Yes, Brian. You read it in my post just before yours...I believe there's even mention of it on the RIC website, although I haven't visited that part of it in awhile.
Karl, I've seen debates about plywood backs, and I guess it's natural since few have been disassembled. I think the whole padauk-or-not debate started because this wood will turn from its natural red-orange with brown streaks to a sort of teak or walnut brown, within weeks if the finish does not have a lot of UV inhibitor in it. It does not look like padauk after a short time.
As I was chemically-stripping the neck, I had the guitar laying face-down on a sheet of light green masking paper. In a few spots, the stripper ran off the neck and collected on the edge of the fretboard. As I picked it up to turn it over, my hands were covered with a brilliant-red paste. That behaviour is typical of padauk--it's got lots of natural color, even 45 years on. Second indicator is the smell as it's being sanded. It's very aromatic.
The finish I use now, incidentally, has lots of UV inhibitor. My VW woodie wagon was built of padauk back in '77. With standard spar varnish for a finish, the wood would turn nearly black within a couple of months, wherever the sun hit it. The last time I rebuilt it, I used te same CV I use on my refinishes. Three years later, it's still its natural color.
So the fretboard color should remain red-orange for a long time.
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Yeah right. I am quite sure that I had read about the CNC process somewhere else before your post on this thread. My memory however, is like my blue jeans...faded.
On reflection it may have been on the thread dedicated to a tour of the Ric factory a few months back. I am not sure on that though. The plywood discussion really threw me for a loop. It seems that I learn something new every day when I check out your section of the forum.
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all BTW.
On reflection it may have been on the thread dedicated to a tour of the Ric factory a few months back. I am not sure on that though. The plywood discussion really threw me for a loop. It seems that I learn something new every day when I check out your section of the forum.
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all BTW.
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