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Topic: Rickresource - Rickenbacker register |
Rune Alm
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Sweden
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 12:05 am |
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Hi everyone,
I noticed a serial number mentioned on the homepage www.rickresource.com. I mailed the administrator and he's helping me updating the owner-info and price history.
This page offers an interesting opportunity to see graphs of price development and history for individual instruments.
And what are your thoughts on a central register?
Last edited by Rune Alm on 29 May 2011 10:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 5:09 am
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| Thanks Rune I didn't know this existed! I will register my 1947 ACE today. Great sight. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 9:41 am
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| I don't think you will find a serial number on a post-war Rickenbacker, like your Ace model. (?) |
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 11:59 am
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 4:12 pm
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That's really interesting. Are you sure it's post-war? I know zero about the Ace models, and when they were produced. Bakelites and frypans have no serials, that I've found, on post-war models.
Also, I haven't heard how an ACE sounds. Since it's bakelite, I assume it has a decent tone. |
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Posted 20 Feb 2011 10:02 am
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Bill,
The Ace/Academy models were in fact produced in the early postwar period until about 1953. I completely agree with you about postwar serial numbers. I have 3 Ace models. One that has an exposed pickup has a/n C103. Another with integrated pickup cover has no s/n. Both of them have a sheet metal back cover with the number on one of them stamped in the same place as the one above. The third one doesn't have a cover on the back.
I don't think a lot of them were produced, but they are certainly not as rare as the postwar frypans.
I think they sound just like the early postwar Model B. |
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