glass_onion wrote:
Hi Colin,
cant thank you enough for this info!! really appreciate it.
To answer your question, i was born and raised in Australia, but been living in london the last 10 years, so i bought that guitar over here recently, all my ricks I've bought over here actually. I seem to remember Ricks been way more expensive down under, although that could have changed now.
so if its not a 63, but something between a 64-67, I'm still pretty happy, its a lovely guitar and the price was great for what it is. And your right, I've been using a 330 for the last 5 years and i consider it a big part of my bands sound, so i was a little worried about changing models, but even with the Ricky humbuckers, it still sounds like a Ricky! The only thing I'm still working on, is getting feedback back out of it, i guess thats the difference with a solid body but ill keep at it.
So with the TRC, as long as its from a 6 string between 64 and 72, is should be right? Does that apply to any model between those years?
No problem, glad to help.
Really, Occam's razor would point toward the guitar being a '64 or '67 based on the number produced during those years, and I would guess 1967 out of the two.
If you take the pickguard off and look at the pots, what are the date codes shown on any of them? It should read something like "137
XX22" the two digits in the middle ("XX") would indicate the year, 64, 67 etc. The last two digits are the week of that year it was produced.
None of this affects the value, really. Even if it was a '63 the demand for this model isn't incredibly high within the Rickenbacker world (which is maybe a good thing, since they're great guitars and still affordable).
Any six-string TRC from 64 through 72 should more-of-less fit the footprint. However, after 1968 things got a bit screwy. More specifically, the "Made in USA" became printed parallel to the nut and for awhile the model number of the instrument was also printed in the same area, whether it was a 330, 615, 4001 or whatever.
glass_onion wrote:wow these things aren't cheap are they??
is it possible to contact the seller directly?
I guess, but we're talking about production numbers that are FAR less than Gibson or Fender from the same era. It's a rare piece, in that respect and the central feature of any Rickenbacker. To me, that's well worth the price for a proper TRC and ultimately it raises the value of your instrument by the same amount or even more.
Even if it's just a piece of plastic, so is a white 1959 Les Paul M-69 pickup ring, and those are $10,000 each!
The seller is David Kim, who used to frequent this forum. You can email or call from the info on his RRF profile here:
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