going to cost far more than the Hondo II bass.
FWIIW, somebody I know locally has a Hipshot RIC replacement bridge that he keeps hoping I will buy. Perhaps, I should ask him to name a price?
The LeoQuan BadAss is a direct replacement intended to fit 4001/4003 basses. If the top of the Hondo II body beneath the stock bridge/tailpiece is flat, the BadAss should be a doddle to install. Certainly, nothing for the Brand R "purists" to get upset about!
That is a very good suggestion.
Another possibility is that somebody who has upgraded an Asian "R" copy bass has the original bridge for sale.
I have seen BadAss 1 and Babicz bridges fitted to RICs but always in combination with an adapter plate.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
@Funkfingers knows someone who *may* part with a used Hipshot in a few weeks, otherwise I’ve not turned anything up on Facebook, eBay, etc.
All that’s on the horizon to date is a used Allparts bridge/tailpiece in the USA (with a seller who’s happy to post).
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
We have a winner.
If H7 has none of those pickups to trade, I certainly do. The Hondo II part would end up with H7 eventually.
However, I currently have nothing which matches your requirements pickup-wise.
@Funkfingers - that’s a very kind offer...
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/