Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

henry5 wrote:Paul, I seem to remember a small issue concerning the change in the headstock from the long (up to late '60s) version to the smaller; it could have been that mention of the smaller-but-still-walnut-winged version - with corresponding lack of skunk stripe in the neck - up until early '72 was missing (my Feb '72 is like this). I can't quite remember the specifics and I'm at work now so I'll have to check when I get home. Apologies in advance if I've remembered incorrectly.

bassduke49 wrote:I got an email today from the publisher, Hal Leonard Books, that they will be needing to reprint the book as stock is getting low. They knew that I wanted to make some minor corrections, but I suggested that we should do a second edition as I had accumulated more photos and that there were two newish models and other information that would keep the book current. So now I need a bit of help locating publishable photos of the limited-run colors and finish combinations that were produced for the foreign distributors (Snowglo, Fire Alarm Red, metallic peach, metallic sky blue, metallic black with mirror PG and TRC, etc.). I've already taken formal portraits of a 4003W but need to get access to an SW for formal portraits. I've also emailed some sources for the sole(?) Fireglo BT, the James Kirkland Blue Boy 4000, and I've been able to obtain great photos of Geddy Lee with his Ricks, something sorely lacking from the first edition.

So, is there anything else I should cover? Something that you found lacking in the first edition? Any corrections needed (I think I found all the missed aches, but . . . ). Have at it!

chefothefuture wrote:

henry5 wrote:Paul, I seem to remember a small issue concerning the change in the headstock from the long (up to late '60s) version to the smaller; it could have been that mention of the smaller-but-still-walnut-winged version - with corresponding lack of skunk stripe in the neck - up until early '72 was missing (my Feb '72 is like this). I can't quite remember the specifics and I'm at work now so I'll have to check when I get home. Apologies in advance if I've remembered incorrectly.

Ah- the incredible shrinking headstock! Yes, I would have liked to see a photo progression showing this change. There are at least 5 variants of this shape from 1969 to 1972! And several examples where the template must have been damaged as the "crest" looks like (as coined by Sepp) a big toe.
I gather that additions like this would be too great an alteration of the book physically.

bassduke49 wrote:Yeah, the different shapes, while seeming to follow a trend, were hard to pin down to anything definitive. I'm sure if I had made some sort of timeline on shape/feature changes, there would be something pop up to shatter the stats. In the long run, I went with the obvious trends instead of the finer details. That way, the text wouldn't necessarily be "wrong," just generally "correct."

bassduke49 wrote:Yeah, the different shapes, while seeming to follow a trend, were hard to pin down to anything definitive. I'm sure if I had made some sort of timeline on shape/feature changes, there would be something pop up to shatter the stats. In the long run, I went with the obvious trends instead of the finer details. That way, the text wouldn't necessarily be "wrong," just generally "correct."

chefothefuture wrote:

henry5 wrote:Paul, I seem to remember a small issue concerning the change in the headstock from the long (up to late '60s) version to the smaller; it could have been that mention of the smaller-but-still-walnut-winged version - with corresponding lack of skunk stripe in the neck - up until early '72 was missing (my Feb '72 is like this). I can't quite remember the specifics and I'm at work now so I'll have to check when I get home. Apologies in advance if I've remembered incorrectly.

Ah- the incredible shrinking headstock! Yes, I would have liked to see a photo progression showing this change. There are at least 5 variants of this shape from 1969 to 1972! And several examples where the template must have been damaged as the "crest" looks like (as coined by Sepp) a big toe.
I gather that additions like this would be too great an alteration of the book physically.
I would have liked to see the treble PU changes documented as well.
Be nice to "close the book" on a lot of the technical stuff that continues to spark debate.....

jps wrote:

chefothefuture wrote:

henry5 wrote:Paul, I seem to remember a small issue concerning the change in the headstock from the long (up to late '60s) version to the smaller; it could have been that mention of the smaller-but-still-walnut-winged version - with corresponding lack of skunk stripe in the neck - up until early '72 was missing (my Feb '72 is like this). I can't quite remember the specifics and I'm at work now so I'll have to check when I get home. Apologies in advance if I've remembered incorrectly.

Ah- the incredible shrinking headstock! Yes, I would have liked to see a photo progression showing this change. There are at least 5 variants of this shape from 1969 to 1972! And several examples where the template must have been damaged as the "crest" looks like (as coined by Sepp) a big toe.
I gather that additions like this would be too great an alteration of the book physically.
I would have liked to see the treble PU changes documented as well.
Be nice to "close the book" on a lot of the technical stuff that continues to spark debate.....

This is the kind of stuff Ferrari aficionados/collectors/enthusiasts, etc. love, and one of the reasons I mention, on occasion, that I compare Rickenbacker to Ferrari (particularly, the 1950s-mid 1960s cars).