Rickenbolters

jblakey · Post by **jblakey** » Fri Nov 16, 2001 8:41 pm

Why were 4080's made with bolt on necks? Were some made neckthrough?

I am under the impression that the neck through design must be a significant part of the natural Rick tone... how true is that?

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 6:11 am

I can only give you my point of view ,as I was NOT on the team that came up with this instrument ,but did work there (the factory ) when they were first made .

For reasons of assemble,and finishing it was done this way .

To hold one of these beasts and flip it around to finish it would be incredibly difficult .It was far easier to hang it by the headstock of the glued in neck and spray it .Plus polishing a double neck is easier if only one neck is attached .

Sustain had no hand in this what so ever.

Tone was assumed to be there by materials and pickups and standard components.

This was purely a manufacturing issue .
JH might have some insight into this ,but he was not there at that time ,to my knowledge.

axel · Post by **axel** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 6:53 am

Then why were 362s'necks both of the gluedIn type? easier on the 360 body shape than on the 4(0)80s?
btw, how many of those doubleNecked 360s were produced?
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markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 4:04 pm

THe bass / guitar vwersions were far more troublesome to handle .

The 12/6 version while both were in fact glued in were easier to deal with .You could actually hold it and turn it ,or hang it from a hook .

I found it easiest to hold the 12/6 version with my thumb in the bridge pickup cavity and my fingers in the control cavity to spray the sides ,the back of the body and the necks.Then I would hang it to get the face .

The bass ,it weighted more .It was just a huge thing to flip around .Trust me .If you run across one .try flipping it around (well sort of ) ...it is not as easy as you would think.

We also were making the 3000 series basses and to just change the headstock (yes I know the fretboard also got inlays and binding) was easy and allowed for this to happen .I think that if those bassses were not being made the neck may well of been glued in .

JH .....any comments?