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’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots at 12
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:18 pm
by DJJazzV
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:04 pm
by RickyBubba
Built on a Monday? Interesting….
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:16 pm
by chefothefuture
That's awesome! I had an early 70's 340 with similar side dot fun
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:04 pm
by jps
My Feb '67 330 has three side dots at the 12th fret.
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:29 pm
by Colonel Sanders
It must be a copy... i'll give you $50 for it
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:37 pm
by sloop_john_b
Too funny
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:01 am
by ilan
The extra dots could have been added by a previous owner to help visibility, they don't line up perfectly. But the missing inlay is odd.
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:14 am
by heinpete
...thanx Don for this revelation, I didn't know that the folks at RIC did drink so much those days!
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:00 am
by jps
ilan wrote:The extra dots could have been added by a previous owner to help visibility, they don't line up perfectly. But the missing inlay is odd.
I don't know about Don's, but the dots on my 330 are factory original.
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:39 am
by DJJazzV
Thank you all for the bass compliments. I'm trying to find out more information about it. I like that a few of you posted about similar side dots. Mine also feel factory original. I can slightly feel each one, and they are all the same. They don't appear done after the factory.
The missing 19th fret inlay is the coolest part on this bass. It's like they used a V63 fingerboard and made it for 4003 inlays. I think it must have been built that way on purpose, for some reason.
jps wrote:ilan wrote:The extra dots could have been added by a previous owner to help visibility, they don't line up perfectly. But the missing inlay is odd.
I don't know about Don's, but the dots on my 330 are factory original.
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:35 pm
by jdogric12
RickyBubba wrote:Built on a Monday? Interesting….
Don't you mean Friday afternoon?
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:43 am
by DJJazzV
I still haven't found another without the 19th fret inlay, except the V63 basses with dots, of course.
There must have been a good reason this was done. I'm looking forward to eventually finding out.
Here's a better photo:
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:07 pm
by DJJazzV
Mystery solved! Rickenbacker is awesome! They emailed me back and stated it was ordered that way. As expected, no mistake, no end of the decade build error, etc. It was a custom order.
With that information, Paul Boyer can now stop by my house on his way to the Superbowl this year and take some pictures of the black trim Rickenbacker basses for the 2nd version of his awesome Rickenbacker bass book.
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:41 pm
by bassduke49
Cool! I'm going to the Super Bowl? How'd I do that?
Re: ’89 MapleGlo 4003, BT, no 19th fret inlay, 3 side dots a
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:31 am
by s4001
If I had those two basses, my RAS would be taken care of for quite some time.
...I crack myself up...
