Ruby S hiding . . .

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:21 pm

Jeff T., I got a bounceback on an e-mail I sent you this afternoon. "Bad file number" and "rejected - UCEProtect-1 feels that your mail server is a spam source." Could be one of those. Is your profile e-mail current? I had attached a pdf poster for my band on an invite for you to come up and boogie. Update me if you can.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:33 pm

Paul ... the address in my profile will work ...

or try jwr @ and then 3dentourage.com

or trees3d @ and then earthlink.net

hoptownbass · Post by **hoptownbass** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:40 pm

I am kind of new to the "ruby" finish. What years did Rickenbacker offer the ruby finish?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:45 pm

Jeff Thomas, please contact me.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:14 pm

all of of Jeffs have to start using our last names ...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:47 pm

... and cease the repetition of of prepositions ...

jon · Post by **jon** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:01 am

Nice looking bass.

Please excuse my ignorance, but is the fingerboard wood actually different on the 'S' models? The only other Rickenbacker I've seen with a fingerboard similar to that is my 4001CS.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:33 am

Hey Paul-

I got your email invite with the pdf poster. Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to make it up there if I can. Hubertus, WI is kind of a haul for me but it is possible.

My email address in my profile is correct. I just returned your email. Hopefully I'm not a source of spam! Yahoo is excellent at blocking out spam as I get very few, but there probably are plenty of jerks that send spam from Yahoo mailboxes and ruin a good thing for the rest of us.

I have your cell number and will call you if you want me to.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:41 am

Jon-

About the S model fretboards...I have a few examples...Just like the deluxe Ricks they vary quite a bit in darkness. It's probably just that the wood color is more noticeable on an S model as your eyes aren't drawn to the inlays! My Ruby 4003S fretboard looks just like the one in this auction. My Turquoise 4003S is a little darker:

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:34 am

I was working on Steve Cooper's 1998 mg 4003s5 and compared it to my 1990 4003s5 ... both have bubinga fret boards ... mine was a brown walnut color and Steve's was a reddish color ... both looked nice ... just different ... and the 1998 4003s5 that I used to have had a reddish fretboard as well ...

My old 68 had great looking fret board wood ...

jon · Post by **jon** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:58 am

Thanks for the replies. It’s mainly the solid, almost white, squiggly lines that I’m curious about. I haven't seen them very often.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:04 am

Yeah, My Ruby 4003S fretboard looks just like that one. Same color fretboard, same squiggly white lines in the wood grain. I don't know what's up with the lines. Mine's from July of '87.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:18 am

The white lines in the bubinga fretboard is a common ric thing ... it is almost like some white powder got rubbed into the wood before the conversion varnish was applied ...

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:32 am

That's what I was thinking it looked like Jeff, but I don't know much about varnishing wood.

Its pretty cool looking, though whatever it is!

john_l · Post by **john_l** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:51 am

It's probably wood filler.