88 V63 on ebay WOW!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:34 pm

and this one

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:52 pm

FINGER-rest

henny · Post by **henny** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:18 am

Crikey, that FG v63 oooozes RM1999'ness.... lovely.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:43 am

I need to get a finger rest for mine! Though I'd never use it, it just looks cool!
How do you know where to locate it, or do you just eye-ball it?

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:49 am

I copied my location from my 67,others Ive eye-balled it.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:21 pm

I placed it after looking at a few photos to see where it should go. The positioning does seem to vary a bit, the important thing is not to place a screw in the channel for the toaster lead!

headbanger · Post by **headbanger** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:17 am

"The positioning does seem to vary a bit"... & the hole centres?

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:20 am

Thanks guys!

wints · Post by **wints** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:20 am

Actually, all of my 60's basses have the hole for the screw in the toaster channel. That's where it's meant to be it seems.

I recently put the original rest back in the white bass and the toaster started cutting out.
I then remembered why I took it out all those years ago...

kbhag · Post by **kbhag** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:03 pm

That's all Ric (in my opinion) needs to do...have a RM1999 configured bass available for order. With the "finger rest"(sawry about calling it a thumb rest...my bad) and thin out the neck profile as slim as they dare. I agree that the new style truss rods are an improvement. They are. It's the looks that count.(well, and the sound-real horseshoe?) I also think that new products should be brought to market for the player that is looking for "something completly different". I'd like to order a new bass in 2006 and I enjoy playing and the looks of the "original" instruments. I hope Rickenbacker can offer me(and I suspect many other customers...yup, we ARE the customers) products we can get excited about. Note: only my OPINION, and if I didn't care I wouldn't take the time to post.