Jeff Rath - this belongs in your Hall of Shame!

edski · Post by **edski** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:25 pm

Whoa! How's this for a "project"?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1980-s-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Guitar-Project-parts-ASIS_W0QQitemZ120100682941QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's one of the pics:

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:59 pm

I'm no expert, but the only pieces worth salvaging here are the body wings. Right?

gray · Post by **gray** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:06 pm

It looks like it to me.

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:40 pm

No wait you guys, this bass is salvagable!

I am not kidding you, all you need to use is construction tix and clamp it in really tightly. At the Knooren handcrafted workshop we use Construction tix to glue body pieces together, it is a much stronger glue than Titebond. Send me over those pieces and I'll restore that bass for you.

(Of course this is a guy with nine years of professional luthiery experience talking.)

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:16 pm

Well, the lower wing looks a little too split for me

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:39 pm

ah the maple would be great for smokin ham...

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:36 am

I bet Dale Fortune could fix that.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:53 pm

actually that bass would be cool wall art ...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:15 pm

My thoughts exactly Jeff. It reminds me of that interview with Pete Townshend and in the background was a framed, smashed up Rickenbacker.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:44 pm

Incidentally, the Ric Hall of Shame is from the Rickenbacker Page.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:50 pm

Here's about the only real use you could make of this horribly abused instrument.

Take the maple and cut and shape it to make lots of Maple blocks to use in Ted's tailpiece mod instead of the washers.

peter_sillery · Post by **peter_sillery** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:53 am

Oh man. I think I'm gonna cry!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:57 pm

OK ... it is added to my "Shame" page ...

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/shame.htm

Keep the suggestions coming