Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hi Forumers,
I bought that 72 fireglo FL that was on ebay recently. It's got here & it has side markers for every finger position which suprised me. Are all Rick FL's like this?

Gary, I know all the ones I have owned, from the 1980's to today had them. I didn't think the early 70's FL had the dots.

They all did,same fretboard,minus the frets.

Thanks Dave. I didn't know this. I thought they might be 3/5/7 etc. And they're black btw, I've heard of other colours but not seen any but black & white. Its a nice original bass but it's got rounds on it. I'm open to string suggestions too. Anyone use the nylon coated flats?

The new FLs only have dots on the binding that correspond to the dots on the fingerboard - in the center of the "fret", not on the actual note. The older ones, like yours Gerry, have the dots on the binding at every exact note, which is helpful on a dark stage!

Yes, it's kinda like cheating...

And good for intonation!

I played one recently, and didn't really like it. Beautiful bass (Andy Winters '73 I think), sounded great, but I've played too long on a "traditional" fretless neck.

I suppose if I got used to it, I get away from looking too much at the neck while I play. But I've not done too much on the fretless for about 7 years...

Now how can you not like this....



Hey Ed, just kidding!! Thanks again for a very cool afternoon.

It even has its own bed.

They all do Ken, they all do....

I bet you sleep on the floor.

Close Ken, close...

How can you not love this!



(Note to self: New pics needed to show some updates.)

****! I just ordered a fretless and was unaware they'd done away with the fret markers in the binding.

Ah, well.