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Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:20 pm
by ajish4
Thanks again Ted,
I LOVE this techie stuff, being I can't glue two ice cream sticks together, I still enjoy the nuts & bolts.
You have a knack of explaining the technical details where even a know nothing such as myself can understand it!
MUCH appreciated.
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:47 pm
by wints
Excellent post Ted!
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:06 pm
by tallpat1
Ted, Thanks for all this info great stuff to learn !!
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:12 am
by johnallg
tallpat1 wrote:Ted, Thanks for all this info great stuff to learn !!
+1, Ted. Another home run!
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:51 am
by woodyng
#1,what they said!
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:05 pm
by rikk
Ted,
Thanks. Wonderful post. I look forward to the next installment. These post should eventually make their way into a separate section on the forum, so they are easily found. I'm sure future member would enjoy reading them as well.
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:16 pm
by frode
Thanks Ted...good reading...can´wait for part 3
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:08 pm
by rickfan60
Here is an update. I have learned that there are protrusions and and pockets between some parts on the modern CNC-cut instruments. These serve to align the parts during glue-up. I guess I have never had cause to rip apart a really new Rickenbacker - yet.
The steel pins are pressed in. The holes are not pre-drilled. I am also told that they provide no support to the neck/body junction. They were intended to secure the pieces during the clamping process.
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:17 am
by paul_yan
Hey Ted, there's a 4001 fingerboard on eBay now. What's that curious metal thing under the board, behind fret 3 or 4?
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 4:20 pm
by jps
A piece of lead.
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:17 pm
by windchimp
Radiation shielding?
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:50 pm
by daveman
One of those [idiotic] "switchable" fingerboard efforts using magnets?
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:50 am
by pacealot
jps wrote:A piece of lead.
Part of the mid-'70s effort to combat dead spots....
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:11 am
by jps
I was too lazy to mention that, glad you stepped in to finish my ...
Re: Anatomy Of A Rickenbacker Bass Part 2
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:19 pm
by paul_yan
...good vibrations! Thanks, Jeff and Paul!
I have never seen this thing before! Are they common in the mid '70s?