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I own a 4001 C64 jetglo from 2009.
I have about 4 mm of taillift on the tailpiece.
I took it of and clamped it down as doctorwho suggested.
It took about a week to get it back straight.
After putting it back on and restringing it, the tailpiece stayed
that way for a month or so and returned slowly ...

I had the same problem on my 4003 w. I wanted to put on a
bezel, but after removing the cover i found it the way
you did.
No way to fit the bezel.
I had to widen the holes in the baseplate to get the pick up aligned to fit the bezel.
Broke of the ground wire while doing that.
Resoldering was easy ...

Thanks a lot for your advice.
After taking the whole pickup out i realized that there are to screws holding
it to the baseplate.
I carefully widened one of the holes with a file.
Now the pickup sits straight as it should.
It looks better anyway

Hi everyone,

this would be my first post after following this forum for about three years.
I recently purchased a 4003w. It’s a great bass, and i decided to take of the bridge pickup cover
to put one of these available bezels on, instead.
Unfortunately the whole pickup assembly is crooked.
The ...