Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Thanks, guys. I'm familiar with the above double-sided sheet/ad. I once had a perfect copy, only to sell it later, never thinking I'd have a convertible guitar. (How many times do I have to learn the "never sell" lesson?) What were the typed instructions you mention that came with all Rick...

(Apologies if this is old news) I happened upon a completed auction link on an NOS 366/12 (serial # GD1976, sold for $11,000) https://www.ronsusser.com/inventory/listing/rickenbacker-612-convertible-electric-guitar-vintage-1967-perfect-wcase/ I was first amazed by the condition of the guitar (!), th...

slipperyjim wrote:

wow. beautiful bass - I agree... "more pictures please!"

wow! very nice.

wow and wow!

a few people sent me links... I wish I hadn't asked! thx for catching me up though, guys.
now back to the topic at hand.

fabandgear wrote:

jps wrote:

fabandgear wrote:Here is a pic of Suzi's axe. Notice how the base guard is raised off of the body.

I take it you haven't seen the recent news, then?

Yeah, Jeff. I saw.

uh oh. I haven't heard anything about this. Can somebody post or PM me a link to the story?

Great looking guitar. Nice pictures too.

The bridge height looks fine to me. If the action is decent and it plays well, I see no problems. Put light gauge strings on it and it should be fine for the time you own it.

Good deal!

Amazing! Questions: White nut on a '67? Early black knobs? What's up w/ the case?

Any chance we can get a scan of the "guitar servicing instructions"?

sloop_john_b wrote:Didn't Elvis Costello have one in a music video? It was one of the songs from "Get Happy!!"...may have been a 335.

He was in a car, right? I think that was a 335.

Nice! I had no idea that anybody from the Troggs played a RM1993. Get the "Love is All Around" album. Lots of 12 string on it. My current band project covers "When Will the Rain Come". Also, my favorite line from the Troggs Tapes is "... what about a f***king 12 string on i...

Looks like a replacement nut to me. What is the width (front to back)?

collin wrote:Oh the humanity!!

+1 The headstock binding and f-hole binding are the only parts of it that bum me out. Would be just like PTs first 12 string if only the inlays had been done.
I do love those funky, short TRCs though. Anybody ever seen one on a US-spec model? I've only seen them on 1993s.