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Yeah, I REALLY liked the AFGs I saw. Amazing.

The acoustic area was amazing, but sad as J. Oliver said, like the luthier just up and left in the middle of work and left various projects on the table and never came back. Dust and spiderwebs on pieces that are just waiting to become beautiful pieces of art. Hopefully someday...

Overall the tour was great. The workers were very nice (even though we were intruding upon them) and answered all sorts of questions.

The paint room was great. Everything was great.

The museum was cool but I didn't get too see a 4080. Or a 5003. Matter of fact, no one brought either of those to the confluence at the hotel either. Maybe next time. Someone did have a 365 though.

Rumbush,

Thanks for the info. Too bad about no Anniversary Editions already produced for sale. Maybe the dealer that told me there could be a year's wait for the Anniversary 4003 was right. Better info should come out in the next few weeks.

I'm sure it was a great tour to be a part of!

I've been in some pretty big mass production facilities over the years, the biggest of which is probably the Northrop-Grumman B-2 facility in Palmdale, but even in the small ones I am always fascinated by the production process.

It's endlessly interesting to me to see a final product brought forth from it's raw materials, whether those materials are aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber or maple planks.

Taking the tour it's clear that these guys are bursting at the seams; people are basically stepping all over each other, even without a bunch Rickenbacker nerds getting in their way.

The layout is more compartmentalized than I had envisioned; rather than a more straight line (or an in-line route through the building) there seem to be more "zones" or rooms (sometimes literally) where things get done and then passed on to the next step.

Like I said, endlessly fascinating for me.

I'll post my pics as soon as I get approved on Paul's Yahoo thingumybob. I haven't even taken them off of my camera yet.

Greg IIRC John Hall mentioned that RIC would be getting out the Anniversary items relatively quickly, like they have done with the 1996s. It's "only" a 300-instrument run anyway.

Wow, what an experience. I'm still kinda buzzed from seeing everything.

I just put about ten more up...

Thanks Alisha,

Greatly appreciated!

IF you wouldn't mind, please tell Jeff "DON'T FORGET THE CS PICTURES" for me!

Thanks again. I sure do wish I was there...

Oh yeah, lots of CS pix please!

OK, my server finally came back up...

http://www.pbase.com/alanz01/ric_75th

Thanks Alan. Very nice!

I can't seem to get onto the Yahoo site, perhaps I wasn't witty enough in the "comments" section...is there some trick to this?

You have to be approved.

Thanks, I applied for approval yesterday, but didn't know if approval was by Yahoo or by one of us. Don't mean to seem impatient, just feel like a kid who can't quite see over the fence .

Paul W (The Carmudgeon) needs to approve you. It's a forum that he administrates.

Ah, got it. Thanks, Greg.

Very cool Alan! thank you for posting

how does one apply for approval?.