Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2

[ajish4]

Thanks again Ted,

I LOVE this techie stuff, being I can't glue two ice cream sticks together, I still enjoy the nuts & bolts.

You have a knack of explaining the technical details where even a know nothing such as myself can understand it!

MUCH appreciated.

[wints]

Excellent post Ted!

[tallpat1]

Ted, Thanks for all this info great stuff to learn !!

[johnallg]

Ted, Thanks for all this info great stuff to learn !!

+1, Ted. Another home run!

[woodyng]

#1,what they said!

[rikk]

Ted,
Thanks. Wonderful post. I look forward to the next installment. These post should eventually make their way into a separate section on the forum, so they are easily found. I'm sure future member would enjoy reading them as well.

[frode]

Thanks Ted...good reading...can´wait for part 3

[rickfan60]

Here is an update. I have learned that there are protrusions and and pockets between some parts on the modern CNC-cut instruments. These serve to align the parts during glue-up. I guess I have never had cause to rip apart a really new Rickenbacker - yet. The steel pins are pressed in. The holes are not pre-drilled. I am also told that they provide no support to the neck/body junction. They were intended to secure the pieces during the clamping process.

[paul_yan]

Hey Ted, there's a 4001 fingerboard on eBay now. What's that curious metal thing under the board, behind fret 3 or 4?

[jps]

A piece of lead.

[windchimp]

Radiation shielding?

[daveman]

One of those [idiotic] "switchable" fingerboard efforts using magnets?

[pacealot]

A piece of lead.

Part of the mid-'70s effort to combat dead spots....

[jps]

I was too lazy to mention that, glad you stepped in to finish my ...

[paul_yan]

...good vibrations! Thanks, Jeff and Paul!

I have never seen this thing before! Are they common in the mid '70s?