Bassassin Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Rick bass & guitar toasters are exactly the same apart from the mounting holes. The toasters on my 70s Jap copies also have 6 poles. [quote name='Bassmanc' post='377136' date='Jan 11 2009, 08:52 PM']A couple of comments, one of my first basses was a Pearl Rick 4001 copy and it was so accurate, apart from the bolt on neck, that once I'd glues the neck in place, made a new neck heel, painted her black and added an original Rickenbacker headstock logo, the Bass Centre in London thought it was a vintage original! So I'm not so sure about the comments on Rickenbacker protecting their designs at all.[/quote] In what way does you passing off a copy as genuine cast doubt on Rickenbacker's protection of their designs? This is precisely [b]why[/b] they do so. There are no Rickenbacker copies which are indistinguishable from the real thing, but many people fob off copies as genuine because most buyers - and music shop staff - won't be sufficiently familiar with the details to tell the difference. Too bad when some poor sod finds out they've just spent £1200 on a Jap copy. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Here the truss rod channel has been routed and the truss rod loose-fitted. Neck marked up ready for the start of shaping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 More work on the body wings. Cut to final shape and sanded smooth, ready for roting the channel for the binding. Maple and walnut go nicely together. Here's the top edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Here's the two body wings cut to final size and sanded. Next the edge channel will be routed for the binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Loving this build Al. I'm amazed at how quickly your builds seem to progress and how the quality never seems to suffer. Looking forward to watching he final product progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='381118' date='Jan 15 2009, 11:43 AM']Here's the two body wings cut to final size and sanded. Next the edge channel will be routed for the binding. [/quote] Hey Al, Looking so good! Wich I could build this fast What were the rough thicknesses of the maple and walnut boards? Ive only ever seen 25mm boards at Boddys...? Or did you plane down the maple? Ricks are, what, 1 1/4 inch so ~32mm thick, so youd either have to resaw or plane the maple down quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) BTW, that walnut looks clear and quartersawn - that was such a good find, hats off to you! Edited January 15, 2009 by Mikey R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Thanks Mikey, if Boddy's warehouse wasn't so darned cold I could spend all afternoon rummaging round in their wood bins. The maple cap is 15mm and the walnut is 25mm. Most of the stuff is 25mm but there are some wides sheets that are 15mm if you look in the shelf areas. Yep, I've got some planing to do but I'll probably leave the body a little thicker than the original - makes for less nervous pickup and ctrl routing. Still got 5mm to lose but thats what electric planers are for. The beams for the neck section are all 20mm thick, they come from the bin end sections at the end of the rows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Cheers Al, Im going wood shopping this weekend so I'll dress warm and take a pair of gloves. Whenever Ive gone to the mill, Ive always spent at least 3 hours in there as it takes that long to pick out the good pieces - and I reckon I miss a lot of the really good stuff. I hope theres some good wide 15mm maple left this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Oooh! The Wenge - beware the lure of the Wenge! Theres some gorgeous big railway sleepers of Wenge in the warehouse near the wood floor section. Serious money but mouthwateringly wengey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Al Heeley' post='381416' date='Jan 15 2009, 03:50 PM']Oooh! The Wenge - beware the lure of the Wenge! Theres some gorgeous big railway sleepers of Wenge in the warehouse near the wood floor section. Serious money but mouthwateringly wengey.[/quote] I dont think Ive got any tools that would actually be able to cut a railway sleepers worth into usable chunks! Then theres the look on my wifes face as I try to get it into the car. Last time I went, there was a HUGE slab of bubinga, about the size of a kitchen counter top. It was a monster. Edited January 15, 2009 by Mikey R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='Mikey R' post='381485' date='Jan 15 2009, 04:49 PM']I dont think Ive got any tools that would actually be able to cut a railway sleepers worth into usable chunks! Then theres the look on my wifes face as I try to get it into the car. Last time I went, there was a HUGE slab of bubinga, about the size of a kitchen counter top. It was a monster.[/quote] I'm sure Roo would love to see you stick a railway sleeper in the car and find a home for it in your house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Merton' post='381503' date='Jan 15 2009, 05:05 PM']I'm sure Roo would love to see you stick a railway sleeper in the car and find a home for it in your house![/quote] I think I'd be looking for a new house if I brought that one home Edited January 15, 2009 by Mikey R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Fretboard WIP - nice piece of stripey rosewood from David Dyke. Brass/wood plug inserts need sanding flush. then its fret slot cutting time. Oh joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='376518' date='Jan 10 2009, 11:25 PM']Here's the link to the radius jig I copied: [url="http://home.mindspring.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://home.mindspring.com/~adhamilton/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/neck_jig_3.jpg&target=tlx_new"]Radius Jig[/url][/quote] That link just shows the one photo - this is a link to the page with the jig on it. [url="http://home.mindspring.com/~adhamilton/id13.html"]http://home.mindspring.com/~adhamilton/id13.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 [quote name='Mikey R' post='381536' date='Jan 15 2009, 05:34 PM']I think I'd be looking for a new house if I brought that one home [/quote] Small house, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='382931' date='Jan 17 2009, 12:04 AM']Small house, right? [/quote] Theres only so much room in any cupboard under the stairs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Progress has slowed a little. Hopefully my mate will bring in his band saw to lend me tomorrow, then i can get the neck profile cut out and start on the neck shaping. Meanwhile there's the fingerboard to finish slotting, radiussing and sanding level. Here's the binding on the body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnyMike Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Looking fantastic so far Al! I want to get a custom Rick at some point, i will be watching the progress with great interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Started work on carving the neck profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookys6stringbass Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 [quote name='the_house123' post='387034' date='Jan 21 2009, 12:02 AM']Looking fantastic so far Al! I want to get a custom Rick at some point, i will be watching the progress with great interest [/quote] same here... Al where or how did you get the drawing to build from?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Thx guys. I had a book of classic guitars - there was a good double-page photo of a ric4001 on it, I scanned in to photoshop and scaled it up to fullsize using the ric dimensions published on Rickenbackers web pages. From this I printed out a load of A4 outlines and sellotaped them together to give me a full size outline plan. The rest of the finer details were either provided by perstering the forum members who had a real one and a ruler handy, or by trial,error and common sense from various photos on the web - a huge library of hi-res images from TalkBass forum Rick owners club thread! The neck profile is copied from my P-bass replacement neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Great project and it's looks fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookys6stringbass Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='391280' date='Jan 25 2009, 09:54 PM']Thx guys. I had a book of classic guitars - there was a good double-page photo of a ric4001 on it, I scanned in to photoshop and scaled it up to fullsize using the ric dimensions published on Rickenbackers web pages. From this I printed out a load of A4 outlines and sellotaped them together to give me a full size outline plan. The rest of the finer details were either provided by perstering the forum members who had a real one and a ruler handy, or by trial,error and common sense from various photos on the web - a huge library of hi-res images from TalkBass forum Rick owners club thread! The neck profile is copied from my P-bass replacement neck.[/quote] That's brilliant... If I had a hat on i'd take it off to you. I hope to have a go myself some day. Well i've two builds planned a great big 2 x 15 bass cab and the Ricky copy...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 [quote name='hookys6stringbass' post='392061' date='Jan 26 2009, 07:57 PM']That's brilliant... If I had a hat on i'd take it off to you. I hope to have a go myself some day. Well i've two builds planned a great big 2 x 15 bass cab and the Ricky copy......[/quote]Thx Hookey, go for it and drop me a line if I can be of any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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