So, you think your bass has tail lift?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:56 am

I'll bet the action was a little high on that one.

gothbin · Post by **gothbin** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:19 am

Still it scares me what it will do to my bass in the future. I used to use elixer mediums, and now D'Addario chromes 50. I have a small gap between my tailpiece and my body..... It makes me a bit nervous.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:03 am

Like I said before I have never seen a real Ric tailpiece bend that badly from just 4 strings ... many 4001/4003 basses have no lift and many have very small amounts of lift ... it is quite rare that this developes into a functional problem ... most of the time it is an aesthetic problem ... and like I said before I don't mind the look of 2 extra screws ... for me it looks better than the pullup ...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:14 am

And remember, as has been pointed out already, there were only three screws holding the fake piece down.
Poor design, not a good or thorough copy of the RIC piece at all.