Identify this ricky

Robert Franklin · Post by **Robert Franklin** » 26 Mar 2023 7:54 am

Can anyone identify this red Rickenbacher?

Allan Revich · Post by **Allan Revich** » 26 Mar 2023 8:00 am

Looks like an ACE. I can’t tell if there’s still a horseshoe pickup under that cover.

Robert Franklin · Post by **Robert Franklin** » 26 Mar 2023 9:14 am

Yes, there's a 1 1/2 inch- wide horseshoe. No identifying decals such as "Ace" or "Academy"...Other than the color, it looks just like one I saw online which was called a "1930's model B..." By the way it sounds really nice. Of course , when it warms up all the strings go sharp due to expansion of the bakelite!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 26 Mar 2023 9:29 am

The Ace was made from 1948 until 1953. The Academy was made from '46 to '48 and looks a lot like the Ace.

Steve Wilson · Post by **Steve Wilson** » 26 Mar 2023 10:05 am

Robert,
I agree that is an Ace Model, however I would be very surprised if it didn't have the post war 1.25 inch horseshoe. Maybe you measured the cover instead of the horseshoe itself? I too saw a similar one on Reverb I think that was identified as a 1930's Model B, but that was an incorrect identification. Have fun with it.

Robert Franklin · Post by **Robert Franklin** » 26 Mar 2023 1:03 pm

Steve is correct, the horseshoe is only 1 1/4 ", so now we're getting somewhere! an ACE with no headstock decal?

Steve Wilson · Post by **Steve Wilson** » 26 Mar 2023 6:09 pm

That would be my slightly educated guess!

Denny Turner · Post by **Denny Turner** » 4 Apr 2023 7:16 am

Robert Franklin wrote:Yes, there's a 1 1/2 inch- wide horseshoe. No identifying decals such as "Ace" or "Academy"...Other than the color, it looks just like one I saw online which was called a "1930's model B..." By the way it sounds really nice. Of course , when it warms up all the strings go sharp due to expansion of the bakelite!

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Robert,

Every 'Ace' I've seen did NOT have an 'Ace' logo on the headstock; But 'Academy' model did. Every Ace I've seen had a Rickenbacher logo decal on the body top at the high end of the fretboard, ...like yours does. But I've not seen an Academy with the Rick logo at the end of the fretboad.

I've seen Aces (maybe Academys) made from white, blue, red and medium brown bakelite.

I also saw the one on Reverb that was called "a 1930s Model B". I looked at all the instruments that Seller had listed. He/she had many mistakes in his/her instrument descriptions; So much so that I lost interest in anything he/she was listing for sale.

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 4 Apr 2023 8:51 am

It's quite common for the Aces to have the name on the headstock.

Allan Revich · Post by **Allan Revich** » 4 Apr 2023 9:15 am

I can’t see it being anything else…

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 4 Apr 2023 9:16 am

Several decades ago, I had a beautiful little ACE. It was blue. It did have the ACE logo on the headstock.

~Lee

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Identify this ricky

Identify this ricky

Identify this Ricky

It’s an Ace