How to date a Rickenbacker
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How to date a Rickenbacker
I'm sure more than one person here on the forum can answer this question for me. At my work we have a double neck Rickenbacher, with two bakelite necks and a very heavy and deep cast metal body. No serial number I can see. The pickups are 1 and 1/4", and Rickenbacher is spelled with an H. How old is this thing?
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How to date a Rickenbacker
I've bought many Rickenbackers over the years, but I never tried to date one.javascript:emoticon(':D')
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Best way is carry it in to your local music store expert.
Tell them you want to sell it for $100 online on eBay. Then wait for the history lesson or the scumbag offer.
No seriously just PM Brad our forum moderator is super knowledgable as well and if he doesn't know he knows the exact forum person/people who do.
Good luck
Tell them you want to sell it for $100 online on eBay. Then wait for the history lesson or the scumbag offer.
No seriously just PM Brad our forum moderator is super knowledgable as well and if he doesn't know he knows the exact forum person/people who do.
Good luck
Stefan
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Post war necks had no serial numbers ... "T Logo" was used circa '46-'49 as previously stated ...Roy McKinney wrote:Back to the original post, I have a Ricky panda 8 string with no serial number on it. It has the 1 1/2" pickup and the "T" logo. Anyone know how to date it?
The whole idea of a bolt on neck (2 bolts) were to allow replacements on units that suffered a break ...
If you have a 1.5" pickup ... The body was prewar ...
All post war bodies had their integrated bridge filed off ... To allow for the 1.25" with its surround and tailpiece ...
So your body is prewar ... You can look on my site for clues about the age of the body ... And the neck is postwar ...
http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/_sgg/m6m5_1.htm
You'll be hard pressed to find better info ...
Just trying to help
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