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jps wrote:

LenMinNJ wrote:No, Ric is moving from using Bubinga to Carribean Rosewood.

And, the sample of CR I saw yesterday on a new 4003 looked amazing.

From the pictures I saw, they have really nice figuring.

johnhall wrote:
Way back in the early days, there was Brazilian Rosewood, followed by Asian Rosewood, followed by African Rosewood (aka Bubinga). And something else is on it's way.

Hello together,

I currently try to figure out scince when Rickenbacker used "Brazilian Rosewood", scince when they've used "Asian Rosewood" and scince when they've used the "African Rosewood" (aka Bubinga).

I've made a few pics of a Rick made in Nov 1966, Okt 1967 and one of 1994 (Burbinga).

Can you help?


Here are the pics:

1966 Nov 1967 Oct 1994

All of those are Bubinga, Rickenbacker has been using it since the early '60s.

The thing to consider is that rosewood in any species of true "Dalbergia", the scientific name, there will always be variation.
I have cut and handled a great deal of true Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia Nigra) which was soft brown to ebony dark in color. I have worked with Amazon rosewood, Honduras rosewood, cocobolo rosewood, Indian rosewood and a large number of rosewood like woods from Africa. There just is color and grain variation among all
of the species.

The other thing is to notice that, in a lot of earlier Ricks, the pores in the rosewood were filled with a light color filler prior to being sprayed.
This is very evident in the first pic of the 1966 Rick. If in restoring a Rick guitar or bass, this must be replicated to capture the original look.

Jim

LenMinNJ wrote:No, Ric is moving from using Bubinga to Carribean Rosewood.

Also called "Chechen."

So what kind of wood is on the fretboard of my 56 combo?