merit to "washer trick"?

[cangaroo]

^^^

huahuahua sorry but i'm out of a decent drawing application ...

[coolhandjjl]

Damn...why do I read these forums.... Looked at my '09 4003, and it is lifted up a tad.
Something else for me to disassemble and wreck.

[rickaddict]

huahuahua ...

You have a funny laugh, Mattia!

I once worked with a guy from Mexico that laughed like this:

Ja ja ja!

[cangaroo]

just wanted to post that I tried this out and it helped the sound of the e string in a massive way, it seems to vibrate a lot better now. I don't know if it is the result of more contact or if by random chance the bridge moved just a microscopic bit and it corrected something but it seems to make a big difference in the tone. If others have tried it and found no difference then it sounds like this is a case-by-case tweak per the instrument. Very cool tweak

sounds cool .... please show some photos if you can ... i need so bad to improve the e string ...

[jamespaul71]

just wanted to post that I tried this out and it helped the sound of the e string in a massive way, it seems to vibrate a lot better now. I don't know if it is the result of more contact or if by random chance the bridge moved just a microscopic bit and it corrected something but it seems to make a big difference in the tone. If others have tried it and found no difference then it sounds like this is a case-by-case tweak per the instrument. Very cool tweak

sounds cool .... please show some photos if you can ... i need so bad to improve the e string ...

no need, I just got a few thin washers and kept stacking them around the 3 screws until they no longer moved when I shook the bass.

[johnallg]

Damn...why do I read these forums.... Looked at my '09 4003, and it is lifted up a tad.
Something else for me to disassemble and wreck.

A tad?? I wouldn't worry about that. My V63 us up about 3/16" and I'm not correcting that.

[antonius]

Antonius, I experienced the same thing the first time. That was when I found that the area around the back two screws was making contact with the body before the outside edges of the tailpiece. After straightening that out, reassembled and only just tightened the screws, I didn't bear down hard on them. I tried the fit several times looking for "high spots" rocking the piece. When it didn't rock I screwed it in place trying not to over tighten any of the screws.

Thanks for the tips. I had another go and tried to get it so it didn't rock at all. I definitely had the lift at the back completely straightened out. This time it hardly lifted at all when I put the strings back on. Perhaps just 1/2 a credit card whereas it started at 1 1/2 credit cards. I think the thing I did differently this time was to not to overtighten the 3 screws under the bridge. Even though the coins are tight under there I think the downward pressure still encourages the tail upwards. I'm not going to do any more. It sounds fine and I don't want to weaken the tailpiece. I'd hate to have to replace it through overzealous tinkering...

[cangaroo]

no need, I just got a few thin washers and kept stacking them around the 3 screws until they no longer moved when I shook the bass.

very smart !!

[T.A.R.]

I'm happy things worked out. Thanks to the forum, being able to get so many opinions, ideas and solutions adds to the experience . Between Joeys Bassnotes and Teds anatomy section and the forums willingness to help I'm more confident in my ability to do what's right for my bass. Now if I can learn how to play

[paul_yan]

Very cool, Ted. Rick on!

[antonius]

Yes this is a great forum and the help and advice I get here and from places like Joey's Bassnotes have proved invaluable on many occasions.

[Paolo]

So...Tonewise,is it better to use metal washers or a thin shaped piece of wood...if it's wood,what's the best to use?

[jps]

So...Tonewise,is it better to use metal washers or a thin shaped piece of wood...if it's wood,what's the best to use?

Oh goody, now we can start a whole new debate alongs the lines of:

tubes vs. solidstate
flatwounds vs. roundwounds
P vs. J
analog vs. digital
film vs. pixels

Cool, this should be fun!!!

[Paolo]

So...Tonewise,is it better to use metal washers or a thin shaped piece of wood...if it's wood,what's the best to use?

Oh goody, now we can start a whole new debate alongs the lines of:

tubes vs. solidstate
flatwounds vs. roundwounds
P vs. J
analog vs. digital
film vs. pixels

Cool, this should be fun!!!

The choices are endless!! Mahogany,Oak,Pine,Beech,Maple,Ebony etc etc....Steel,Zinc,Stainless,Galvanized,Aluminium,Nickel etc etc.....

I feel a headache coming on!!

[cjj]

No debate here, it should be obvious the best material would be a block of sintered unobtanium...