Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

so what all did he do to your guitar?
just a paint job in black is no reason give him this much attention ....at least to my thinking .

These are the old style rods ....the 1950's to 1985 era rods .

The new rods are a single rod .

The single rods are in the 4003 basses that have been made since about 1990 .There ARE two of these single rods per neck as is the standard with the exception of a couple of guitar models .

A J station is similar to a POD

Try this ... select the VOX or Matchless setting for amp ... then set your treble at 3/4 all the way up
The mid at 1/3rd up to 2/3rds up
and the bass ... what ever sound good ... not too boomy .
You will need to play with the mid and bass knob to get the 'tone ...

IN the grain on the back of the neck , are there 'islands' of dark grain lines ? these look like a sort of circle in the dark grain ....

if there are ... that is a problem . THAT is why the neck would not 'function' up to standard .

LOosen the strings up to slack .
Then take the neck and place it on a table with a stack of phone books under the neck for support ...about mid-point .
Now ...tighten the rods up .
Water Displacment #40 is nice cutting fluid for aluminum .... in the future use some oil , something like sewing ...

The body CAN be salvaged ... but you will definately need to wet out the top and heat it .

I do like Dale's idea of cutting off the top .... a Bridgeport mill would do it nicely .
Take off 1/4" ... but not before you make an MDF templete with a 1/4" bottom bearing bit .
This allows you to find ...

AS to what happened to that chain ..it was a law suit by a former employee that shut them down .

They filed bankrupcy several years ago .

Gene I have been asked that question as long as I can remember .... NO I am not

if it's on a Monday ... does that mean 'bubbles and squeak' for all and a pint to chase it ?

And the cost of importing strings that are wound counter clock wise from Australia .. bloody ridiculous !

I'l continue to use my clockwise wound strings .

Looking for more bottom end with those down under strings is futile ..just because they ARE lower made does not equate to low sustaining ...

I got my first guitar when I was 16 years old .. a 1967 or 1968 (memory fades on the date now ) Telecaster .

My second guitar was a Rick 12 string ...I have neither ...wish I knew where they both were .

Third guitar was a Gibson Firebird VII ...what a sound that had ... loved the neck . (Jeff ...

CF Martin , Rainsong , possibly CA , and Larrivee as well as some Asian guitars .

I have used it on some gibson J-160E acoustics , and some of the plastic bridged guitars .... Great results ...they all sound way better than the plastic original Gibson bridges .

I also used it on an Ovation ...

I was responding to John Hall's privious comment .....

"In fact, that's exactly what I have been considering for this guitar, a wood tailpiece. Ebony would be a problem, however, given the C.I.T.E.S treaty and something like Madagascar Rosewood might be more sonically appropriate ."

An answer ...

I sent you an email about this

It comes in black by the way .... and several thicknesses .... it machines great , whether you use standard woodworking tools or milling tools .