Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

sloop_john_b wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:23 am One of the rarest, if not the rarest, would have to be the 4005 Lightshow. Maybe five or so produced?

A friend of mine has two of them the lucky *****! she's a collector

The bridge DOES NOT need to be removed to set intonation on a 4003, however, a lot of pressure against the intonation screw with the right size screwdriver is necessary. One problem with setting the intonation on a 4003 is that the springs under each saddle are often too long, and stack up the coil...

Hi all, Bought a 4003S new in summer 2015. See other recent thread "2015 4003S relief" for a very little bit of history. Setting the intonation on Rick basses can be a pain, it seems. I can't get to the intonation screws on the bridge without stripping the phillips head? That means the br...

Well they did cure it in 85 or 86, the put two additional screws at the back of the tailpiece and it cure the problem, my shadow bass had it back then, problem was that the purists complained about it and Rickenbacker took them out again!
See attached pic!

Bought a 4003 brand new in may and I just changed the string for the first time, I couldn't find any Ric strings so I took GHS, 45-55-75-105 according to the Ric manual. And now there's fret buzz on every string!!!! Does anyone have any advice? I'd like to set it up in a store but have to be sure w...