Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Just curious what the differences between a model 59 and an NS would be. This one looks very similar to the NS I posted a while back (but 1949 in its stuffing). Tony, do you mind me asking around about how much Elderly sold it for?

Totally missed that - our dog Heidi would have been P.O.ed if she found out. Eats like a hog tho... N.O. works too - went through school as NO for many years (grade 5 was the best 3 years of my life)

No prob Howard - thats what these forums are about - tapping into the resources of all the other members. Everything I know about them is contained in my last 7 posts.
Is that North Coast guitars in Australia? I never paid attention to that detail. Hows does the Australian dollar compare against ...

Hi Howard
Funny you mention that website - it was the first hit I saw for the almost identical one I have except for the knob colour. Thats why I ran to buy it when I saw their $1200 price tag. Scouting around afterwards I have seen a few similar ones but more in the $350 to $500 range so I'm ...

Thanks Richard. Here is a picture of the case - it looks too good to be original - what do you think? The guy had added the string to hold it open also. I can get better pics if it helps with the ID.

Neil

Thanks Peter - got it figured out now - being Friday and all...
Neil

Ok, this will be my first attempt at photos. Bear with me. Couple of notes - the width of the pickup is 1-1/4 inches - that is the bar across the top as well as the plate right on top of the coil. The other thing is the picture of the decal on the back - does this mean anything to anyone - nothing ...

Ok, this will be my first attempt at photos. Bear with me. Couple of notes - the width of the pickup is 1-1/4 inches - that is the bar across the top as well as the plate right on top of the coil. The other thing is the picture of the decal on the back - does this mean anything to anyone - nothing ...

Hi Peter
Thanks for the welcome. I'll snap a few pics tonight of the old gal. I read about adding images and files so we'll test my IQ with that. How do you normally do a soundbyte? I imagine there is a few different ways. How accurate a representation do you get? When you ask about the pickup - is ...

Hello all
Very interesting forum plus very informative. How I came to use it is as follows:
One of the guys in our group mentioned last week that should dig out an old lap steel he has and bring it to practice. I noticed that night that someone advertised in our local paper that they had a Leslie ...