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Re: An undrilled saddle to replace vintage 4001 saddles - help
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:06 pm
by cangaroo
thank you for the exhaustive explanation rickaddict
i'll try to contact the guy asking if he wants to ship here, otherwise i guess i'll buy the saddles from the guy (he's from UK) and i will file them myself
Re: An undrilled saddle to replace vintage 4001 saddles - help
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:01 pm
by gibsonlp
Thanks guys,
There might be some help from Rickenbacker, I'll keep you posted.
Re: An undrilled saddle to replace vintage 4001 saddles - help
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:23 pm
by bajito
I have a lefty '79 4001, and I need to change one saddle, to solve intonation problems.
I found
this part. Will it work ?
And also... I'm from France, so I'm very interested if somebody from uk or us could receive and send me back the piece...
Re: An undrilled saddle to replace vintage 4001 saddles - help
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:33 pm
by aceonbass
These saddles will work IF...they are from the current production and not new old stock from the last production run of these. The new saddles have a shorter foot, which puts the hole in the right place. They are NOT machined, but still die-cast zinc. I suspect they will also work on a pre-73 bridge too.
Re: An undrilled saddle to replace vintage 4001 saddles - help
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:57 pm
by FretlessOnly
I bought several new saddles about a three weeks ago and they are not compatible with a pre-July '73 bridge (screw hole still a bit too low). I actually noted that one of the five I bought had the hole slightly higher than the other three (maybe I got a mix of production runs?), so I kept that one and sent the other four to Eden for his 8 stringer.
I ended using the one I kept and using the aluminum foil trick to take up the space.