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Has anything other than 24 3/4" been used on any of the early Capris and F body Ricks?

Hi guys,
I'm the guilty party. Just got this thing wrapped up after nearly 2 years of work. I tried to stray as far from the originals as I could manage...damn hard to improve on such perfection, though. The neck is bubinga, walnut and maple. Top is Alaskan curly spruce, and back is butcherblock ...

Glad you like it Marc. Sorry to hear about the pickup, everything worked fine before packaged it. I'll work with you to make sure it gets taken care of as quickly as possible. I definitely want to see pics from the photo session. :D

That wasn't me Ricfan60. I'm shocked how many luthiers have the ...

None taken. Here it is without the covers.



I may do a few more later on, I've been getting into bent-side hollowbodies lately, though.

Great to have these links in one place. Anyone come to a final decision on the sandcast bridges? They really look sandcast, I can see some pitting on the top of the one in the pics.

Glad to be here. I've been a lurker for years, but I have some more free time now so I'll be here more often.

Thanks for all the compliments!

That bass is a close as I'd go without expecting (and deserving) legal action.

I'm not an ex-employee, just a Rick phreak. Combos mostly.

-Ed