The search for enlightenment....

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:56 am

Great read Ted. Looks beautiful. You should be very proud.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:09 am

Great stuff Ted....

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:15 am

Ted, thanks for sharing the story. Great work.

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:04 am

I vote that Ted has earned a promotion to his own Topic section much as Paul W's Crumudgeon page just to track his various adventures. Ted Thanks for the many great rescues over the last several years. It's like watching medical procedures on TV. Makes you wince, but you can't change the channel.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:35 am

How about "Ted's Excellent Rick Adventures?"

And I have to thank Ted for the great work on my '72. Although Ted can't apply finishes (yet), he stripped, sanded, rebound the neck, refretted, and prepped the old gal before sending her off to Paul W. for the "mink" finish. I owe Ted a lot!

eric_b · Post by **eric_b** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:39 am

Way to go!

morrow · Post by **morrow** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:45 am

Great work , Ted , thank you for filling us in . I was surprised to hear of a Rick with just one truss rod. Is this common on 4005 basses?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:23 am

No, I think this is (was) the only one. The maker of the ebony board probably did not know how to deal with the older dual rods and installed what ne knew. The work was nicely done but hardly Rickenbacker.

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I like to share my projects here because each one has been and adventure for me. My shop approach has become so much more disciplined because of this bass.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:35 am

Nice work, Ted. Thanks for the photos and postings.

Its nice to see a perfectionist at work with those inlays!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:02 am

That was a great read Ted. The latest fingerboard looks spot on! This should be a knockout when it's done.

And i've got to agree about Dale - he's got a wealth of information and is great at what he does. Not to mention he's a helluva great guy.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:58 am

Thanks John. I still have to refine a few things but I can get very close to the vintage look. The cool thing is I can do it fairly quickly now. The first one took nearly two years

but I can do one in just a few hours at this point.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:22 am

If I had your talent Ted, I'd never come back to work.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:39 am

I am just a hack but a slightly better one since this project.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:43 am

Paul Boyer's bass taught me a lot about getting the neck binding right. That was another serious exercise for me. Those little binding nubs are not so easy to make!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:18 am

Great work, Ted! We all live vicariously through these online reports of works-in-progress and things just went up by 50%. You say you are a hack, but you are beyond any of us, and as JT stated, you tend to perfectionism and that will sharpen skills and teach valuable lessons. Keep up the "sanity sessions"!!

Oh, and you have my deepest sympathies in your IT endeavors!!