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A few updates - bass is all fixed up, color coats and clear coats are shot, waiting for the lacquer to harden for buffing. My guy tells me it'll be done in a few more weeks...

Binding is all replaced, color coats on.

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Progress.

Fingerboard delamination fixed.

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Holes in the back plugged.

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I've dropped off the bass with a local luthier who has built guitars for John Oates and Nancy Wilson. It also looks like the bass may be featured in Vintage Guitar magazine, the luthier writes a monthly repair column and he asked my permission to use the bass as a subject for the mag.
Will Kelly ...

BTW - anybody know where I can find a recipe / formula for Burgundyglo? I'm considering either Mapleglo or Burgundyglo (Lemmy vs. Cliff Burton.)
I played around with TransTint last year when doing fireglo.
http://www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com/htdocs/TransTint.htm
http://www.veneersupplies ...

BTW - anybody know where I can find a recipe / formula for Burgundyglo? I'm considering either Mapleglo or Burgundyglo (Lemmy vs. Cliff Burton.)

If I go with the Mapleglo, the black guard will make the bass look quite a bit more like Lemmy's old stage bass. Not that I want a copy, mind you, but it ...

Found a plate. OD 2036, April of '75. And meeting with a local guy to see about refinishing + rebinding the body.

Now I just need a white pickguard, bridge, and tailpiece. Those at least aren't hard to come by.

One final thought for tonight...

It could be that the raised letter TRC is original to the bass...

That would make it circa 1978 to 1982.

Perhaps the circa 74-75 wiring harness was added with the replacement pickup!

That could be what happened... :P

I would restore it to the era of the ...

The four screw holes on the back of the body could be from a "protective" plastic
cover.
The Gibb bass (DH163) had a perspex sheet like a pickguard on the back when I bought it back in the 70s.


What a weird kind of a "solution"! - To avoid buckle of the paint surface (clear coat is quite easy ...

I picked up the 40001 today and it actually plays pretty well! The electronics have been messed with a bit - there are just two mono jacks and each pickup only feeds one. The bridge tone knob is broken and has been glued to the pot shaft, but everything works OK. The frets are in good shape, and the ...

I was planning to keep it.

New to the forum here, got my first Ric ('84 4003 Jetglo) earlier this year and now I'm hooked.

Traded a Les Paul Jr. for this guy. At first I thought the bridge pickup was replaced or repaired but it appears to be a "green" high gain unit. It's obviously been refinished, and the jack plate is gone ...