Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Well I just paid a LOT for this guitar and if it needs a reset and that translates to a refin too that's going to be as expensive as heck on top of all the money I just plopped down.

It's a great axe but I don't to pay market pr ice and then be faced with a $1k plus bill in the future on top and I ...

So with positive break in the equation you're stating it's not "correct" and therefore I should consider sending it back to the dealer? if in fact this is an issue and I'm about to pay "full price" for this thing sounds to me like I should return it for a refund.

So Ric's should be flat with no ...

All is well, my luthier took a look and said "...welcome to the world of Rickenbackers." There's a bit of 'positive break' to the neck which he said is pretty typical; Gibsons and Gretsch's have negative break so the neck is angled away from the plain of the body (headstock down), Fenders are flat ...

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Check out the pics and let me know your thoughts. I'm heading over to the shop today for a pro evaluation and I'll report back as well...

So I got the 365 I was looking at, it's crazy clean for a 44 year old guitar with only a few scratches here and there, etc. No doubt it's old with untouched corrosion on some of the parts, that 'green aging' on the frets, etc.

HOWEVER, I have the bridge lowered as far as it will go on the Low E ...

Cool, thanks for the heads up!

There's a Rick for sale on one of the other forums and it's worth taking a look at; am I allowed to post that info? I'll not divulge too much in case I'm not supposed too but the initials for the other forum are T.G.P. and it's a '67 330; do a little search. :wink:

Seriously, if I'm not supposed ...

Ricks are nothing like other guitars to refret, and most luthiers cannot, strictly speaking, do a proper factory-style refret job, because the frets are finished differently and because the varnished fretboard is a heck of a lot of work and trouble to get done properly.

A properly done refret on a ...

Yes, good words; either find one that doesn't need frets or find one that's already had a fret job or some other issue as to not have to worry about the 'value.'

I'm just getting ready to BUY so I want to know what I should be looking for and a well loved, in need of frets at top dollar axe will ...

So a refreted Rick' versus one with original frets doesn't take a value hit? And it's not more complicated refreting a Rick than another rosewood type guitar?

This guy is a known and respected dealer just giving me his experience and opinion and recommending IF going vintage get one that's already ...

So though the guitar I was looking at was overpriced I made a pitch for it anyway; why, it was a true Closet Classic, like brand new because it basically was brand new only from 1967. The original owner knew the guys at the shop and would restring the guitar and strum it as he'd been doing since he ...

Thanks for the replies and good points so let me clarify. He LoVeS vintage Ric's he's just pointing out something and not trying to sell me in anyone direction. He laughed when I asked because he just sold a '66 365 that had some minor issue a few weeks ago and it went cheap.

He was just noting ...

...you won't like vintage Rickenbackers? In other words, if you can't play small frets than Rick's probably aren't for you?

I was talking to a buddy of mine who's a guitar broker and he said he loves Ricks but that the tiny original frets make it a challenge to play and if a vintage Rick is refret ...

Thanks for all the input and replies guys!

The one guitar I was looking real closely at looks like a gem but man for nearly $4k I'm having a hard time making a commitment. I know, that's generally what a 360/365 is going to cost in the open market but that doesn't make it any easier. If I KNEW this ...

Got ya, so when Is/was the Ohio guitar show this year? I suspect I missed it this time around.

I'd love to attend a MARF or the like but I don't think my better half would appreciate yet another trip and this time for guitar fun and not work. Perhaps a mysterious trip with it's dates coorelating to ...