Mini Confluence

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:01 am

Number 1 Gonna be very nice when you bring it back to playing condition. Will you be able to save the checkered binding? Here's a trick I use to restore white binding on Rick's: take some pure white binding cut up in small pieces 1/4 inch long, put then in a sealable glass jar with enough
acetone to cuver them. Now close the lid, shake this mixture every so often until the binding has disolved. What you want is a thick gooey product. You can leave the lid off for awhile and the acetone will evaporate making it as thick as you need or untill it turns back to a solid. Using acetone on a small brush, coat the bad areas on your existing binding, now using a popsicle stick or something similar, start building up the new binding/acetone mixture till it's above the old stuff. Give this a day to completely dry and you can scrape and sand it back to original size and it will not even be noticed. The acetone melts the bindings together nicely. As for the numbers in the T.R. cavity, I was the 1st one to use that system as for as I know. The neck is usually pretty easy to redo.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:03 am

Excuse some of my spelling, I'm a hunt and peck typist.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:56 am

That cool that you guys got to meet, hang out and check out each other basses...
We need to make a southern California confluence !! I know we have enough guys around the area.
...and after all, So. Cal. is RIC land !!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:25 pm

Think of this, a NATIONAL confluence in California. Maybe a Rickenbacker tour. Meet and greet with John Hall. Peter McCormack would have to be there. The RIC museum.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:32 pm

I'm with you on that Scott!!

But not just national...global!! Sergio, Paul Yan, Ilan, Stephen to name a few from other countries have to make it there also.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:44 pm

Hey Joey-

We got your confluence right here!

I'll drive up for that one!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:05 pm

Okay Jared, I'm waitin' for ya!
Any others?...

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:32 pm

scott,john hall's probably been dredding the day some one comes up with that one,its bad enough we bark at him about what he or they should be making lets just go down and tell him in person[lets see if we can put him in a mental ward]

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:34 pm

Here is Dale's #1 in the truss pocket.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:25 pm

I'm on for a meeting in Southern California, I'd look forward to meeting any / all of you ..... !!!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:23 am

LOL! If John Hall knew we were all coming out the the west coast for a confluence, he'd probably beef up security at RIC. Put in gun turrets ect....

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:49 am

lol,he would definetly lock up the dumpster.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:36 am

Haha! ;^)

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:22 am

Hang in there for 2006, when we have our 75th anniversary celebration. We've got some plans . . .

trick_knee · Post by **trick_knee** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:27 am

Let's see...Travelocity.com......