A 1975 Rickenbacker 430 just came up on Kijiji in Toronto.
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell ... Z332071595
1975 Rickenbacker 430
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DoubleThink
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1975 Rickenbacker 430
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Ontario_RIC_fan
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Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 430
Nice one - and close to me! Looks stock too. I paid $540 for mine but one pickup was swapped out for a Seymour Duncan.
These are under rated RICS IMHO...
These are under rated RICS IMHO...
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
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DoubleThink
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Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 430
According to our price list, this axe is going for around the median price. Is this a decent price for a 430, though? I'm seeing it as a bit high, considering the 610 (without case, too, but much prettier IMHO) that sold yesterday for $750.
With the bolt-on neck, how do 430s compare, sound-wise, with the 610s, 620s, etc?
With the bolt-on neck, how do 430s compare, sound-wise, with the 610s, 620s, etc?
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Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 430
It could well be high, but the plexi black TRC is probably worth near $200. I do like a nice original case with a guitar though.
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Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 430
Stefan:DoubleThink wrote:According to our price list, this axe is going for around the median price. Is this a decent price for a 430, though? I'm seeing it as a bit high, considering the 610 (without case, too, but much prettier IMHO) that sold yesterday for $750.
With the bolt-on neck, how do 430s compare, sound-wise, with the 610s, 620s, etc?
The JG 610 was a real steal - I would have been all over that one myself - except that I already own a 1991 JG 610...
The 430 is up for sale from a different seller - so it is just a co incidence that they are up in Toronto at the same time.
As to my reaction to my 430 it is a little more "Fenderish" then my other RICS... But perhaps that has something to do with the swapped out Pickup. The fret board is also flat and not glossy which is a real difference as well.
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
Re: 1975 Rickenbacker 430
As Brian says, the JG 610 for $750 looked like an absolute bargain -- I'd have jumped all over it if I could only have found a way to justify the purchase to my wife, but since I just bought a JG 620-6 earlier this year I couldn't come up with a plausible explanation as to why I also needed a 610.
In terms of the sound difference between a 430 and a 620, I've had a 430 for almost 30 years, now joined by my 620. To my years they sound somewhat different, but it is difficult to articulate exactly what the differences are, or identify how much is attributable to the bolt-on neck vs. the differences in tailpiece and pickups. The tonal difference, while noticeable when they are played side-by-side, isn't vast -- they sound closer to one another than they do to the other guitars in my house (a Fender Tele with coil-tapped humbuckers and a cheap Squier strat).
The differences in feel are more pronounced -- as Brian points out, the 430 has an dead flat & unfinished fretboard, which is actually very comfortable to play but which can be disconcerting to people who aren't used to it. It is also a 24-fret neck, vs. 21 on the 620.
I agree with Brian that the 430s are underrated, although I must also confess that if someone held a gun to my head and told me I could only keep one of my Rickenbackers, I would grab my 620 with only a moment's hesitation.
My first reaction was that the $900 asking price was on the high side, but I have not seen one of these for sale in Canada for a long time.
In terms of the sound difference between a 430 and a 620, I've had a 430 for almost 30 years, now joined by my 620. To my years they sound somewhat different, but it is difficult to articulate exactly what the differences are, or identify how much is attributable to the bolt-on neck vs. the differences in tailpiece and pickups. The tonal difference, while noticeable when they are played side-by-side, isn't vast -- they sound closer to one another than they do to the other guitars in my house (a Fender Tele with coil-tapped humbuckers and a cheap Squier strat).
The differences in feel are more pronounced -- as Brian points out, the 430 has an dead flat & unfinished fretboard, which is actually very comfortable to play but which can be disconcerting to people who aren't used to it. It is also a 24-fret neck, vs. 21 on the 620.
I agree with Brian that the 430s are underrated, although I must also confess that if someone held a gun to my head and told me I could only keep one of my Rickenbackers, I would grab my 620 with only a moment's hesitation.
My first reaction was that the $900 asking price was on the high side, but I have not seen one of these for sale in Canada for a long time.