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Now, that's service we just don't have on the East Coast.

Paul,
I'm reluctant to mess with my 4005 at this point, it's in decent shape, though, dang, that Aquaglo is the color of my dreams.
I do have a V63MG with absolutely no woodgrain showing through. Pretty bland. How do you think the Aquaglo would look on such a plain guitar?

Paul W. Thanks. I'll have Ted S. send the hardware to you for reassembly. If you have room to haul it to the 75th "homecoming," great. You bring the bass (case and carton, too, please), and I'll bring a check! Hope to see photos soon!

Hey Paul, do you have any Ric amps?

Yep. A PA-120 that I got from Tracey Sands last year.

That's a 4-channel SS/reverb PA amp. 120 watts. Abuckawatt. Bargain!

Did you get the "suitcase" speakers with that or the columns? Those little speakers were simply amazing. Another feature that PA has is an anti-feedback control that really works, without any change to the audio. It's a phase control, the obvious way to control feedback and I don't understand why other PA's don't have this.

Cool. I'd like to see a pic of that, with the speakers.

I did find this though:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-PA-120 ... dZViewItem

All I got was the raw amp, John. But I'll keep an eye out for the speakers...anyone got any pictures???

Paul, and photos of your current projects for us to look at?

How about the finished AquaGlo 325!

http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum_view_ ... 372&Page=2

Awesome....

I happen to have this '72 4001 that I'm rebinding and refinishing for a Mr. Paul Boyer...

It had the original checkerboard binding, which had deteriorated over the decades and turned nearly transparent--it was quite yellow besides.

I've stripped the binding and redone the checkerboard and the outer celluloid. The bass came to me stripped, but with the maple sanded roughly and quite scratched in places. It now has been finish-sanded and all hairline gaps filled (important in a rebinding job, as the clearcoat tends to resist filling gaps bigger than microscopic in size!). It is ready for sealer and will receive color in the next few days...

The first photo shows an area where the binding rabbet had been incorrectly cut, leading to a tapered end on the binding, which must've looked weird...I recut the end at the blue area to make it consistent in width.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00066.jpg

Here's the body ready for the double binding:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00065.jpg

Here's the checkerboard being applied. I prefer to use tape to hold the binding, rather than rubber bands. I also have my own binding cement that I make up.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00068.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00070.jpg

Here's the bass with the checkerboard applied, ready for the white outer binding:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00073.jpg

A closeup of the upper horn:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00075.jpg

The beginning of the application of the white outer binding:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00076.jpg

Next, a closeup of the completed binding job, before levelling, which is done by scraping:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00082.jpg

Another closeup of the binding, after scraping:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00089.jpg

The finished and scraped binding project:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00112.jpg

Love those checkered bindings!! That pic you have labeled ready for white outer (filename ends in 073) for some reason reminds me of cowboys, a western feel. Would make an interesting look with just checkered, no white outer.... Course for about 20 years of my life I was convinced I was a cowboy in a past life!

Looking forward to seeing MinkGlo! Oh, and nice inlays.

Oh, beautiful, Paul. It's so good to see her again, even though she's mostly naked. Great binding job, as I expected. Can't wait to see the Mink coat.

What a marvellous set of pictures! It's a joy to see such craftsmanship first-hand. Will there be further pics as the project proceeds?

Lovely! What color is it gonna be (or is that a secret)?