Did anyone ever stop to consider that it's my personal preference and maybe my reason for doing it is a reason an outsider may not grasp?
It's not 1965 dude, don't treat me like Dylan playing electric at a folk festival.
I celebrate Rickenbacker guitars for what they are but I also am an artist who likes change, image alteration and tinkering. Fun fact one of the biggest Rickenbacker players of all time altered his or are you forgetting?
Guitars are works of art for the user to do with it what they see fit and the 325 itself is like a canvas for many. Lennon took a blonde 325 and no one here curses him for painting it black, snipping wires and changing bridges and knobs. Or what about John Fogerty who did a MAJOR overhaul by changing not only the bridge and trem but installing a Gibson pickup and changing the Ric TRC to the "ACME" logo for kicks?
Every guitarist I know takes an instrument and alters it to their liking, whether it be simply adjusting a bridge to a different tension or bringing it to life with modifications the player sees fit. All I'm doing is simply changing mine to appear more like the model I always wanted so when I play it I'm not just using a guitar I had to settle for because it was still in production and cheaper but a guitar I bought and made to my liking so every time I play it there's more pride behind it.
I worked very hard for this guitar and I'm still working hard in general for things aside from this guitar, I'm not just some spoiled millennial kid. I've wanted a replica of Lennon's first 325 since childhood but it eluded me as by the time I joined the work force it was 2010 and the guitar was discontinued.
With mark ups to 6000 dollars on some it's pretty easy to see why I'm doing this. I may be spending a bit more but not a crazy amount on something the all wise brainiacs at Rickenbacker decide to discontinue.
Does that shed light for anyone? I mean can't one person here get behind it? Everyone else everywhere else can