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The Rickenbacker Club! (part 2)

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My '78 4001...

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Cora is also a fan...

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Can I be 198?
 
#609
Yeah, only back when they made the full width "inlays" they were sparkle linoleum tile! They do look cool though.
Then they went to routing out the triangles and using pour-in plastic.

gilbertma said:
Don't know if y'all heard over here in Talkbass land that RIC's making 4003's with full width inlays again. They stopped doing them back in April/May 1973 and two months after that the checkerboard binding stopped. A lot of possibilities now for reissues in the the future. Pictures by Paul Wilczynski from RickResource.

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#610
Alas, the real famous crushed pearl flakes in clear epoxy of the vintage sixties full-width Rick 4001 are still gone forever. All these new 4003 full-width inlays are just poured resin mixed with pearlescent dust, and they come out opaque, without any of the depth and fire of the pre-mid seventy-three inlays :spit:
 
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elysrand said:
Alas, the real famous crushed pearl flakes in clear epoxy of the vintage sixties full-width Rick 4001 are still gone forever. All these new 4003 full-width inlays are just poured resin mixed with pearlescent dust, and they come out opaque, without any of the depth and fire of the pre-mid seventy-three inlays :spit:
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According to Ben, they are CNC cut from sheets. There are swirls and such in them, but not as nice as even my 2004 4003 inlays.
 
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