Advice on RIC Guitars

[doctorwho]

Good for you, John. I know you'll love it.
JimK

+1

[YukonCor55]

You'll love it John and you can rest assured it'll be well packed and shipped promptly. Just my opinion here but POTR may just be the best guitar store in the business right now. Chris Clayton will go out of his way to make sure you're happy with your purchase!

Enjoy!

[kenf]

Congrats, John! I too am primarily a bass player and I love my Dakota. Be warned - next you'll want a 660 or 660/12!

[JakeK]

Congrats, John. It was just what you needed.

[FretlessOnly]

FInalized payment today, and Chris went above board to be fair in all things. So, Pick of the Ricks gets a hearty thumbs up from me. Apparently, my 650D has some nice wood, so I'll take some close-ups and post them here when it arrives.

[jimk]

Can't wait!
JimK

[doctorwho]

John, the other good thing about the 650D (and 650S) is how easy it is to care for the wood ... tung oil and a Scotchbrite pad, with a final wipe down with a soft cloth, and it's as good as new.

[FretlessOnly]

Would you recommend the light tung oil or the dark? http://www.realmilkpaint.com/oil.html

Seems the dark tung oil will really darken the wood over time. Which might not be a bad thing.

[doctorwho]

I bought the light stuff from them, in fact, and it did not darken the wood on the 650S and 380L I had.

[kenf]

I wouldn't mind if mine were a little darker (it's lighter than the pic implies):



Maybe I should look at the dark oil.

[FretlessOnly]

Mine arrived today, and it's much lighter than that picture implies.

But more importantly, there's a cosmetic flaw (actually several). On the fingerboard, under the E string, at nearly every fret, there is a scratch/indentation that extends diagonally away from the end of the fret into the area between each fret. These are deep enough to catch a fanger nail in. I doubt these will affect the playability of sound, but they are fairly noticeable. The uniform nature of these indentations suggests a fretting tool is responsible. I'll try to take a pic and post tonight.

Since these are ceasing production, I'm wondering if I should just live with it, or try to remove them with emery paper and re-oil, or just send in the warranty card and send it back to RIC.

[doctorwho]

Personally, I'd use the emery and oil on them - they should smooth out just fine. If you use wet-or-dry emery paper or cloth, you can use a little oil on the emery itself.

The 650S I had (and sold) had a flaw that wasn't so readily fixable: a 'pen tip' hole poked into the wood. it was tough to get a good picture of it:

If I had kept the guitar, I probably would have wound up getting some scrap walnut, making some walnut sawdust from it, and then filling the hole and sanding it smooth. It still would have been a flaw, but not a hole!

Congrats on the 650, John!

[doctorwho]

I saw in the other related thread that it's new - by all means, have warranty work done to correct the fretboard.