Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

rickfan60 wrote:Are you anywhere near Chicago James?

Hi Ted,

Not too close I'm afraid. I'm currently living in Alabama.

Follow up. I am happy to report that everything is back to normal now! I loosened the truss rod nuts, took a metal dowel and tapped the truss rods at the headstock, each one popped loose and I was able to easily drive them back in at the heal end. My Ric now looks just like the one in the link in my ...

johnallg wrote:Was this neck ever glued to repair a popped fretboard?

That's possible.

I have taken the nuts off the rods, and tried to move them (the rods) from both ends (headstock and neck heal), they won't budge. The neck on this thing is so solid, and it is nearly dead straight with the strings at pitch and the truss rods completely loose, so I only have the truss rod nuts ...

Bump for pic.

Hi guys, thanks for the replies. I'll try to snap a few photos tomorrow, and post them then.

Hi everyone, new member here and new Ric owner. I actually posted this over at the Ric website forum several days ago, but I would like to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge here to.

I recently picked up a 1980 4003 in jet glow and I have a couple of questions that I hope a few seasoned Ric ...