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Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:38 pm
by rickenbrother
brenduff1 wrote:Hi Everyone,
My name is Brendan and I'm customer service over here at RIC.
I know this guy!
Super cool person. I can't imagine getting bad customer service from him.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:45 am
by s4001
+1.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:48 am
by ilan
Actually that's an important experiment and I would love to hear what a 4003 w/button-top hi-gains at the 4002 positions and a standard bubinga fretboard sounds like. Please upload some good sound clips when the bass is strung up. Front PU, back, both, pick, fingerstyle, rounds, flats, etc.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:54 am
by s4001
Y'know Brandon, you've got to bring it to the next GTG. It's some kind of rule, I'm sure.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:13 am
by ilan
The 4002 style without a giant pickup rout at the neck/body joint, could make a great bolt-on Ric model. Easily adjustable neck tilt, no negative neck angle ever, no body wing delamination... I hope someone at RIC reads this. Imagine that with a satin-finish walnut body and a maple board like the W Series.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:00 am
by T.A.R.
Breden that is amazing congrats! Very very cool.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:43 am
by woodyng
ilan wrote:The 4002 style without a giant pickup rout at the neck/body joint, could make a great bolt-on Ric model. Easily adjustable neck tilt, no negative neck angle ever, no body wing delamination... I hope someone at RIC reads this. Imagine that with a satin-finish walnut body and a maple board like the W Series.
Or-a set-neck.....
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:06 pm
by jdogric12
ilan wrote:The 4002 style without a giant pickup rout at the neck/body joint, could make a great bolt-on Ric model. Easily adjustable neck tilt, no negative neck angle ever, no body wing delamination... I hope someone at RIC reads this. Imagine that with a satin-finish walnut body and a maple board like the W Series.
Someone at RIC is
writing it!
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:38 am
by doctorwho
s4001 wrote:+1.
+2!
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:13 am
by s4001
doctorwho wrote:s4001 wrote:+1.
+2!
No, no, no. +4002.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:22 am
by bottom4
WOW! Nice employee perk!!!
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:54 am
by Colonel Sanders
Wow!
This will be the first Rickie bass that will leave the factorie with a decent truss rod cavity routing since a loooong time!
http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/brend ... b.jpg.html
Brendan, can you make sure the CNC guy is taking note of what you did?
That is the way it should be done!
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:01 am
by cassius987
Colonel Sanders wrote:Wow!
This will be the first Rickie bass that will leave the factorie with a decent truss rod cavity routing since a loooong time!
http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/brend ... b.jpg.html
Brendan, can you make sure the CNC guy is taking note of what you did?
That is the way it should be done!
I agree! That should be factory standard IMPIO (in my probably ignorant opinion). However it looks like the routed the whole neck area out later and plugged it with a new piece of maple, if I understand correctly.
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:53 pm
by ajish4
Re: Something very special is making its way through the fac
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:01 pm
by brenduff1
Sorry for not posting any progress pictures last week everyone! The bass has been sprayed with the first sealer coats and finally has color! I wanted to go with an aged white on it and it has been sprayed with a really nice cream color. My phone takes horrible pictures and for some reason the bass looks darker in this picture than it does in person. Any further steps I will be sure to get a picture in better light so the real color shows through more. Next it gets scraped, some more sanding, finish spray, more sanding, fret leveled and then it gets buffed!
http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b60 ... ea3a78.jpg
