RESCUE 911 RICK (and owner)IN DISTRESS

tito · Post by **tito** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:47 pm

They said they will probably do a re-finish. Does that mean. .the whole guitar?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:29 pm

A re-finish won't help anything if the crack is deeper than the finish. What we'll do is sand down to the wood and seal the crack up. Then, we will touch it up with lacquer and buff it out.

tito · Post by **tito** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:59 pm

Awesome
I'm thinking it will look better than new?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:49 pm

It will look newer than better.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:28 pm

A good answer...

I've always wondered what "better than new" meant, unless "new"="******" which in the case of Rickenbackers, is unheard of.

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:27 pm

I'll post when I have your guitar in my hands. We'll take good care of it.

tito · Post by **tito** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:39 pm

Let me make something clear everyone. . .Paul.

What I meant by " Better than New" should easily be understood. I was making reference to the crack in the guitar that was present when I first did my initial overlook of the guitar. I only meant something along the lines of . . .
. . will my guitar look better when I recieve after it's service. . .will the area of concern be totally fixed, will I ever be able to tell it had that fault? . . .

This is my first time returning a guitar for service, and my last time mentioning " Better than New"

Ben! Your going to have access to my guitar? How sweet. Feel free to pick a little number to refresh her bones after such a long journey. Definitely let me know when you have it in your hands

Sorry for the . . wrong choice of words, I'm glad it's a little more understood.

tito · Post by **tito** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:11 am

After a cross country journey. . .

Nanakitty (my Rick) has been delivered to Rickenbacker!
Hopefully she's safe and sound!

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:16 pm

Now you wanted it stripped and painted pink, right?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:38 pm

Hahahahahaha! Way to make him really nervous, Ben!

tito · Post by **tito** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:16 pm

Ben-
If you really want to go as far as to paint it pink. . .that is totally ok with me. I wouldn't mind a totally rad and original Rick! But seriously, haha, sure if you wanna experiment with the colors, be my guest.

Lemme know when you know anything!

-Sean

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:10 am

I posted that right after it arrived at the shop. Looks like we'll do exactly what I said in my first post.

tito · Post by **tito** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:53 pm

Sounds good to me! Thank you for the. . .scary moment. Can't wait to get er' back!

tito · Post by **tito** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:33 pm

Hey Ben-

If you get in the mood. . and.. .since my guitar is like. . so close . . . could you slap on a pair of toasters and send me a bill

YEA RIGHT!

But hey. . I tried

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:53 am

Fixed the crack and ready to buff when lo and behold, the other side of the neck developed the same type of crack!

Looks like it'll be a little longer but we'll make it like new.