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Without the cap, the center position sounds quite different from either the neck or the bridge pickup on its own. The best I can describe it is a little bit 'bubblegum' or 'quacky' (sorry it's hard to describe in words). With the cap, the center position sounds more like a blend of the two pickups ...

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. I couldn't see how it was much of an effective brace, but I do see how it could hold the body together.

Worst case scenario is that it's a defective pot that needs replacing. If you like the guitar otherwise, I'd just get the pot replaced. JMHO.

fluffy wrote:yeah, and it's going to be offered as a Baritone for a limited run!!!

The smart money's on the 4-string. Once the rock and roll fad passes, people will come back to their senses and embrace the tenor guitar.

Rough estimate: 3 man-months of engineering labor, 20 hours of machine time to test, $3000 of materials (billet aluminum, phenolic, wood, various hardware).
Well, I'm surprised by the three man-months to program for a guitar, but you would know. Other than that, I don't think it's inconsistent ...

No offense taken. Always happy to be enlightened. And I do have some tangential background in musical instrument manufacturing, although not guitars.
But there are a few things about which I'm pretty confident. There would be no new hardware needed, deeper cases aren't an issue, and RIC already ...

It just goes to show you how easily RIC could reissue something like a Capri, which is really just a minor tweak of the current design.

a.) That's not really true. (Thicker body = thicker wood stock, wider body dimensions = different case, plus different internal bracing, CNC programming etc ...

It just goes to show you how easily RIC could reissue something like a Capri, which is really just a minor tweak of the current design.

Thanks for getting my bracing thread into the mix!

sloop_john_b wrote:Any guitar can do "jazz".

I sort of agree. Turn the tone to mush, plug into a lousy sounding solid state amp, and play as many notes as you can, as fast as you can.

Can you tell I'm not a big fan of modern jazz guitar?

Both the Bigsby bowtie and roller bridges are designed to work with a vibrato. Obviously the rollers roll, but the Bigsby bridge pivots on its base, like a Gretsch bar bridge. A Bigsby vibrato will return to pitch every time unless the strings are getting hung up elsewhere. If you're using a rolling ...

So, I've been looking at Capri pictures lately and noticed this one showing the internal bracing of a Capri:
http://mccarthyorth.smugmug.com/Music/Hotlinking/i-HdL9HMv/0/O/Capri-Bracing.jpg
Now, I've noticed this cross brace through the slash sound holes before and always assumed that it was just ...

I think he's clearly okay. If it had the RIC TRC shape, or the horns or headstock had a hint of cresting wave, then there would be trouble. Besides, I imagine that by now the RIC police would have gotten it pulled if they had a problem with it. I think it's really the gold backed lucite and fireglo ...

Can anybody tell me if the pole pieces in vintage toasters are staggered at all? Are they just flat under the cover? If staggered, then I assume they'd be set for a wound G? I'm just having a hell of a time with balance. I'm using flatwound Thomastik Infelds 11's. I can't get the G balanced. When I ...

Glen's 325 site is interesting to look at with this question in mind. I hadn't looked at it in quite a while.
So, the 325/1996 models had square heels longer than the full scale hollowbodies. I guess you learn something every day!