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Topic: Ricky Consoles - Any Good? |
Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 10:31 am |
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| I've got a chance to pick up a mid 50s model 518 triple neck 8-10-8 string Rickenbacker console steel w/horseshoe pickups for around $300. It's pretty much a carcass but all the parts are there and for another $300-$500 I think I could get it put back together and looking decent again. Question - what do they sound like? -MJ- |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 10:42 am
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On Nov 9th, this same model was offered on eBay for $775.00. In Sept. a dbl-8, same model, listed for $1,250.00.
You might check their closed auctions and see what they ultimately SOLD for.
Personally, I"ve always paid an extra buck for a pristine model and always got what I paid for without the hassel of rebuilding or refinishing or whatever. To each his own. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 2:48 pm
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 7:16 pm
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I have a 1950's Rickenbacker double six console. Here is a picture from the Rick catalog (it shows the double 8, I have a double 6).
http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/cf57-10.jpg
Great sound, kind of a cross between a Bakelite and a Stringmaster.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 28 Nov 2003 4:25 am
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I have DW models myself, they sound great.
I think fifties Ricks are really very underrated, I don't know why but the good thing is it keeps the prices low. |
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