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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:21 pm
by bassduke49
Jeff T., I got a bounceback on an e-mail I sent you this afternoon. "Bad file number" and "rejected - UCEProtect-1 feels that your mail server is a spam source." Could be one of those. Is your profile e-mail current? I had attached a pdf poster for my band on an invite for you to come up and boogie. Update me if you can.
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:33 pm
by jwr2
Paul ... the address in my profile will work ...
or try jwr @ and then 3dentourage.com
or trees3d @ and then earthlink.net
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:40 pm
by hoptownbass
I am kind of new to the "ruby" finish. What years did Rickenbacker offer the ruby finish?
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:45 pm
by bassduke49
Jeff Thomas, please contact me.
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:14 pm
by jwr2
all of of Jeffs have to start using our last names ...
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:47 pm
by doctorwho
... and cease the repetition of of prepositions ...
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:01 am
by jon
Nice looking bass.
Please excuse my ignorance, but is the fingerboard wood actually different on the 'S' models? The only other Rickenbacker I've seen with a fingerboard similar to that is my 4001CS.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:33 am
by rickaddict
Hey Paul-
I got your email invite with the pdf poster. Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to make it up there if I can. Hubertus, WI is kind of a haul for me but it is possible.
My email address in my profile is correct. I just returned your email. Hopefully I'm not a source of spam! Yahoo is excellent at blocking out spam as I get very few, but there probably are plenty of jerks that send spam from Yahoo mailboxes and ruin a good thing for the rest of us.
I have your cell number and will call you if you want me to.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:41 am
by rickaddict
Jon-
About the S model fretboards...I have a few examples...Just like the deluxe Ricks they vary quite a bit in darkness. It's probably just that the wood color is more noticeable on an S model as your eyes aren't drawn to the inlays! My Ruby 4003S fretboard looks just like the one in this auction. My Turquoise 4003S is a little darker:
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:34 am
by jwr2
I was working on Steve Cooper's 1998 mg 4003s5 and compared it to my 1990 4003s5 ... both have bubinga fret boards ... mine was a brown walnut color and Steve's was a reddish color ... both looked nice ... just different ... and the 1998 4003s5 that I used to have had a reddish fretboard as well ...
My old 68 had great looking fret board wood ...
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:58 am
by jon
Thanks for the replies. It’s mainly the solid, almost white, squiggly lines that I’m curious about. I haven't seen them very often.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:04 am
by rickaddict
Yeah, My Ruby 4003S fretboard looks just like that one. Same color fretboard, same squiggly white lines in the wood grain. I don't know what's up with the lines. Mine's from July of '87.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:18 am
by jwr2
The white lines in the bubinga fretboard is a common ric thing ... it is almost like some white powder got rubbed into the wood before the conversion varnish was applied ...
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:32 am
by rickaddict
That's what I was thinking it looked like Jeff, but I don't know much about varnishing wood.
Its pretty cool looking, though whatever it is!
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:51 am
by john_l
It's probably wood filler.