Pickup cover for 80s 4003

billy_sacco · Post by **billy_sacco** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:52 am

Hey all I ordered a pickup cover for my recently acquired 85 4003. But it is too big!

I found this out after painting it black and everything. Anyone know of a fix or maybe where I could find on that would fit? Thanks for any help.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:17 pm

which dimension?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:40 am

Uh, that would be the fifth!

redvette · Post by **redvette** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:51 am

Do you mean that it sticks up too high, or what? I think there is only one pickup cover for 4003's and they all seem to fit every instrument.

billy_sacco · Post by **billy_sacco** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:19 am

The whole cover was too large to even fit through the bridge pickup opening. I will measure them both with a ruler and let you guys know the difference. But I tried really hard and it is just too big to fit.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:47 pm

Is yours a faker, perhaps? Did you order it from RIC or another source?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:18 pm

pixs!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:32 pm

Well, I thought the Fifth Dimension reference was funny!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:23 am

oh "Fifth Dimension", I though you were pleading the fifth.

billy_sacco · Post by **billy_sacco** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:10 am

Jeff jeez I hope not. Here is a pic http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3870/rick40038ku.jpg
Do you guys just take the pickup off and the the cover slides right through or is there a special trick? I tried taking the surround apart and putting the cover through the hole the pickup sticks out of and it just got kind of stuck and felt like I would bend the surround if I kept trying. Maybe I am doing it wrong? I don't know.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:02 am

I believe it goes between the pickup and the springs. You need to remove the surround.

billy_sacco · Post by **billy_sacco** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:14 am

Yeah that is what I did no dice. Maybe I will just try to shave some off of the cover see if it will fit. It is just a hair to big. I mean literally a hair. Anyone ever had anything powder coated? The tuners are a little jacked in their age so I though maybe I could take it locally and get the pickup cover and tuners powder coated in one shot. Not sure if anyone would do such a small job though.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:38 am

BT powdercoat;

it would be helpful if you could photograph the cover alongside the p'up (out of the g'tar).

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:31 pm

I've not seen this problem before. Just to be sure, you are installing it according to the bass pickups diagram at the Rickenbacker site:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/bpickups.pdf

I am aware of variations in pickup cover height, but not width.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:07 pm

"Jeff jeez I hope not"

I mean the cover, not the bass! Is the cover an original RIC part, or aftermarket?