Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

TOM:

As far scratching the bridge to adjust the saddles: I know what you mean. It's a peculiar arrangement. I lay a couple strips of tape (masking, scotch, doesn't really matter) across the tailpiece, and use a thin shafted screwdriver to adjust these saddles. One additional thing you can do ...

Mark,
Tell me if I'm making a mistake: I'm refinishing my 4001S with nitrocellulose lacquer on the fretboard. Is that a mistake? Is it more conducive to cracking, etc..?

Sure....I'd be glad to.

Regarding refinishing....I've been a bad boy, as they say (don't ask who "they" are-- I'm winging it). I decided recently to strip the fretboard on my 4001S (1982), to remove the white junk from the wood pores and to replace the flaky, yellowing clearcoat. Couldn't help myself....I decided to strip ...