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rickenbrother wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 5:26 pm

RIC_FACTORY wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 2:30 pm Wasn't exactly the plan to reveal this yet but the cat's out of the bag now.

Sorry Ben, I thought it was already out there.

No worries!

rickenbrother wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 11:23 am

marantz2010 wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 7:49 am Curious which Instagram account you found these pictures. I follow as many Rickenbacker enthusiasts accounts as possible, including several of you and I can’t find this post anywhere. Facebook as well.

The photo credits go to Eric at RIC.

Richard took those photos.

Wasn't exactly the plan to reveal this yet but the cat's out of the bag now.

Nope. Orders for them rarely exceeded the single digits.

Now available to order. 4005V. Just V. New single double-action rod and a narrower skunk stripe. Same thinner neck profile as the newer 4003's but it has the same inlays as the 4005XC.

I won't go into the backstory... but something's in the works.

Until then, boutique is at least still up: https://boutique.rickenbacker.com/

I checked the s/n it is a 325C58 born on 6/26/09.

None. Bubinga was for a time but that was lifted. We don't use Brazilian rosewood.

https://www.adkguitar.com/blogs/news/ci ... nd-dealers

A lot of players prefer a chunkier neck regardless of brand, skinny necks can be cramp inducing to many players including myself. Historically accurate to a particular era is not always preferable, and let’s also be mindful of the fact that there are iconic Ric players that famously played the ...

Everyone seems to focus on the aesthetics of the new 21-fret models. Personally, I see no improvement, per se, of 21 frets. If anything, with 53 years of history behind the 24-fret versions, and me looking at my own 24-fret Ric's for the past 19 years, the new versions look a bit odd to me. That ...

Ben, for many years, as I understand it, the reissue tuners were made by Gotoh. When were they switched to Schaller?
Is there any plan to make single-line type tuners available as were fitted to the 325c64 and 360/12c63 from their inception to about 2016?


They were made by Gotoh until about ...

Let me know how the replacement tuners work for you. Schaller used to be a quality driven outfit, but since it was sold in 2006 things have definitely changed - especially in relation to the vintage tuners. We have found another "Kluson" style vendor as of about 2 months ago and we feel they are far ...

Pretty sure it will work. There is still magnet there under that string.

Bring it on down to the shop and we'll chuck it up on the CNC machine and rout it out for you... if you're brave

ram wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 6:17 pm thanks John and Paul.... did see it on FB too. I don't IG so I guess I'll have to pickup the dirty version from the kids on the street! I wonder what kind of price tag will be associated with it?

Find out some time next year I expect.

Probably the only place a nitro finish makes sense on relating to musical instruments is acoustic guitars.


Not really Taylor, pioneered the use of UV polyester on its guitars.

Even our old pal up the road from us, Kevin Ryan https://ryanguitars.com/, who sells his acoustics for more than $10k ...