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Early S bass inlay material?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:19 am
by xsubs
Does anyone know what inlay material was used for the fingerboard dots on early '60s 4001S/RM1999 models?
I've tried some searches on this, but came up empty...
Maybe Andy or Atsushi can answer this?
Cheers
Sean
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:32 am
by dale_fortune
We used a hole punch on a drill press to make the dots from celluloid binding material that was .090 thick. The newer ones are punched from vinyl material. Also, the drill was not running at the time we did this.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:57 am
by wints
And there you have it..
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:15 am
by aceonbass
Actual mother of pearl dots are fairly inexpensive, so that's what I use on my customized Rickys.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:31 am
by charlyg
Are they anything like purple microdot(s)?
Darn hippies! Oh wait, how do I know what that stuff is?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:38 am
by jingle_jangle
You may never remember, Charlie, unfortunately...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:44 am
by xsubs
LOL Charly
I KNOW what that is too! Makes me feel old, but those were fun times!
Thanks for the responses guys.
Dale's about to start on my '99 V63 refin, and it has those fugly faux pearl dots. They have to go!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:30 am
by charlyg
My days of "experimentation" were from late 69 to around 76. I was stationed in SF in 70-72. Great concerts at the Fillmore, great food at the Spaghetti Factory in North Beach, great fish and chips at Edna's for brunch on Sunday, just up the street from Lighthouse Bookstore, etc, etc. Did I forget to mention Golden Gate Park, any weekend?
I love that city - just not its politics.......anymore!!!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:03 pm
by dale_fortune
1967 The Summer of Love. That old saying..If you remember the 60's, you probably weren't there. My friend and I flew from L.A. to Monterey for the POP Festival, talk about trippin. Everybody there was aglow. It's a wonder any of us have any brain cells left...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:17 pm
by chefothefuture
Mmmmm-
Purple Microdots....
I ate a few of those one day; found a transonic 200 that day and
bought it.....
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:38 pm
by jingle_jangle
...and woke up next to a refrigerator that somebody had painted black with a roller...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:21 pm
by shinynewtoy
I honestly have no idea how good 90's acid was...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:53 pm
by dale_fortune
Now back to Rick dot material..We also put M O P markers in a few as special orders, and all the fretless ones had M O P dots along with red side dots at every fret position. Once a month I would punch out guitar and bass fingerboard dots from the same material we used for body binding.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:07 pm
by chefothefuture
No really-
It had a Vox Westminster Bass head sitting on it too.....
And it was in the early 80's in Seattle of all places......
Enough dots?
Dot's Enough!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:59 pm
by jnbass
and dot's dot!