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Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:09 pm
by fabandgear
When did Rickenbacker first start applying finish to their fingerboards?
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:49 pm
by scott_s
Just going from the pics in the Bacon & Day book, it looks like they appeared in 1959. I'll let an expert correct me if that's wrong!
- Scott
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:08 pm
by wolfen2
WHY??? Is that a problem? Never had a problem with frets, fret dress, or the finish, even though we know that almost nobody has a finished fretboard anymore. It is part of their allure. Come On!!! It's a Rick!
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:47 pm
by collin
wolfen2 wrote:WHY??? Is that a problem? Never had a problem with frets, fret dress, or the finish, even though we know that almost nobody has a finished fretboard anymore. It is part of their allure. Come On!!! It's a Rick!
Didn't look like he had a problem with it to me!
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:46 pm
by Grey
It's a love/hate thing for me with the fretboard on my Ric.
I have a 30 year old acoustic that's very close in age to the Ric, and it's fretboard has not held up as well. The finish on the Ric has really kept the fretboard in great shape over the years, but at the same time, I love the way the raw wood feels under my fingers on the Gibson.
I've resolved to just let it wear down with natural playing.
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:17 pm
by cjj
I'm the opposite. My 4004Cii has an "unfinished" fretboard. It's OK, but I really prefer the finished boards on the 4001 & 4003. It just feels weird, but that could be that I'm used to 30 some years of 4001/4003 finished fret boards...
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:44 am
by badeggs
wolfen2 wrote:WHY??? Is that a problem? Never had a problem with frets, fret dress, or the finish, even though we know that almost nobody has a finished fretboard anymore. It is part of their allure. Come On!!! It's a Rick!
...huh?
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:38 am
by 8mileshigh
fabandgear wrote:When did Rickenbacker first start applying finish to their fingerboards?
Around '59? The early combos don't have the high gloss fingerboards.......IIRC.....the early capris don't either.....so......yeah.....'59 ish?
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:03 pm
by fabandgear
wolfen2 wrote:WHY??? Is that a problem? Never had a problem with frets, fret dress, or the finish, even though we know that almost nobody has a finished fretboard anymore. It is part of their allure. Come On!!! It's a Rick!
What part of my inquiry made it sound like I had a problem with finished Rick fingerboards? Hmmm, am I missing something here?
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:55 pm
by paologregorio
fabandgear wrote:wolfen2 wrote:WHY??? Is that a problem? Never had a problem with frets, fret dress, or the finish, even though we know that almost nobody has a finished fretboard anymore. It is part of their allure. Come On!!! It's a Rick!
What part of my inquiry made it sound like I had a problem with finished Rick fingerboards? Hmmm, am I missing something here?
I don't think so. If so, I missed it as well.
Interesting to know the first year for lacquered fingerboards though.
Re: Finished Fingerboards
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:48 pm
by fabandgear
Personally, when I beheld my first Rick, I thought that finished fingerboard was simply marvaroonie! The whole guitar was just so spaceaged and different from anything I'd played before that it must have been imported from Saturn!