Scale ?

westtexasrickenbacker · Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:53 am

Hey Boys,

Good lesson on neck scale. I didn't know all that stuff. Thanks!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:01 am

Yes, that is considered to be the most accurate measure of scale.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:32 pm

Just in case, I have to throw this in: the space between where the ball end of the string fits and the saddles is significant on the 4000 series. I remember someone posting within the past year who tried medium-scale strings on his 4003. Even if the 4000 series isn't quite 34", long-scale strings are the proper ones.

However, I believe that this is off-topic from the original post.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:32 pm

Some Ric advertising called it 33 1/2" other calls it 33 1/4". I measured most of my basses scales and they are closer to 33 1/2"

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:56 pm

Both measurements have been used in product specs but 33.25 is pretty accurate if you measure from the fingerboard side of the nut to the center of the 12th fret and double the result.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:47 am

I've always thought it was 33 1/2 myself, and given that a lot of vintage RICS don't intonate correctly with the stock bridge location, I'd guess that either the bridge was just put in the wrong spot, or that it really is 33 1/2.