Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I've had it in my hands for almost a week now. Not sure how much the bridge mod has changed the tone, but I'm sure the pickups have. It's really a pretty nice set of pickups, going from cleans to growl with minor changes in volume and pick attack. I'll try to get some pics up of the finished guitar ...

Just heard that the Rickenbacker is ready to pick up. Bridge pickup is a Dimarzio, neck pickup serial number indicates it's a '61 Gibson. The guy working on it says it plays great and is a "rock monster." Heading down to pick it up tomorrow. Can't wait to play it.

Thanks for the links. Those should be really helpful. Thanks also for explaining the neck crack. That makes perfect sense. I saw those double truss rods and knew I was going to have to do some research before even attempting to adjust it.

I've had a couple of people now mention this guitar being ...

Yeah, I think getting a date on the guitar is just an exercise in curiosity. The overall condition pretty well negates any value.

As far as the TRC...that might have been painted, now that I think about it. I've got it at a local shop right now. I thought about putting this in to players condition ...

What you've given has already helped out. The single pickup makes sense. Neither are original, so why not cut the pickguard and add a second? Fairly sure they would have had to cut the guard anyway to make that bridge work. I think structurally the guitar is sound. Now to see if I can get some ...

Thanks. From those pics it appears my frets may not be as in bad of shape as I thought. There is wear, but it looks like these had pretty low frets anyhow. Curious about the pick guard being original, though. The pics I've seen of the 450 model all have 4 pots and the output on the pickguard. There ...

Howdy. I was handed a Ricknebacker today, basically free, and I'd like to get some information on it, if I can. Sadly, it seems to be heavily modified. It has 450B written in the body cavity, so I'm to go ahead and assume that's what it is. Body appears to be one piece with a set neck. I'm assuming ...