The Last Bass Outpost

I love it Dale.  I've always been a sucker for a cherry burst finish and the body/neck combo is great!  I really like that tailpiece.  Where did you find it?

I have them made from stainless steel, guitar or bass both pieces tailpiece and claw are $50.00 with $5.00 shipping anywhere in the U.S.  $14.00 international shipping.
I also build the 4005 type bridge from scratch. They are for sale also.

Jaymi, those are identical...both of em' are yours?  Hey tell Jeff he needs some Bass lessons

When this 1968 4005 was sent to me from a pawn shop in Fresno, the neck was broken at the heel where it meets the body. Someone drilled 4 holes and put dry wall screws through the back of the neck heel to hold it together, it didn't work very well, the action was 2 inches at the 20th fret. The peghead was also cracked and once again they used a short dry wall screw to hold it together.  But when they mixed a quart of poly resin and poured it in the body, I'm not sure what that was about unless they were trying to make a solid body out of it.  Someone also filed the neck binding off making the neck slim kinda like a Jazz Bass.
So this Bass had a lot of work done to bring it back to life.  The back came off, the neck taken out, the braces were replaced, neck and peghead repaired,resin removed, new B/W checkered binding, replaced the back, reset and refretted the neck, new neck binding and patched about 20 holes that were drilled in the top in various spots. I finished it with NCL in a BlueBoy color.  All the parts and hardware are original except the case.   She's a beauty now.

Beautiful work Dale!  I think Ric has some of the most attractive designs going and most of them could make beautiful basses if done in a hollow body style.

DITTO!

This can be yours for a very economical price.  It is a Lefty done in a dark Burgundyglo that is also referred to as "Eggplant"  A 1974 model 3001 Rick neck that I made a custom body for, double bound body shape of a 330, 2 toaster type p-ups, 4001 type bridge, pickguard and standard controls.   $1,250.00 includes 48 state shipping with insurance. I Do Not have a case for this although a 4005 or Gig Bag case will work.  This was aproject that I started over 2 years ago and health issues caused the customer to cancel this.  Email me for more pix.

That maybe true, but they don't want what I have to offer.  Most anyone can write a book if they do a lot of research. When I was 23 yrs. old I was fortunate to start work learning to build guitars in the Rickenbacker Factory woodshop in Santa Ana from 1972 through 1976.  I saw and learned a lot about the way things were done and built in the 50s and 60s just by working with and knowing people like Lyn Tigner, Dick Burke, Bill Myers, "Doc" Kauffman and Paul Barth. After leaving the company in late 1976 I opened my own small guitar shop in Tustin about 5 miles or so from where the Rick factory was.  I had 4 other guys working for me and we carried on a tradition of guitar construction, repair and restoration.  John Hall even drove up in front of my shop one day in his big black Mercedes, got out, opened the back door of his car and took out a P.O.S. import classical guitar, and as he walked in through the open garage door and started looking around, he wanted to see if I were building Rick copies, he asked me about doing some work on the guitar he had in his hands.  We all got a chuckle out of that after he drove off.

The Pit???  enlighten me please.
also, how does one post pictures using the icon from above that says: Inset Image