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Ok great, i understand! I've consulted with some others as well so i have a couple of options, but i find your suggestions make a lot of sense.
I'll try first with the heat and chisel, plan B to saw through the shim then. Hopefully i'll manage to save this bass.

Thank you so much for all your help ...

This will be a gigantic amount of effort, but sure why not.
It's not like you can make is worse at this point. :)

Here's my suggestions if you go forward:
remove the body wings from the neck (heat ungluing works, but take your time) or just cut them off
plane the back of the neck in the body ...

My condolences, I've never seen a repair like that, sorry to say it but yikes.

I don't understand the shim, at all. That alone causes way too many problems.
Sad to say if I were to try and restore it, I'd somehow remove the shim completely.
That would require cutting out the offending wood and ...

HI

I've had my Rickenbacker 4003 for about 12 years now. Awesome bass... However when i bought it, it had an old neck repair done at the joint where the neck meets the body - the neck had apparently been totally separated from the body at some point. Haven't thought too much about that, i've just ...

Kopfjaeger wrote:$850??? Jump on it. With both feet!!!

Sepp

I personally, would not do that.... actually

I've used it a couple of times but i like to be able to control my sound.
Switching between muting the tone or not (i like some notes to ring) but it's impossible under one song so i just figured it's a lot easier to use palm mute instead.

So.. i don't use it and probably never will.

johnhall wrote:So . . . that makes, what . . . four guys in the world that actually use the mute?

Haha!
It's funny because it's true..

Very nice guitar.

I usually take off the bellplate, take a thin knife and press lightly between the neck and the nut.
To shim the nut i usually take a small bit of wood or sanding paper.

A bit of plastic works aswell.

Walnut is reaally nice.. but a traditional Jetglo is also welcome.. Hard to choose one!

Give us some more information on the restoration.
Is it just pickups and skratchplate?

Looks good!

Those plastic things around the bridge pickup must be pretty good right?

Very nice indeed..

cjj wrote:Yes, an early 4003. You can easily tell by the two parallel slots on the headstock...

Yep.

Definitly a 4003.

I see there are even sub cultures within the white Ric world !! Thats great .... variety is the spice of life !


White with black trim and hardware though.. :twisted:

It sure is!

I mean, this is beautiful (not my one);
http://www.3dentourage.com/425/4003bt%20024.JPG

But the Toxedo is ...