The Last Bass Outpost

in the bridge cavity there may also be on eof two signature.
Maria (again ) or Cecilia . Both worked in the prep area before the spray booth.

Some other names from cavities ;

Bill - this was Bill Meyers  factory Supervisor.. the REAL  guy in terms of the production .
Ruby - she was a binding scraper.. had long black hair to her waist .
Brian Cery - sander  in the prep area , great guitarist
Dave Florio - did everything in the post woodshop-pre spray booth area
Reggie .. another prep guy ,
Joe Seibert - prep area and  piano player .. very Winwood influenced.
Mike Baccharini- bassist and float worker who was moved around in the finishing building  depending on where he was needed . I found his stolen bass about 6 years ago. a very cool story .

Actually this mod was NEVER done at the factory ... it is however a very common mod done by lots of repair shops.  

I fine tuned this mod by using the steel screws in the body to 'Keep' / hold the height screws in place and to keep the height screws from digging into the wood as you adjust them or from string pressure .

This is only part of the bridge problem.

There is also the general location issue.
If you have a 1970's bass.. you can see a section of wood on the neck side inside the mute area...    the bridge base needs to be moved away from the neck , so that the route is nearly revealed.  This will allow you to strobe the "E" string  (.105")  of any modern string maker.. including factory suggested strings.

This is not an opinion .. its fact.

Maria was the gal who applied paste wood filler to EVERY instrument  from 1973 until 1983

Mike is Mike Molina .. funny guy

"Broken" truss rods in a Rick are simple to fix.
Whether they are old vintage  pre 1985 or the new 'modern' version .

I made it .   I worked at rickenbacker from July 20th 1972 until  Oct 16th 1976

so is there a method of posting photos to this site ?

I will bet money my name is inside that bass