Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

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I got my Ric last friday and I love it, it's a Jetglo 4003, but I have developed a problem with it. The saddle on the E string is loose when I attack too hard, this is the saddle that controls the intonation, the other night I did have to adjust it, but it moved smoothly and there were no issues, now it move form top to bottom ABOUT an 1/8 of an inch, maybe less but only if I hit the E too hard.

Any suggestions, right now I just have it shimmed with a business card to keep it form rattling around, I'll probably stop by the music store I bought it at later, but if I can fix it myself it would save me some time.

I once had this problem as I also have an extreme low string position too. In my case the solution was to enlarge a tiny bit the hole close to bridge PU that holds the screw in position and to file away a bit of square the saddle part under the screw, facing the tailpiece. Then the whole thing worked perfect and stayed solid in the adjusted intonation position.