The Rumour File

[winston]

My guess.........purely a wild guess btw, is that Howard somehow found a 350SH in Oz.

[ozover50]

OK fine. My new Rick has 26 strings. Yep, that's right, 26. Any guesses?

Hm.... was it stored anywhere near Three Mile Island at any stage?

[ozover50]

Alright you bunch of spoil sports...... no mucking around now.

Brian wins the prize... an all expenses paid winter in British Columbia at his expense.

Lots of swirls in the paintwork but nothing that an afternoon with Scratch-X and Zymol won't fix.

A couple of minor mods.... swap out the signature guard for a plain one to save possible wear and tear and a set of vintage knobs will round it out.

Cheers!

[ozover50]

CJ, I'm guessing that yours is a 4080/6 with a spare set of bass strings and two sets of guitar strings. Close?

[scotty]

Nice score Aitch congrats.

[ozover50]

Thanks, Scotty.

I now have the guitar to go with the legs!!

All I need to complete the package is.........

[winston]

It's a Mapleglo 4080 with a spare set of strings for the 12 string. That's my guess CJ.

My good friend in Oz just pointed out that I can't count.

I suspect it's MG in any event .............

[kiramdear]

Did you get the legs included?


Nice going, H. I'm happy for you.

[winston]

Major congrats Howard. Btw that truly was just a wild guess mate. Wow! What a beauty.

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

YES! Congrats. A Hoffs is a rare beast in Australia - only two in the register so far,

Is it K25774 or F27990 or an all new one i wonder??

[cjj]

I now have the guitar to go with the legs!!

That was my first thought upon seeing what you got!

Nice score indeed!

[cjj]

OK fine. My new Rick has 26 strings. Yep, that's right, 26. Any guesses?

Hm.... was it stored anywhere near Three Mile Island at any stage?

Hmmm, well, it is rather odd in that it actually has three necks...

My good friend in Oz just pointed out that I can't count.

I suspect it's MG in any event .............

Absolutely correct! On all counts (pun very definitely intended)!


Oh, and Aitch? You've now got the guitar to go with the legs? Well, ya know what? My new guitar actually came with a set of legs!



OK, enough mucking about. It's a 768. There, now you all know... Or do you? How many 768s have you seen?

[cjj]

OK, for those unenlightened few who are wondering just what sort of beast a triple necked Rickenbacker 768 Mapleglo looks like, here's a few pictures:

See? It's got legs!

And horseshoes too!

[ram]

Cool CJ, now I feel 'enlightened'! I had never seen one before. A pretty instrument. Thanks for posting... look at all them shoes!!

[egosheep]

OK, for those unenlightened few who are wondering just what sort of beast a triple necked Rickenbacker 768 Mapleglo looks like, here's a few pictures:

ric768k.jpg

ric768l.jpg

ric768.jpg

I love the Combo-style knobs on that one, CJ.