4003: unknown signature series?

[colin]

Someone in the Rickenbacker workshop signed his (or her) name underneath my bridge pickup. Neat! I wonder who it was. The S/N indicates the bass was built in the first week of Jan 2010.

[rickenbrother]

There have always been signatures of RIC factory workers in the control cavities of the guitars.

[paologregorio]

Looks like "Helen" to me.

[RutleDirk]

I've heard that name, before. Binding scraper, maybe?

[colin]

Yeah, I thought it looked like 'Helen'. Either that or "Helv', as in short for 'Helvetica'?

[marc61]

She didn't leave her number

I wonder if they do that for inspection reasons as the guitar goes down the line.

[cassius987]

Looks like "Helen" to me.

I like that RIC appears to employee more females than other guitar makers (and I gather it's been that way for quite some time, I recall a thread about the woman who built Lennon's first guitar). You go girls!

[jps]

Here is a picture of Helen.

[rickenbrother]

Jeffrey, something tells me that's the wrong Helen!

[bassduke49]

And I didn't realize that Helen of Troy was 12 years old!

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

looks like avril levigne ... hot and petite !

[jps]

And I didn't realize that Helen of Troy was 12 years old!

I'm sure she was at some point in her life.

[colin]

Well, my thanks go out to Helen of Ric for a nicely done job!

[scotty]

Its more like Help!

[VRICKY63]

I see a t and two noses with upper lips. I see stuff......................