Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

jps wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:41 pm ... Hmm, looks kinda blueish, too when enlightened some. ...

So what color does it become if it achieves nirvana?

Here's another 5-er:

IIRC, there is a one-off guitar that has an ebony fretboard, early 2000s.

I was wanting to hear the Smithereens' Blue Period a couple of weeks ago, and the YouTube video I accessed had in its comments the news that the cellist who played on the song (and appeared in the video), Gerri-Michele Sutyak, passed away on June 28, 2020 at age 55. https://www.herbwalker.com/obitua...

Correct me if I am wrong, but I would think that the wiring would be the same as for a 4080 (two pickups x 2, 5 control pots, 1 three-way switch, 1 two-way switch). I made a CRUDE drawing for someone a while ago of the wiring on my 4080: 4080Schematic1.jpg Here are some pictures from the back of the...

My Epiphone JL Revolution Casino has nickel-plated hardware, and I have used Maas metal polish to bring the shine back. Of course, it's not permanent, as the sulfur-containing compounds that are exuded in sweat react with nickel and dull it back up.

Wait, mind blown, I thought they all had two! Honestly I never looked under the cover of the Es 16 I briefly had either, is the single rod true for all their short scales? [tried to post last night but it didn't work ... :evil: ] It might be that only the v-series have the single truss rods. I foun...

... I’m curious though, if it’s possible that the pickups are out of phase. In the middle position, there’s a definite comb filter happening, really thin sounding, but it regains some “meat” if I back either of the volumes back a hair. Either pickup onnits own is fine. ... That sounds like they are...

That made me wonder if the guys reached a point in their musical development when they said in effect, "this music thing is working out"!

jdogric12 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:13 am I'm not saying this one is real, but I'm pretty sure real 325's always had single rods, right?

Yep!


Do the dot fret markers look small compared to the 325v59's?

Thanks for posting that, that's a great picture of them in their youth.

... you say phenolic, others say bakelite ... Bakelite is a phenolic polymer (phenol-formaldehyde resin. Delrin, on the other hand, is a polyacetal polymer. As Collin said, phenolics are a bit brittle compared to Delrin; one can find gears made of Delrin, but not of phenolic. IIRC from my plastics ...

I never had my former 380L apart enough to know, or to have pictures of the saddles.

FWIW, it also had a phasing issue, as I could never get a strong output/full sound when I tried to blend the piezo with the other pickups.

Cobalt provides a stronger magnetic relationship between pickups and strings than any other alloy previously available. https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-strings/electric-guitar-strings/slinky-cobalt-electric-guitar-strings#P02721 EB should use a scientist to edit their promo blurbs Cobalt itself is...

Thanks Jeff, as well as to the others who also had kind words for my efforts,it's appreciated.

And now (drum roll), the last set.

Set # 33:


Yep, only five pictures in that set.

So there it is, NAMM 2022 in a nutshell.