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5 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Wow! You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge in this area. 

What told you it wasn't a Matsumoku ? 

Mats have some easy to spot details - slightly translucent pickguard with control position dots, Grover copy tuners, very  dark fretboard wood and a small "staple" style bridge pickup, like the OP's bass.

Also helps that I've got both a Matsumoku and a Shafty myself!

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Stereo Sound on jack plate, thru-neck, but gap on binding is narrower than a real Ric, surprisingly no control knob position dots on pickguard (is it a replacement pickguard?), typical generic Japanese tuners, round holes in tailpiece string feeds, screw-through strap buttons.

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All the bits to finish mine have finally arrived. Nothing major, mainly replacement screws as the scratchplate ones are really rusty and hardly hold in the holes. A pair of the newer style strap locks, I wasn't happy with the security of the bottom original one, it was kind of tight but the threads were all but stripped so I've plugged and redrilled the holes. I've also got some mirror acrylic to make a pickup bezel, I like the Rickysounds chrome one but it replaces the whole original bezel and it would look too new, I prefer the style of their black one that just fills the cavity but would rather chrome so I'm going to make my own. It should all be finished by the end of the weekend. 

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8 hours ago, Maude said:

All the bits to finish mine have finally arrived. Nothing major, mainly replacement screws as the scratchplate ones are really rusty and hardly hold in the holes. A pair of the newer style strap locks, I wasn't happy with the security of the bottom original one, it was kind of tight but the threads were all but stripped so I've plugged and redrilled the holes. I've also got some mirror acrylic to make a pickup bezel, I like the Rickysounds chrome one but it replaces the whole original bezel and it would look too new, I prefer the style of their black one that just fills the cavity but would rather chrome so I'm going to make my own. It should all be finished by the end of the weekend. 

Look forward to seeing it. 

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I've made the bezel. I might make another as I cut the pickup aperture longer on one side to accommodate the wire from the pickup as it leaves the coil at the top, I assumed the pickup would need to poke through the aperture but after a trial mock up I don't think it needs to. I can't tell until it's strung and set up. If it doesn't poke through then there's no need to have an off centre opening, I'll see if it bugs me enough. 

This'll do for now as I just want to assemble and play it. 🙂

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1 hour ago, Maude said:

I've made the bezel. I might make another as I cut the pickup aperture longer on one side to accommodate the wire from the pickup as it leaves the coil at the top, I assumed the pickup would need to poke through the aperture but after a trial mock up I don't think it needs to. I can't tell until it's strung and set up. If it doesn't poke through then there's no need to have an off centre opening, I'll see if it bugs me enough. 

This'll do for now as I just want to assemble and play it. 🙂

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The edges of the pickup hole seem equidistant from the screw holes. 

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The little thumbrest I've put on it makes it less obvious but the hole is definitely off centre, but it looks OK now its on. Like I said I allowed room for the wire as I didn't want it shearing off if the pickup needed raising through the aperture, as it happens now it's built up it doesn't need the space. I didn't know until it was finished. It's not quite right but it is just a copy of a shonky wonky Rickenbacker. 😉

I'll put some pictures up tomorrow when the light is better. 

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Here it is in place, it's not amazing but it kind of looks the part. The bridge isn't quite straight either but it's been like that for forty-three years so it won't hurt now. 

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edit: yeah I know D string isn't sat in the saddle groove it is now 🙂

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8 hours ago, Maude said:

Here it is in place, it's not amazing but it kind of looks the part. The bridge isn't quite straight either but it's been like that for forty-three years so it won't hurt now. 

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edit: yeah I know D string isn't sat in the saddle groove it is now 🙂

It looks OK to me.

And yes, I spotted the D-string!

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All back together and set up. The chrome is all fairly pitted and I've left all the damage in the paint, just tinted the bare wood chips and polished everything. 

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The neck and frets have cleaned up nicely. 

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And I sanded the mirror backing off the TRC and painted it white, the lettering isn't the best but it'll do for now. 

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New strap buttons. 

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And the screws I had to put in to pull the tailpiece down, not ideal but the action is now nice and low and it plays great. 

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I've scrubbed the case and it's also come up nicely, just need to fix a couple of bits inside and everything will be finished. 

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11 minutes ago, Maude said:

@hiram.k.hackenbacker I apologise as I completely forgot to message the chap I bought this off about the TRC. I have now but he just said he bought it off some guy on the FB faker group.

Someone has just asked the very same question on the FB group which is what jogged my memory, possibly even you. 

This one was done by the guy in the FB faker group...

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