Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

of a White 1977 481 slant fret!

RIC number 7!

DriftSpace wrote:Hooray for head-stock binding, and BH BT!
We sort of match...

Right up my alley! Nice!

jps wrote:Cool, but I was asking if Larry did the R inlay himself, or had an inlay artist do that?

Oh ok, you were never this specific. You will have to ask Larry.

I would have had this guitar made completely from scratch but a ghost guitar would be illegal.
There's no legal issue if it's for personal use; the legality becomes an issue when you attempt to sell an instrument which did not originate in the RIC factory, and you advertise it as a Rickenbacker ...

Oh yeah, and finally, he reduced the back of the neck for a lower profile.

I would have had this guitar made completely from scratch but a ghost guitar would be illegal. So a donor guitar was required. I also gave the factory first crack at it but as we all know they don't do custom work... Except one offs and if you are famous enough. The black pick guard was from ...

He also removed the body. Extended the neck. Created a new solid body. Cut the sound hole through. Bound the body and sound hole front and back. Cut out the ramp. Installed my "R." Cut the electronics chamber and pickup slots. Installed the original pickups plus the one I sent him extra. Installed ...

Just curious as to whether Larry did the inlays himself, that's all; no hidden agenda here.
He removed the bubinga fret board and replaced in with an ebony one. So, yes he did the inlay work, cut the fret grooves, installed the stainless frets added the black and the white binding. Installed and ...

jps wrote:Just curious as to whether Larry did the inlays himself, that's all; no hidden agenda here.

Larry hand poured the neck inlays.

jps wrote:I was referring to the inlay work, I know he built the guitar for you.

Why do you ask?

John Hall once said "It's a real Rickenbacker as long as at least 50% of the original substrate is left". By that standard, this guitar isn't really a Rickenbacker. Larry did an incredible job of duplicating the body of one though. It's more of a Larrybacker.

Well that's Mr. Halls opinion. There ...

rickyfricky wrote:WOW!!

That is a Work of Art.

Congrats.

Thanks!

As usual, awesome work from Larry, but why wouldn't you keep the original body with a chambered section glued into the back? Doing it this way has gotta make it heavier than a Les Paul, but more importantly, there isn't much original RIC wood left.

Yes, 9.9 pounds. And no there is not... The back ...

jps wrote:

Matt Clark wrote:It's an ebony inlay.

That is very cool. Nice work, did Larry do it, himself?

Larry did this at my request. I sent him a standard 330 to convert.

If you want to see a gallery of the process go to my Facebook album...

https://m.facebook.com/MattaKatt/albums ... =bookmarks

The body was removed, the neck extended and a solid body added back on.

The bubinga finger board was removed and replaced by ebony.