Rickenbacker replacement parts

elkmix · Post by **elkmix** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:01 pm

I need a new pickguard and some new pots. does anybody know good places to get these from?

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:07 pm

http://www.ricpage.com

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:45 pm

What year is your bass? If it's a recent model, RIC have replacement guards (link). If it's mid-90's or earlier, a new Ric pickguard will not be the correct shape. Tony Dudzik at pickguardian.com can make you a good pickguard, Don Adamek also does great work. Just don't be tempted to buy WD, they are wrong material, wrong thickness, wrong edge bevel, just wrong.

thisismusicinc · Post by **thisismusicinc** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:48 am

When did they change the pickguard? I have a 98 4003 that need a new guard badly. Do anybody know if a new rickguard will fit?

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:03 am

I use www.pickguardian.com for my pickguards. Tony is awesome. Send him yours to ensure accuracy.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:30 am

A new guard from RIC should fit a '98 4003. I think the cutoff point was in late 1997 or so. That's when they changed the shape a little bit, the corners are more round, the knobs are parallel, and there's a slight "hump" below the switch.

EDIT: It seems to me now that the cutoff point was sometime in 1998. Some '98 4003's have the old guard, others have the newer shape. So it's possible that a recent RIC guard may not fit your bass.

The white guard in the pic is the older shape, over a black one that is the recent shape.

thisismusicinc · Post by **thisismusicinc** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:40 am

Thanks for the replays. I will check with the template I found on the pickguardian page if mine have the hump or not. Mine was built in august 98.