I couldn't resist!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:15 pm

Thanks guys! It will be at the next Confluence within driving distance.

gray · Post by **gray** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:19 pm

Great one, Jeff! Congrats to you!
There's a similar 73 that keeps turning up at this annual guitar show in Milwaukee that I go to.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:23 pm

Jeff, that's a beauty. I've noticed variations in CV thickness over the years, as formulas and application specs changed and were updated. The few early '70s basses I've worked on have thin finishes like this one, which, BTW, is pretty spectacular if you ignore the diaper, which I now have little trouble doing!

My '67 625, OTOH, has a CV coating that's thicker than the basses I'm referring to. And a number of other late '60s Ricks I've restored had slightly thicker CV. '60 to '63 or so, (like several Capris and a 425 I've got on board right now) feature thinner CV, too.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:24 pm

Getting the very first Ric you've seen, that's the coolest part of the story IMHO. I wish I could get the first Ric I've seen in person, it was a pre-'73 Azureglo, with full width CP inlays.

Remember the story about Danny Gatton? He has always wanted to have a Gibson ES265 like his childhood hero, Scotty Moore. Then one day in a pawn shop he finds a beat-up 1954 ES265 and buys it. Years later he meets Scotty Moore and shows him the guitar... and Scotty goes, you know that IS my old guitar...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:51 am

Nice mapleglo Jeff! It'l make a nice companion to your Firglo.

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:58 am

Thanks for the photographic tour, Jeffrey. A most beautiful bass.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:10 am

You deserve it Jeff. Best of luck with it.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:36 am

"Getting the very first Ric you've seen, that's the coolest part of the story IMHO. I wish I could get the first Ric I've seen in person, it was a pre-'73 Azureglo, with full width CP inlays".

Ilan, it's bad enough never having even played one. If it'd have been the first Ric I played I don't know what I'd have done!

Jeffrey, the bass looks fantastic in your photos.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:36 am

Congrats, Jeffrey! She's a real looker!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:40 am

Speaking of the "diaper," is there a shot of that? I'm trying to visualize . . . whirled peas . . . .

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:45 am

That's a great story!
The personal connection is really cool, not to mention the fact that the bass is in such good condition.
Congratulations on a very special score.

Sometimes getting the very first Rick you see in person is conditionally quite easy: for example if you live somewhere out of the way & buy the first one you find!
I've only seen 4 Ricks in person, & own three of them!

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:35 am

beauty! very nice find,jeff. pardon me if this is already public record,but what is the "custom" gauge for the chromes-i tried a standard 45-105 set on my 4000,and they proved to be too high-tension for the neck-mind you,after having just removed pyramid flats from it!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:41 am

My "custom" set is 40-55-75-95. I take a standard Super Soft set and replace the .060 D string with a single .055, which balances better with the rest of the set.

Paul, I will take some home pics of the diaper for you to see. In the mean time this is from the auction.

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:57 am

That's a great story and a tasty looking bass, Jeff. Congratulations!

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:28 pm

Excellent Jeff!

That's one of the best "My new Rickenbacker" tales of the year!

I love happy!, like the German 21 fretter that Elys got to replace his stolen love...