Gibson Ripper rescue

[neepheid]

Well, my mind's made up to do a straight clone of the pickup.  Next month I'll stick the order in.  The only change will be the wiring of the rotary switch - out of phase is about as much use in a bass context as a chocolate fireguard. 

In other news, my mate Rich sent me through some progress pics of the refinish.  He's sanded smoother than I got it, removed some stubborn bits of old finish and sprayed the first sealer coats:

[Denis]

Ha, I see a cat worked himself in to the final pic!
That's one nice hunk of maple. Looks great so far!

[Basvarken]

Looks great. Nice grain!

[Pilgrim]

Ha, I see a cat worked himself in to the final pic!
That's one nice hunk of maple. Looks great so far!

He/she can henceforth be known as "Ripper Cat".

[Rob]

Lookin' really nice!

[godofthunder]

  That's going to be great when it's done!

[drbassman]

Nice wood!

[neepheid]

And yet back in the day they had covered this nicely matched two piece body in black.  For shame.

[Dave W]

And yet back in the day they had covered this nicely matched two piece body in black.  For shame.

Yours will look good natural. No doubt they aren't all as nice underneath as yours, but if a dealer ordered one in black, that's what they got, even if the body was nice looking. That's how it works with orders in a fairly good size factory.

[Highlander]

He/she can henceforth be known as "GRRRRipper Cat".

[neepheid]

Yours will look good natural. No doubt they aren't all as nice underneath as yours, but if a dealer ordered one in black, that's what they got, even if the body was nice looking. That's how it works with orders in a fairly good size factory.

I'm sure it would look good natural, but it's going to be translucent cherry red a la EB-0/3/4.  So you'll still get a bit of grain coming through, but I just wanted to make something different that still had a nod to heritage.

[Highlander]

Nice...

[neepheid]

I posted a mockup on the first page, but to save you a click and a scroll, here it is again:

[Denis]

That is going to look really nice. Can't wait to see the finished bass!

[Chris P.]

Very nice!!!