NBD, Another Rick Copy

Just picked this up. It definitely needs some work but fundamentally it plays well and the pickups sound pretty darn good.

I don't know a lot about Ricks or Rick copies so any thoughts on who made it, age, value, etc. are greatly appreciated.

 

Here's a couple more shots. It's actually a neck-through which is kind of cool for a copy.

 

Yea, it does look cool with the binding and all. I'm sort of taking inventory on the bass...the bridge is a bit perplexing and seems like a bit of a liability in terms of intonation and flexibility.

 

Yea, for sure. Thank you so much for the info gang!

Time to do some research I guess. Ah, the joys of CL! At least the ceiling seems pretty high on this one!

 

Thanks!

After spec-ing things out it looks like a stock/standard bridge saddle piece will either fit or be too close not to try so I'm headed in that direction...we'll see.

I've played and owned EB copies and plenty of Fender copies over the years. Having never owned a Ric I can't say for sure but this seems like a decent reproduction...visually anyway.

 

So I ordered a Japanese made aftermarket replacement bridge saddle piece(designed to fit a real Ric) and it dropped-in like it was born there. A few more things to straighten-out and I'll see what this baby can do.

 

Thanks for the kind words!

An interesting development...the only markings on the bass are a cryptic looking set of characters written in black ink or paint in the neck pickup route. They looked a little like Japanese so I sent a photo to a friend who's fluent to see if he could make anything of it.

He said it was Japanese and looks like it says "Washburn". I can't say I was expecting that!

I guess it may be a "Washenbacker".

 

Thanks!

That front "saddle" piece is a mute, there's a strip of foam in there and it can be raised or lowered. The strings are resting on it in the photo because the actual saddle plate that goes behind it was missing. All fixed now though....I'll try to post a pic later.