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Hi...

The guitar is a 1999 model...Probably not going to de-string it and remove the pickup...What is the reason I should do that?...Is there something there that can help with this?

Thanks for your reply buddy...

Lewis

Hi fellas

I have a 325v63 and a 325c58...The c58 has a perfectly straight neck and the action is dreamy low with no buzz which makes it beautiful to play...My v63 has a higher action with some relief on the neck which I wanted to correct to make as low action as my c58 model...So I decided to ...

I have just had a letter from Parcelforce indicating that I have to pay customs duty and Import VAT at a total cost of £259......OUCH!..I didn't expect that....

So the guitar has cost me in total £1300

Now not as good a deal as I once thought....

Would I get that kind of money back if I was to ...

I also want to try making scatter wound pickups...The 325 build I made has cheap lookalike pickups (very cheap £20 each) and I have bought the wire to go about winding them myself.. so..that will be my next project to do...

Thanks you fellas so much for your input here....It is so valuable to me and will save me weeks of trolling I am sure....

and clever to find it on eBay too...lol

My mistake typo on the 'C' and 'V' models...by the way

I have been checking ebay for years to check for a 325....My favourite would be ...

Any help here would be...er...well...helpful!

Thanks in advance...

So last night I made a snap decision...not sure yet if I will regret it or not so came here first to check with you guys...

I have been watching 325s on eBay for a number of years on the off chance I would see one cheap enough for me...I had pretty much given up as the lowest price seemed to be ...

Can't believe I made a funamental error in the early stages of this thread....I must have overlooked the tuners..someone asked what the schaller tuners said on the back..'Made in Germany'...'Made in W.Germany' or 'Made in _Germany'...and I specified 'Made in Germany' which was wrong...I looked at ...

Sacha...You're a star!.....I had no idea that I could do that....and 1989 does fit in with all the other evidence I'm getting...Brilliant detective work...Big Thanks

yep....Here's the interior of the control cavity...with the lettering and 'Magie' written in biro.....

Thanks again for the help and info fellas....I do appreciate it

Well thats intersting..I didn't know that 330s changed shape..albeit slightly...Mine is certainly more rounded than 'pointy' on the horns I would say....strange how thye would change something like that...very subtle

Oh..Ok...fascinating stuff.....I had no idea.....

But....

Those are the names of Rickenbacker employees who worked on the instruments.

You gotta be kidding me.....right?......Nah!!.....am I being taken for a ride here?......You telling me that the actual girl who worked on your specific ...

Yeah...I did check under the scratchplate and there is some lettering in there but no numbers.....just 5 letters and some indesipherable stuff....weird.....The other thing is that someone has written a girls name 'Magie'...with 1 'g'.......I didn't think anything of it until I saw this one with ...

So now the evidence points to a post 1990 Rik.....the plot thickens....Great detective work fellas....and thanks again

Wow...more info...I really admire your knowledge on this fellas...I am in awe!

Thanks Jason for that

The tuners say 'Made in Germany' with no standard gap between the 'in' and 'Germany'....and the pickups do have a 'breadboard' effect, its like minute pin pricks on the surface in a unifom way ...