Another 4001C64 Tailpiece situational question

cerrem · Post by **cerrem** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:20 am

I reviewed the photos....
You have the "newer" tailpiece, which has more metal/mass to supposely make it stronger than the older ones... you'd think????
BTW: I ordered a "new" 4003 tailpiece from Rick a year ago to put on my 4001... The problem was it already had a lift to it and it was NEW!!!!
Brand new, it did not sit flush on my guitar !!!!
If you want... You can send it to me, I can straighten it so it is as flat as glass... Then I can add the two additional holes with a very clean counter-sink..it would look clean like a factory piece....
WHen I get time... i was working on a mod that will permently fix the tail lift "for once and for all"... It invloves modifying the bottom rear of the tailpiece so that it hooks into a small anchor that is mounted to the body...all this will be hidden under the tailpiece...
Chris

Chris

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:24 am

While you have it Chris, you should do the bridge screw mod and the flipped around bridge mod.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:29 am

"...now Dane is teaching me a new trick...reversing the intonation screws...very cool...."

Dang, I've been doing that for 30 years, thought everyone did it.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:43 am

Next thing your gonna tell is is that the crazy drug induced paint job on your 4001S is 50 years old.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:43 am

Hehe, maybe 5?

cerrem · Post by **cerrem** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:47 am

Well,to be honest....I was first a 6 string guitar player for many years before figuring out that bass is way more fun... Nowadays there a more chics that like bass players then back in the day when it was only cool to be the "GUITAR PLAYER"...
The point i was trying to make is that I was a Les-Paul player for most of the years and I use to reverse the bridge so the intonation screws face the pickups....

Chris