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Pickup cover for 80s 4003
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:52 am
by billy_sacco
Hey all I ordered a pickup cover for my recently acquired 85 4003. But it is too big!
I found this out after painting it black and everything. Anyone know of a fix or maybe where I could find on that would fit? Thanks for any help.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:17 pm
by jnbass
which dimension?
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:40 am
by charlyg
Uh, that would be the fifth!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:51 am
by redvette
Do you mean that it sticks up too high, or what? I think there is only one pickup cover for 4003's and they all seem to fit every instrument.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:19 am
by billy_sacco
The whole cover was too large to even fit through the bridge pickup opening. I will measure them both with a ruler and let you guys know the difference. But I tried really hard and it is just too big to fit.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:47 pm
by jps
Is yours a faker, perhaps? Did you order it from RIC or another source?
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:18 pm
by jnbass
pixs!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:32 pm
by charlyg
Well, I thought the Fifth Dimension reference was funny!
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:23 am
by jnbass
oh "Fifth Dimension", I though you were pleading the fifth.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:10 am
by billy_sacco
Jeff jeez I hope not. Here is a pic
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3870/rick40038ku.jpg
Do you guys just take the pickup off and the the cover slides right through or is there a special trick? I tried taking the surround apart and putting the cover through the hole the pickup sticks out of and it just got kind of stuck and felt like I would bend the surround if I kept trying. Maybe I am doing it wrong? I don't know.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:02 am
by ken_j
I believe it goes between the pickup and the springs. You need to remove the surround.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:14 am
by billy_sacco
Yeah that is what I did no dice. Maybe I will just try to shave some off of the cover see if it will fit. It is just a hair to big. I mean literally a hair. Anyone ever had anything powder coated? The tuners are a little jacked in their age so I though maybe I could take it locally and get the pickup cover and tuners powder coated in one shot. Not sure if anyone would do such a small job though.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:38 am
by jnbass
BT powdercoat;
it would be helpful if you could photograph the cover alongside the p'up (out of the g'tar).
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:31 pm
by doctorwho
I've not seen this problem before. Just to be sure, you are installing it according to the bass pickups diagram at the Rickenbacker site:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/bpickups.pdf
I am aware of variations in pickup cover height, but not width.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:07 pm
by jps
"Jeff jeez I hope not"
I mean the cover, not the bass! Is the cover an original RIC part, or aftermarket?
