Under the bridge

skweetis_hooch · Post by **skweetis_hooch** » Thu May 29, 2003 5:45 pm

Does anyone have any pictures of what it looks like underneath the bridge when it is removed? I'm trying to figure out what it should look like so that I know what the previous owner of mine did to it.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Thu May 29, 2003 7:13 pm

What happened to your bridge, GB?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:32 am

Great pics, Paul.
The famous 4001/4003 bridge/tailpiece unit, which according to some gentlemen in this Forum will bend up from the string tension... You'll have me splitting my sides, guys.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:53 am

Man, that '72 tailpiece is real strong!

skweetis_hooch · Post by **skweetis_hooch** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:09 am

I'll show you

http://people.ucsc.edu/~gbimhoff/bridge.jpg

banta · Post by **banta** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:18 am

Looks like the guy cut a piece of wood (and not very well) to fill the hole. Should be easy to reverse with another Ric tailpiece since the badass is smaller.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Fri May 30, 2003 12:33 pm

What year was she made? (What's the xx-xxxx derial # on the jackplate?)
I asked because your baby also has a non-recessed treble pickup ring like my '72 4001.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Fri May 30, 2003 12:36 pm

Like this:

skweetis_hooch · Post by **skweetis_hooch** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:14 pm

Its a '76 I believe. Or at least that's whay I've heard. I've never actually tried looking up the serial #, but the last 4 digits are 6233.

skweetis_hooch · Post by **skweetis_hooch** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:20 pm

Yeah, it's been modded like crazy. Aside from the new bridge, its got a different neck pickup, new tuners, and he replaced the rick-o-sound jack with an xlr output.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri May 30, 2003 5:37 pm

what's under a ric bridge?

crud and rust ...

or a pickup