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hi guys, i've got a friend that has an old Electro Vibrola Spanish Steel with the motorized vibrato he's restoring. only thing
someone got sick of the motorized vibrato and tossed it! (i know i know, it's better that way, etc...) anyway.

i was wondering if any of you guys have one of these ...

the new MIM classic series will have screw in trem arms. i'm not a fan but i'm sure a lot of people will be happy...

i don't know why fender let those go out. i've never met a cij with a trem that would stay put. bending the arm is the easiest fix, but the real reason this happens is because the collet (the sleeve the arm is pushed into) is set too wide. next time you change strings pop the trem assembly out of ...

i'm gonna be the odd one out here and say "dont worry about it too much" I've got a 63 jag, 64 jag, and a 67 bass VI all with trems identical to yours and if you look in the cases they all have wear in the lining from the trem arms being left in. i figure if they lasted for the 40+ years being left ...

Dain, a couple of the apple-green-burst Ricks you are thinking about (one shown in the Bacon/Day book) belong to Jeff Benske at Top Shelf Guitars in Milwaukee. Go here and click on "our collection":

http://www.topshelfguitarshop.com
thanks for the link, those pics are amazing... i've been in love ...

It's one of a pair on page one of this very thread:

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you got it, my memory is a bit foggy, here's one of the actual pics...if you then click front flap.

(does amazon really have EVERY book scanned?)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0879303298/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

i remembered it ...

You mean like this one?

no, there was a book tony bacon put out in the late 90s. here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Rickenbacker-Book-Complete-History-Electric/dp/0879303298

towards the end it had a pic of a 60s rick with an "green apple" finish. i haven't been able to find it anywhere on the ...

i realize this is an old topic, but its kinda the reason i wanted to get on to this forum. does anyone have a pic of the greenburst (i'd call it green apple burst) in the small rickenbacker book? (the one that is mainly pictures, not the big book) i can't find it anywhere. i remember it being a 21 ...

Strangely enough, the only real electric sitar I know about (forget about that Rick bass ripoff, I don't want to hear about it) is the Rajah, which appears to have been made in Japan.

i think the whole point of this thread is that a lot of what happens in india STAYS in india. but the rajah is ...

.. at some point i'll have to take a trip to mumbai and go "gitter" shopping..

Maybe you could pick me up a genuine "Ragamaster", Dain. (Indian Jazzmaster).

actually, i'm almost done building a "ragaCASTER" does this count?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/daindain/HPIM0713.jpg

hmmm, Givson Challenger bass (not to be confused with the Gibson Challenger guitars). Not bad looking. Is it short or long scale?

it was a long scale, and seemed to be a try at a bc rich "eagle". the materials were unlike any i'd seen, kind of like a 5th graders attempt at making a guitar. no ...

i'm quite embarrassed to have this be my first post on a rick forum...but my mind was seriously blown when i found someone mention the givson site. i HAD to post... i spent a year in melbourne, australia a couple of years back and i bought a couple guitars because i couldn't bring any of mine. i ...