Project bass

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:30 am

Ted I've seen a finger board from a 4001 (an original unused part) on Ebay several times from the same guy, no one seems to want it, it might be on again. It was not fretted (had slots) and I don't remember if it had inlays in it or not, supposedly it was a Ric finger board.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:01 pm

I am intrigued by the idea of a white shadow. I have been scouring the net looking for checkerboard binding but no luck so far.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:39 pm

Try Bjorn, he might have a line on the guy who sells it on his site.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:07 pm

I put a message in for Bjorn. There is an eBay store selling some binding but it is the wrong size. Rickenbacker used binding with 1/16th inch squares and they sell 1/8th inch squares. It is out there somewhere.....

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:51 pm

There's something out there...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:27 am

The CHEX factor....

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:21 am

I may have a source for checkerboard binding. Bryan England at custominlay.com can cut checkerboard with 1/16th inch squares. The cost is bout $3 per 10 inch piece.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:00 am

Sounds very fair.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:12 pm

Here is the future fingerboard. This is a very nice plank of bubinga part of which will soon be my new fingerboard.

BTW. The binding fairy paid me a visit today. I will soon have enough of checkerboard binding to dress up the body. I am told that this binding is the real thing. There is a strange binding underworld where people speak of checkerboard binding in hushed tones. Apparently some people, I don't know who exactly, like to keep the supply and the source under tight wraps. I almost felt like I was doing something illegal by trying to purchase strips of nitrocellulose! It is probably easier to buy plutonium.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:23 pm

I am still going to order some checkerboard from Bryan England for comparison.

Does Rickenbacker make it's own binding? I just can't believe how difficult the stuff is to find. It is, and has been considered for years to be a premium feature on fine instruments. How is it that there is no ready supply when it has such universal appeal?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:33 pm

Hey Ted, that's a BIG fingerboard... LOL

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:57 pm

Yeah, I was thinking that a few extra frets would be nice.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:58 pm

12 stringer-no octaves...

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:00 pm

You'd need hands like spades to play that fingerboard though :p

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:34 am

Shellex in Germany, the same folks that used to supply most makers with their inlay material, was the largest producer of this binding. Unfortunately, their company is not what it once was which precludes them from being an active supplier anymore and most of the binding they've dumped on the market in recent years that I've seen is old stock that was rejected, returned, or refused.