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No kidding! Us Ric folks do have twisted minds, don't we?sloop_john_b wrote:johnhall wrote: I did some diving in the South China Sea there, between Kohamajima and Iriomote Island, and it was both interesting and frustrating to see so much fingerboard inlay material lying on the seafloor! Bu it's probably best that it stays there.
That was my first thought John. Earliest I have seen with ROS, and my Dec 68 is still mono. Great bass, possibly one of the Scott Jennings batch?leftybass wrote:Interesting that it's a '68 and has Rick-O-Sound.
Yep, sounds like it.wints wrote:Great bass, possibly one of the Scott Jennings batch?
I wonder if sparkly inlay material could be reasonably faked using some sort of U.S. sourced abalone (not sure if that's even legally obtainable) or similar shell?johnhall wrote: Err, this is actually true.
Most of that shell material came from Kohamajima Island, Okinawa, which was turned into a protected marine reserve a number of years ago. A number of years ago I visited Ishigaki Island, which is the next island over from it in the Straits of Taiwan, to see if its abundant supplies of shell material could be utilized as a replacement but there were just too many hoops to jump through on that one.
I did some diving in the South China Sea there, between Kohamajima and Iriomote Island, and it was both interesting and frustrating to see so much fingerboard inlay material lying on the seafloor! Bu it's probably best that it stays there.
+1 I'll bet that neck is just fine. It just needs some pro setup work.wints wrote: First thing to do is GET THOSE STRINGS OFF!
Get a light set of 40-95's on there and let that neck find out what it can do. Those strings look like cables!
But this bass left the factory in the late 80's. Maybe it was completed using some current parts (wiring harness and retro-stamped jack plate).wints wrote:That was my first thought John. Earliest I have seen with ROS, and my Dec 68 is still mono. Great bass, possibly one of the Scott Jennings batch?leftybass wrote:Interesting that it's a '68 and has Rick-O-Sound.
And my bass (April '69) is also mono.... this eBay '68 was more than likely ordered that way as an option.wints wrote:...That was my first thought John. Earliest I have seen with ROS, and my Dec 68 is still mono.
Jeff, I tend to think that HH serial is original, and like John S posted, ordered this way. Jeff Rath's Sept 68, a month older, was mono IIRC as well.rickaddict wrote:But this bass left the factory in the late 80's. Maybe it was completed using some current parts (wiring harness and retro-stamped jack plate).wints wrote:That was my first thought John. Earliest I have seen with ROS, and my Dec 68 is still mono. Great bass, possibly one of the Scott Jennings batch?leftybass wrote:Interesting that it's a '68 and has Rick-O-Sound.
That's relatively cheap to ship a guitar, shipping on my Ric+OHSC was hovering above 80$ including insurance.simer4001 wrote:$10,500 isn't enough for him? He has to charge $58.64 for shipping?
Maybe, but for $10.5k you'd think he could spring for shipping.Spike- wrote:That's relatively cheap to ship a guitar, shipping on my Ric+OHSC was hovering above 80$ including insurance.simer4001 wrote:$10,500 isn't enough for him? He has to charge $58.64 for shipping?