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Greetings y'all -

Quite a while ago, I got a RIC 4001, and it came with this bridge. I took this bridge off, and put on a standard RIC bridge.

This one has been sitting in a box for quite a while, and I'm wondering what it is.

Any thoughts?

I don't know who made it, what model bass it might go on, when it was made, etc.

thx in advance -

Richard

That one is not ringing any bells, looks a refugee from the "Geddy put a Badass II on his Ric, so I'm doing mine too" era. I actually went out and bought a Badass for that purpose, thankfully never went through with it. That said, were I to replace a Ric bridge, I'd use a Hipshot. They are easier to adjust, will cover the old screw holes, and look pretty good IMO. Did you buy a bridge from Pick of the Rics, or Allparts? That looks like a decent quality bridge, toss it in the parts bin for some future project.

Parts bin that bridge and go with what fits directly, either original or Hipshot.

I am curious about that bridge. Some names come to mind, including Hagstrom, Guild and Ovation, but Google images don't find matches... yet.

Sir Ricardo wrote:
I took this bridge off, and put on a standard RIC bridge.

This one has been sitting in a box for quite a while, and I'm wondering what it is.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for your speculation, guys. Just to clarify, the bass in question is long-gone, and has (had) a 'correct' RIC bridge on it at the time it left me.

My wondering now is simply about "what the heck is this thing?!"

thx - R

Does it seem to be high quality or kind of cheap? I could see it coming off of an Asian knockoff from 70's. It's hard to tell.

jayfbv wrote:Does it seem to be high quality or kind of cheap? I could see it coming off of an Asian knockoff from 70's. It's hard to tell.

Feels very solid. High-quality.

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