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Topic: Rick Bakelite 8string dimensions |
Tom Snook
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 8:01 am |
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Could someone let me know the dims on an 8 string Bakelite Rick?Upper and lower bouts length,stuff like that. Thanks. Preferably a short scale.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 11:28 am
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| They're all short scale. Do you need it in exact millimeters? |
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 12:26 pm
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How wide is the body by the bridge, by where the body meets at the neck and overall length.You know 8 in. Here ,6 in. There like that.
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 1:06 pm
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I think they used the same body / neck for all of the 6-7-8 strings.
They would just tap out the extra holes / tuners on the 7-8s. The 10 string was completely different.
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 1:58 pm
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Any Rick owners with a tape measure,I could use a little help.Basic dimentions,please.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 2:11 pm Please excuse my brashness but..........................
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 2:28 pm
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Why not?
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 4:46 pm
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I'm making a lap steel and I'm trying to decide what body shape I want.I'm the kind of guy that if someone wanted to know something that I possibly knew or could find out,I'd be more than happy to.Thats what makes America such a great country people helping people,neighbor helping neighbor.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 9:03 pm Well now, aren't we.............
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My only reason for asking was in an effort to learn what it was you had planned and to what detail you needed the dimension about which you seemed to be inquiring.
Sorry I asked. |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 3:13 am
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So am I!
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 4:58 am Tape measures and or Rulers
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I'm probably gonna have to start my own Measuement Forum.That way,if I'm lucky in a couple of years somehow the subject of music might come up.then in a couple more years even as obscure the subject of Steel Guitar and even moreso Lap Steel Guitar might come up.Then if I'm still alive,I might be able to ask some kind soul the measurements of his or her Rickenbacher or Rickenbacker,whichever the case may be.
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 5:20 am Fugetabout it!
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Like so many of my fellow forumites,I had an instrument I sold and later wished I hadn't.At one time I was the proud owner of a Capital Baritone Ukulele,which I sold to a friend right down the street.So I 'm just gonna have to get off my ass (can I say ass)?and go see P.J. Who I'm sure will let me borrow or better yet,let me bring my wood,(not that kind of wood)! and let me trace the body shape onto my wood.( not that kind of wood!)so I guess I don't need to trouble any of my fellow forumites to get measurements of their precious Rick Bakelite Steel Guitars.Thanks anyway,Your Friend Tom
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 7:16 am
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| tom, i've got one upstairs. i could go measure it. however, your disrespectfully snooky responses have made me decide not to bother to help you! |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 8:17 am
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My friends used to call me "Snooky" ,now the don't even call me.Oh well!
Sacto,is that anywhere near Vanzetti?
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 8:26 am
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Rickenbacker B8
Total length= 29.25"
Lower bout= 9.25"
Waist= 5.25"
Upper bout= 7.0"
Fretboard= 2.5" at 12th fret
Fretboard=2.25" at nut
Body side depth=1.75" (not including pickup & knobs
Headstock width= 4.125" including tuner bottons
Baritone ukulele cases make wonderful surrogate cases for Ric bakelites. Just remove the accessory compartment, and add padding where needed. |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 11:13 am
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Give that man a CIGAR! Thank you very much Ron,you have restored most of my faith in mankind.Simple question,simple answer.Thanks again
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