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My project is back from Mike Dolan
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:28 pm
by marc61
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:50 pm
by rickfan60
Let me help you out there bud. I think I am going to cry. It is friggn' beautiful.
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:15 pm
by jps
Well, Marc did say "little preview"!
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:17 pm
by dminer
Mark...That is stunning!! I love that green/gold/black combo...the dark neck with dots also looks right on...Is Dr. Dolan's work as great as I've been hearing? Is it nitro or poly?
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:23 pm
by jnbass
nice ;}
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:08 pm
by rickfan60
I am still basking in the glow.... It is hard to fathom that it started off looking like this.........
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:50 am
by marc61
David, the dark neck with the dots are Ted's work. As you can see by the above photo the ebony was already there. Ted corrected the badly out of whack radius,and installed new frets and pearl dot markers.
It will truly be a "forum bass" when it's done. Everything used to make this bass either came directly from forum members or their information.I think there are a few here who could claim that about their projects.
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:51 am
by henny
lol!
well, your sig bass is and will be gorgeous. Congrats!
(You're the only guy I know of who's had one of those actually ordered...)
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 3:47 am
by lshaia
WOW! That's beautiful! Congratulations to you both!
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:30 am
by rickfan60
It is pretty cool to have had a hand in restoring that one. I am especially proud of the binding. In hindsight, I should have made the binding 3 ply. An innner layer of black .020 would have made a beautiful accent to tie in with the black trim. Of course, at the time the finish color was far from decided.
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:37 am
by rickfan60
Who made pickguard? Is that your actual signature Marc?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:05 am
by henny
Some company makes them, I saw them on the net. Sombody similar to pickguard heaven... damn, forgot the name.
What you do, is supply your wanted guard shape and your signature, either digitally or on paper. They then print it onto the plastic. Cool idea, doesn't cost too much either.
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:56 am
by marc61
Pickguardian made the guard. They have templates for the Rick basses. You print out an order form and sign it like two or three times. I guess they just take the best of the signatures.
Umm.. if anyone else wants my name on their bass, I already paid the setup charge, so the next one is less;>)
So as far as I know me and CS are the only guys with their signatures on Ric basses
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:29 am
by jnbass
There's a Glenn Frey version 2030.
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:51 am
by rickfan60
The Frey is nowhere near as cool as the Seligman though.
