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Are the "ears" rattling in the shaft, or are the shafts (and ears) rattling within the rectangular housing?

I had a bad egg on a '72 where the ear was rattling in the shaft slot, but the tuner itself was functioning fine. My only solution there, having tried crimping of the shaft connection, was ...

Hey all,

I've got a 1984 4003, which is a transition model as far as I can tell. It's got mostly 4001 parts, but with a 4003 PG and truss rod placement (still old rods, too). It's also got the wavy Grover tuners, but it seems they're starting to go on me. The D tuner is sufficiently loose that it ...

I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but just wondering what makes you so positive?

Here are shots my mine, a 1999 4003, a 1981 4001, and the allparts piece. To be honest, they all look fairly similar to me, but maybe I'm missing something? The only thing I can see is that the 4001 has more metal next ...

Also, get a real Rick tailpiece/bridge for the bass! :shock:

Welcome, Michael. 8)

Thanks for the welcome! Glad to be a part of the community here.

Although FWIW, I'm pretty sure that it is the standard Ric bridge/tailpiece that I've got there... As far as I can tell, the early '80s 4003s had ...

johnallg wrote:Only remove enough wood to JUST make the pickup fit. No more, no less. As little as possible.

Gotcha; will do! Thanks for the tip

Am I looking at doing damage to the integrity of the neck-through design, or is it something else?

Guys, I need to seriously drop a big thank you to everyone who posted info on this thread. Similar to Greg, I have an '84 4003 that had a totally chewed up set of truss rods. Myself and my engineer neighbour were able to follow the info contained herein and bring my baby back to full playing ...