{"id":9017,"date":"2016-06-08T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=9017"},"modified":"2016-06-08T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T15:38:26","slug":"bass-of-the-week-rpdb-rickenbarner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-rpdb-rickenbarner.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] RPDB "Rickenbarner""},"content":{"rendered":"

The feature bass for this week is a Rickenbacker inspired build made from century-old salvaged barn wood!<\/p>\n

Builder Ronald Brandt<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

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After a couple of DIY mods and bass-body builds, I decided to jump into building my first neck with a fully neck-through bass!  I’d previously owned a couple of RIC basses, and I only parted with them because I needed the money at the time.  So, using some super-old wood I had salvaged from a barn in Arkansas, I set myself to the task of making one for myself.<\/p>\n

Not to be satisfied with such a small level of crazy, I also entered the build in the 2015 TDPRI Build Challenge, which gave me less than 2 1\/2 months to have a finished and functioning bass. But, somehow I managed, despite a few do-overs and creative workarounds, to beat the odds and get it done in time. I didn’t win the TDPRI Challenge, but I did win a really cool, instant-mojo bass that always gets compliments at gigs!<\/p>\n

The specs:<\/p>\n

Modeled after a Rickenbacker 4003
33 1\/4″ scale
5-layer walnut and maple through-body neck
10″ radius maple fretboard with walnut dot fret markers
Water buffalo horn nut
100-year-old, salvaged wormy and non-wormy chestnut body and headstock wings
Ebony-colored grain and hole filler
Danish oil finish
Kent Armstrong toaster neck pickup
Classic Amplification bridge pickup
RIC bridge
Grover tuners<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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