SoCalCon

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:49 am

Gary, Joey, I'm sorry I missed the Saturday and Sunday, there looked to be a sea of wonderful Rickenbackers. I'd have loved to have got to play one of the 4005's, or a 4080. Getting to see the 'Dumpster" in person would also have been great.

At least Katie and Rose got to attend, and hopefully they were appreciated and played. Did any other v63's turn up, or a pre 72 4001 ?

Gary, I'll be back Wednesday, and we can arrange for me to pick up my Ric's. Many thanks to you and Joey for taking care of them for me.

It looked like it was a great event.

We'll start work on next years SoCalCon soon !!

How did the raffles turn out !!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:33 am

damn!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:05 pm

Still working on raffling off the goodies. We are trying to confirm we have everyone who was there accounted for. Any leftovers will be carried over to next year.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:04 pm

They all look purrrty nut what was the nicest sounding bass of the day guys?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:55 pm

Mine! No, all kidding aside, I was very impressed with range of tone on the 4005!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:37 pm

For me it was a close call between my own v63 which I love, and Joey's 89-4001, which had a wonderful slim neck, and that deep ringing piano sound to it, and it was ...Hmmmmm Fireglo !!!!

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:30 pm

Here's my photobucket album of the factory tour. My camera lens was a bit dirty for some of the pictures. I'll have an album of the confluence itself up tomorrow.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v385/ekutzler/Rickenbacker%20Factory/?action=view&slideshow=true

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:55 pm

Eric, it didnt work for me.It requires your password

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:17 pm

I just made the album public, so you should be able to view it now.

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:29 pm

Great pics! Thanks!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:29 pm

Wow,the museum looks like the place to be.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:34 am

Mind numbing

Thanks Erik

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:56 am

The basses that flipped my switch were (in no special order):

Gary Clauson's white on white 4003 (I'm playing it in a few shots)
Gary's Redneck (just cuz it's rare)
John Minutaglio's near-mint dark Azureglo 4005
Joey Vasco's trans red 4004Cii5
Dane Wilder's fretless short-scale conversion
John Hall's "dumpster" bass

Couldn't take them all home with me, but at least I got photos of 'em for the book.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:12 am

son-of-a-

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:08 am

One of the questions we got answered, and saw in person was the use of finishing polish.

White cap Turtle Wax is what is used in the final polishing shop, results from the buffing were stunning !!!