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Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:32 pm
by bassduke49
. . . at a different addition coming soon to the Rickenbacker National Forest:
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Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:40 pm
by cjj
Hmmm.....
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:43 pm
by rickaddict
A naked Tux?
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:57 pm
by incubus2432
Naked Tux is my guess as well. I love maple boards on Rics.
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:04 pm
by bassduke49
Yup. Should get here in a couple of weeks. Larry Davis is fixing it up for me. Some will debate the wisdom of messing with a limited-edition bass, I just can't stand yellowed white, and on most Tuxedos, the white is terribly yellowed. I also like the look of maple, so when the opportunity arose, I just had to have her stripped down to the wood.
Formal portraits to come once she gets here.
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:30 pm
by cjj
So, it sounds like you might be leaving it as just maple? Or do you intend to add a different finish color?
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:33 pm
by bassduke49
Naked, as in just maple. It will have a satin finish similar to that on the C64S basses.
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:48 pm
by rickaddict
bassduke49 wrote: Some will debate the wisdom of messing with a limited-edition bass, I just can't stand yellowed white, and on most Tuxedos, the white is terribly yellowed.
I'm with you, Paul.
I'm a sucker for metallic colors though, so I probably would have colored everything but the 'board...and swapped the BT for chrome and white. Maybe a silver blue finish. But that's just me.
Don't mind me...I'm babbling again!
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:00 pm
by ken_j
bassduke49 wrote:Naked, as in just maple. It will have a satin finish similar to that on the C64S basses.
The satin finish Larry did on Kevin's "Black Walnut" 380 is oustanding. You will be very happy with this.
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:34 pm
by cjj
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:46 pm
by badeggs
This is an all-around excellent idea.
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:05 pm
by rickaddict
I think it'll be cool in the matte finish too.
Hmmm...can Larry make a pick guard in matte black?
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:57 pm
by ilan
Personally I think the only justified reason to strip a 4003SPC Tuxedo is to refinish it in non-yellowing white.
If I wanted the stripped Tux look, I'd look for a Mapleglo 4003S (
like this one) and have the fretboard replaced with a maple cap.
I do hope that one day it will be white again!
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:49 pm
by bassduke49
It's done and ready to ship out. Fingerboard looks a little dingy here, but that's because of the dappled light on Larry's deck:
Re: Sneak peek . . .
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:22 am
by anoukane
Very nice, Paul
I like it.
