Sneak peek . . .

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:32 pm

. . . at a different addition coming soon to the Rickenbacker National Forest:

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cjj · Post by **cjj** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:40 pm

Hmmm.....

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:43 pm

A naked Tux?

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:57 pm

Naked Tux is my guess as well. I love maple boards on Rics.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:04 pm

Yup. Should get here in a couple of weeks. Larry Davis is fixing it up for me. Some will debate the wisdom of messing with a limited-edition bass, I just can't stand yellowed white, and on most Tuxedos, the white is terribly yellowed. I also like the look of maple, so when the opportunity arose, I just had to have her stripped down to the wood.

Formal portraits to come once she gets here.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:30 pm

So, it sounds like you might be leaving it as just maple? Or do you intend to add a different finish color?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:33 pm

Naked, as in just maple. It will have a satin finish similar to that on the C64S basses.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:48 pm

bassduke49 wrote: Some will debate the wisdom of messing with a limited-edition bass, I just can't stand yellowed white, and on most Tuxedos, the white is terribly yellowed.

I'm with you, Paul.

I'm a sucker for metallic colors though, so I probably would have colored everything but the 'board...and swapped the BT for chrome and white. Maybe a silver blue finish. But that's just me.

Don't mind me...I'm babbling again!

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:00 pm

bassduke49 wrote:Naked, as in just maple. It will have a satin finish similar to that on the C64S basses.

The satin finish Larry did on Kevin's "Black Walnut" 380 is oustanding. You will be very happy with this.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:34 pm

bassduke49 wrote:Naked, as in just maple. It will have a satin finish similar to that on the C64S basses.

badeggs · Post by **badeggs** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:46 pm

This is an all-around excellent idea.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:05 pm

I think it'll be cool in the matte finish too.

Hmmm...can Larry make a pick guard in matte black?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:57 pm

Personally I think the only justified reason to strip a 4003SPC Tuxedo is to refinish it in non-yellowing white.

If I wanted the stripped Tux look, I'd look for a Mapleglo 4003S (like this one) and have the fretboard replaced with a maple cap.

I do hope that one day it will be white again!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:49 pm

It's done and ready to ship out. Fingerboard looks a little dingy here, but that's because of the dappled light on Larry's deck:

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:22 am

Very nice, Paul

I like it.

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