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Topic: Another Rick To Lust After |
Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 3:34 pm |
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I don't need anymore guitars. I can't afford anymore guitars. But darn it, I want this guitar. It's intrigueing, it's pretty and why didn't I buy it in 1959 instead of that '57 Studebaker Golden Hawk I bought. Oh well, I would have fooled it away by now.
Auction on eBay.
Jude
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 3:51 pm
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Just my opinion, but these Ricks don't sound all that great. No doubt I'd rather take the Golden Hawk, or even just the experience of having driven one!
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 4:16 pm Studebaker's and Rickenbachers.........
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Jeff.........where in the world do you come up with all of these timely photo's and graphics that always seem to be at your finger tips? You're indeed, a wonder!
I chanced to discover a 'panda' at a local music shoppe the other day.......asking price $799.00. It was advertised on the accompanying tag, as a post war Ric yet displayed the smaller pickup and metal tail piece. Oh welllll.........
I really wanted it. |
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Michael Papenburg
From:
Oakland, CA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 6:08 pm
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It's funny, I just played a Rickenbacker console like this one today in a local music store. The tone was warm with lots of sustain. The strings were ancient, though, so it took a while to wrangle it into something useable.
Can anyone tell me specifically what they don't like about the Rickenbacker consoles? I definitely agree that it didn't sound like a bakelite. I just wondered if they are inherently "inferior" or if they just sound different. I know that this is all a matter of taste, I'm just curious.
Edit - I forgot to mention that the one I played was an 8 string. It came with the original case for $899. It was in great condition but was missing one of the rubber feet. |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 6:22 pm
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| There are many players who like these and the other styles Ric built. The early consoles are a carved solid wood body and really are great. The later ones like you mentioned still sound really good if the pickup is working and you have the magnets rezapped. Then adjust the string height just right to the pickup poles and you will love it. The Ric pickups when in good working order are super. There is a reason you see the pickup alone sell for large sums on eBay. The Rics are a warmer sound than the Stringmasters. In short, many of the Ric consoles are a bargain. |
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 6:22 pm David Keli'is T-8 wood Rickenbacher ??
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| David Keli'i played a T-8 wooden Rick. console, year = ???? and he sounded pretty good !!! Maybe the player makes the sound come out ?? Eddie "C" |
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Michael Papenburg
From:
Oakland, CA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 6:32 pm
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| The one that I played had two tone controls. One seemed to have your normal sweep to it and the other was much more gradual - almost like a fine tuning control. Is this the was they are normally set up? I hadn't seen anything like it before. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 8:58 pm
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There are certainly a lot of variables to guitars, pick-ups, and players, and even amps.
Sort of makes you wonder how you would sound on Jerry Byrds guitars that he used over the years. |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 7:01 am
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 9:24 am
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Denny, Are those your's? I always thought the middle one was the coolest looking car ever tthis side of a Jaguar D type that is. |
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