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Just thought I's put a pic up of her with the PG and Hipshot.

Loving this bass. I'm glad I gave the cap mod a go because it's made me appreciate the real Ric tone. I've got an SVT Pro II, but believe it or not she sounds bostin' thru my little GK MB200 and 115 Eminence cab.. Well thumpy! :D

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The bass is now fitted with a Hipshot and Pickguardian surround. I also had the cap by-pass mod done. This lasted all of 5 mins as all it did was make the bridge pup loud and muddy while taking away all the tone

Well Chaps, I'm going down the Hipshot route. Just had one delivered today. The bridge moving was one thing, but a bigger issue was palm muting. I'm a punk-rock pick playing palm muter, and I'm wondering if it was my technique pushing the bridge back. Also on order is the Pickguardian treble surround.

Right, understood the tension on the strings should hold the bridge tight in place are the height adjusting screws biting in ok or is it so low the screws are flat with the bridge it's self. you should nbot be able to move the bridge at all under string tension.

Maybe this is the problem, where ...

Hi Sean

One of my Ricks also has a problem of the bridge unit moving back ward in the tailpiece cavity. I'm guessing that you have the bridge unit set quite high on the two adjustment screws and a relatively high action, so the screws tend to act as a pivot. You could try adding one or more "shims ...

Sean what do you men the bridge keeps moving backwards??

The bridge sits in the tail-piece and was tight against damper side (what I would call the front). As I've been playing I've noticed the whole bridge unit has pivoted backwards, leaving a gap between it and the damper. I'm able to push the ...

Finally got this back from the luthier. The old screw has been drilled out, plugged and painted blue. The gear tuner screws never arrived from Rosetti/Schaller so I got some UNC12 one off ebay, but they are long and need cutting. In the meantime the gears are held with hex-bolts of the right size ...

Glad it's all getting sorted out! Too bad about the unexpected troubles, though. Still, after all's said and done, if you love the bass it was all worth it!

Regarding string choice, though, I personally use Rotosound round wounds (finger-killers) and I love them. I love a good, bright sound that I ...

I've had comms from Rosetti, they have contacted Schaller, and Schaller are going to supply the right cog screws, so all is right with the world. I should have them in a couple of weeks. The bass is currently with a luthier taking the broken screw out and checking over the wiring and pots. I've ...