60's Rick 330 reset neck with added binding and crushed pear

billydlight · Post by **billydlight** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:22 pm

Kinda looks like one of those 61 365's

Comments? You likee?

sys700 · Post by **sys700** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:53 pm

Who did the reset?

libratune · Post by **libratune** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:16 pm

Very nice!

Did you lose the blend knob on purpose?

collin · Post by **collin** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:38 pm

sys700 wrote:Who did the reset?

Me.

I also did the binding work. Larry Davis built the CP fretboard.

winston · Post by **winston** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:45 pm

Nice work gents........

Collin how did you manage to preserve the finish adjacent to the routes for the binding?

collin · Post by **collin** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:55 pm

winston wrote:Nice work gents........ Collin how did you manage to preserve the finish adjacent to the routes for the binding?

I didn't have a table router set up at the time, so Larry routed the binding channels carefully and I bound it with full masking of the adjacent finish. Spent way too many hours carefully binding it, and spot amber finishing on the binding only.

I have a photobucket folder documenting it, somewhere....I'll find a link.

godber · Post by **godber** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:30 am

collin wrote:...I have a photobucket folder documenting it, somewhere....I'll find a link.

Would love to see that.

Great work, it looks fantastic.

billydlight · Post by **billydlight** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:55 am

Thanks Guys,

libratune wrote:Very nice!

Did you lose the blend knob on purpose?

Yes, I like the 50's vibe of 4 knobs, at the suggestion of Chris at POTR's, I used a bass harness that has a push/pull pot to bring the .0047 cap in and out. Electronically (ie pots and wire) the harness is the same as a guitar harness. I may eventually go back to 5...

Also the upper guard is flat which is another sort of 50's vibe, and I am not sure if I'm gonna fix that or not.
like this

libratune · Post by **libratune** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:50 pm

billydlight wrote: Also the upper guard is flat which is another sort of 50's vibe, and I am not sure if I'm gonna fix that or not.

Yeah, the upper guard on '58 capris generally did not have the "indent" between the pickups; that started to show up in 1959.

jch · Post by **jch** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:24 pm

Another beauty Billy!

Danotron · Post by **Danotron** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:00 pm

I think that looks amazing!

Congratulations Billy and great job Collin

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:47 pm

Danotron wrote:I think that looks amazing!

Congratulations Billy and great job Collin

+1 Really well done !!

billydlight · Post by **billydlight** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:55 pm

http://s329.photobucket.com/albums/l390 ... S%20build/

collin wrote:
winston wrote:Nice work gents........ Collin how did you manage to preserve the finish adjacent to the routes for the binding?
I didn't have a table router set up at the time, so Larry routed the binding channels carefully and I bound it with full masking of the adjacent finish. Spent way too many hours carefully binding it, and spot amber finishing on the binding only.

I have a photobucket folder documenting it, somewhere....I'll find a link.

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:48 pm

Looks great! I like the four knobs as well.

benjamin672 · Post by **benjamin672** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:56 pm

The inlays are beautiful! I love the way the crushed pearl looks on old Rickenbackers.. stunning feature. It looks so different that I was really blown away the first time I saw a guitar that had them in person.

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