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wim
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Nice, have fun with it !

Looks like a humbucker/ single / single combination ?
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biglionfan wrote:OK, here's the one I just ordered
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Oh, my God, that's my ex-guitar! I don't want to give away the serial number as proof, but the serial number does have a 1 in it. Check it out. That's my former guitar!

The guitar was thee worst guitar ever made.
- The three pickups are fakes. No wires are attached to them.
- The wood is particle board (and there were termite trails on the inside of the guitar).
- The knobs were wired incorrectly -- when I turned them they made the lights in my house get brighter or get dimmer.
- The nut only has room for four strings.
- The pickup selector switch is made of flint and sparks every time you flick it (I had to put out fires every time I switched pickups!).

Guitar from hell so I sold it.
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Tommy wrote:
biglionfan wrote:OK, here's the one I just ordered
Image

Oh, my God, that's my ex-guitar! I don't want to give away the serial number as proof, but the serial number does have a 1 in it. Check it out. That's my former guitar!

The guitar was thee worst guitar ever made.
- The three pickups are fakes. No wires are attached to them.
- The wood is particle board (and there were termite trails on the inside of the guitar).
- The knobs were wired incorrectly -- when I turned them they made the lights in my house get brighter or get dimmer.
- The nut only has room for four strings.
- The pickup selector switch is made of flint and sparks every time you flick it (I had to put out fires every time I switched pickups!).

Guitar from hell so I sold it.
Are you serious Tommy?
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Tommy
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jdogric12 wrote:
Are you serious Tommy?
Yes. Haven't you heard that some guitars come with flint selector switches that when flicked can start fires? Ever see THE TOWERING INFERNO? That fire was started by a Rickenbacker with a flint pickup selector switch.
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[Sigh!] Oh, well!

Great looking guitar. If you get tired of the neck and middle pickup sound together, you can always modify the wiring.
http://rickenbacker.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7928


And don't let anybody fool you: those termite traces add immeasureable mojo to the guitar! :mrgreen:
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