yesdeaconblues wrote:My favorite is the c58. It's just the coolest reissue ever.
Lennon's Fireglo 325
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
I now own a 1991 325V63JG and a 2006 model 1996 AFG. The 325V63JG has a thinner neck which I prefer as to the thicker neck of the model 1996. Soundwise, not a vast difference, but I prefer the 325V63JG. I'm convinced that a 15 year difference between ANY 2 exact same RIC models makes them feel/play/look very different anyway.
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
As opposed to what... being in it for fun and giggles? RIC is a business that needs to make a payroll, maintain a factory, and (hopefully) make a profit. Aint nuthin wrong with that..... quite the contrary.They are in it for the money.
ps: I LOVE the looks of the slash sound hole
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
brammy,
This is not the point. Rickenbacker's slash sound hole, as we know it from the full scale Capri, is an unique design feature.
The Capri (3/4 and full scale) (as well as the cresting wave bass) was (and is) a very good looking, modern, "californ-i-a" design. There was no need to let these guitars look like a Stradivari.
Wasn't the story as follows: a conservative dealer (Rose Morris) ordered (a lot of!) say "more-conventional" guitars for his, as RM expected, conservative customers, to make even more money at the height of Beatle mania?
Unfortunately I can't remember, where I found this story...
Wolfgang
brammy wrote:RIC is a business that needs to make a payroll, maintain a factory, and (hopefully) make a profit.
This is not the point. Rickenbacker's slash sound hole, as we know it from the full scale Capri, is an unique design feature.
The Capri (3/4 and full scale) (as well as the cresting wave bass) was (and is) a very good looking, modern, "californ-i-a" design. There was no need to let these guitars look like a Stradivari.
Wasn't the story as follows: a conservative dealer (Rose Morris) ordered (a lot of!) say "more-conventional" guitars for his, as RM expected, conservative customers, to make even more money at the height of Beatle mania?
Unfortunately I can't remember, where I found this story...
Wolfgang
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
So.... whats wrong with that?to make even more money at the height of Beatle mania
As for making a Rick look like a stradaverius ..... Lennon certainly didn't think the RM version was ugly. Where is it written that ALL Rickenbackers need to have a slash sound hole?.... (I'd call it a "swoosh" but I think that one is patented)
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
brammy,
don't take it too seriously. It's just a matter of taste or what you like. Lennon had no problem regarding to conventional shaped F-holes and his
Casino.
What I wanted to say was the trivial fact: the slash sound hole was an intentional design feature of the full scale Capri. A trademark.
Wolfgang
don't take it too seriously. It's just a matter of taste or what you like. Lennon had no problem regarding to conventional shaped F-holes and his
Casino.
What I wanted to say was the trivial fact: the slash sound hole was an intentional design feature of the full scale Capri. A trademark.
Wolfgang
Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
Richard R. Smith
The History of Rickenbacker Guitars
1987 Centerstream Publishing
pp.219-220
"The British ordered the hollow body guitar models with traditional F sound holes. According to distributor Roy B. Morris, there was a great demand in England for a "more traditional and elaborate design like Gibson and Gretsch." After May 1966, Rose, Morris did not require the F hole. They believed that dropping
the special request would help Rickenbacker hasten delivery of guitars. Nevertheless, Rickenbacker still shipped many guitars to Europe featuring the F sound hole."
The History of Rickenbacker Guitars
1987 Centerstream Publishing
pp.219-220
"The British ordered the hollow body guitar models with traditional F sound holes. According to distributor Roy B. Morris, there was a great demand in England for a "more traditional and elaborate design like Gibson and Gretsch." After May 1966, Rose, Morris did not require the F hole. They believed that dropping
the special request would help Rickenbacker hasten delivery of guitars. Nevertheless, Rickenbacker still shipped many guitars to Europe featuring the F sound hole."
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Re: Lennon's Fireglo 325
That Rose Morris spec changed the full-scale guitars, yes.
But as I've pointed out, the 325 model always had a traditional f-hole, aside from the first 8 or so -- which could essentially be considered prototypes -- and Lennon's '64 models.
Rose Morris 1996s were basically identical to US-distributed 325s, including the f-hole.
The reason for the f-hole on 325s, I have heard, was that people thought the solid topped models weren't hollowed out. In the 50s, a hollow body guitar was more valued, while solid body guitars were seen as cheap.
But as I've pointed out, the 325 model always had a traditional f-hole, aside from the first 8 or so -- which could essentially be considered prototypes -- and Lennon's '64 models.
Rose Morris 1996s were basically identical to US-distributed 325s, including the f-hole.
The reason for the f-hole on 325s, I have heard, was that people thought the solid topped models weren't hollowed out. In the 50s, a hollow body guitar was more valued, while solid body guitars were seen as cheap.