PhoenixMike Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 I found the following on a Rickenbacker bass forum..“Geddy's most famous Rickenbacker bass is a Jetglo 4001 that was built in the 1970s with a Badass II bridge fitted to it”. “The Badass Mod requires some drilling into the body of the Ric and a thin piece of plastic under the BAII bridge to cover the left over areas because the BAII bridges are much smaller than the standard Ric bridge.” I’m guessing he didn’t have the piece of plastic to cover up the gaps around the new bridge, so that’s why you see the gap. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I meant the gap around the pickup, not by the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacklifeson Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I meant the gap around the pickup, not by the bridge. Rics used to have whats called Horseshoe pickups, where metal was bent under, around and over the strings in that position you saw the hole. When they changed to more a "regular design" pickup without that metal, they would put on a plastic piece to emulate what the Horseshoe used to look like. Completely useless and cosmetic. Everyone takes it off and it exposes that hole. These days you can get an aftermarket thing that fits in there and mine even has a thumbrest on it. http://www.rickresource.com/stt-research/horseshoe.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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