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Hi there, since i'm considering to replace my 4001's bridge, i was wondering if the replacement bridge/saddles is sold as on this photo :

http://www.the-music-connection.com/00831.jpg

if so should i cut the groove into the saddles ? new rick basses are sold with no cut in the saddles ?

Yes you'll have to cut the groove in to the saddles. You can cut them to your string to string distance preference, but also remember to keep the strings over the pickup polepieces as much as possible.

The saddles, and sometimes the entire bridge assemblies, are available on the RIC Boutique. When sold as replacement parts, the saddles do not have grooves. On a new bass, the saddles have grooves cut into them.

Sounds interesting.

There is a "right way" to cut the grooves ?
Suggested shape / depth ?

bassduke49 wrote:The saddles, and sometimes the entire bridge assemblies, are available on the RIC Boutique. When sold as replacement parts, the saddles do not have grooves. On a new bass, the saddles have grooves cut into them.

cangaroo,
i have two sets of nos saddles w/screws available in the rick for sale section.

cangaroo wrote:Sounds interesting.

There is a "right way" to cut the grooves ?
Suggested shape / depth ?

If you are looking at the saddle from the side , I would make the cuts such that they exist on both left and right sides and they meet up in the center at the point at which the string will rest. Basically you want to give it a rest point and you dont want it to have to vibrate against the leftover metal. That sound right?

I have cut many a Rick saddle slot and have found that I prefer a regular old hardware store triangular file to a nut slot file.

cangaroo wrote:Hi there, since i'm considering to replace my 4001's bridge, i was wondering if the replacement bridge/saddles is sold as on this photo :

http://www.the-music-connection.com/00831.jpg

if so should i cut the groove into the saddles ? new rick basses are sold with no cut in the saddles ?

couldn't you just use the same saddles and screws with the new bridge? seems like it'd be easier then cutting out the new ones

Trepsik wrote:

cangaroo wrote:Hi there, since i'm considering to replace my 4001's bridge, i was wondering if the replacement bridge/saddles is sold as on this photo :

http://www.the-music-connection.com/00831.jpg

if so should i cut the groove into the saddles ? new rick basses are sold with no cut in the saddles ?

couldn't you just use the same saddles and screws with the new bridge? seems like it'd be easier then cutting out the new ones

if he is replacing 4001 parts with 4003 parts, the saddles won't be compatible. The new saddles are flat while the old ones had extra material along the sides.