Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I figured it was a pretty good deal, I don't play a steel guitar myself, I play a "regular" guitar, but it looked like too much fun to pass up. After hearing it, I would have paid more than that just for the pickup alone, to build some sort of weird home made electric guitar, something I always ...

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It really has an amazing tone, I play it through a Seymour Duncan amp and the sustain is just infinite.

Interesting that one of the enamel plates is missing, looks like the prior owner used the cavity to hold his bar and picks.

I paid $70, is that reasonable ...

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I picked this guy up in a pawn shop in central Texas. What a great tone! I could use some help identifying it and also help with choosing strings and tuning.

Rickenbacher is spelled with an "h". I don't see any serial numbers but there is a patent number below the pickup, "PAT.NO ...