What type of Rickenbacker is this?!

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:34 pm

i was listening to an archived interview/performance of a Swedish band, "The Cardigans" on the radio station KCRW. i believe it was from 1996.

what caught my attention, was when the interviewer asked the guitarist what type of "huge orange" guitar he was playing. he responded saying it was a Rickenbacker he had bought that day in LA, and figured it might have been a prototype.

i found it on this video, (around the 50th second). any ideas?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HqYtdQdwV7k

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:56 pm

Weird. I love Rics, I love the Cardigans, but I have no idea here. Looks like some kind of hybrid.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:59 pm

http://www.rickbeat.com/gallery/petersvensson/petersvensson.html

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:01 pm

it's strange - isn't it? the headstock is constructed like a typical ric (dark center, light, dark wings) and the sound hole looks like that of a 360 or the like...hmmm...

here's a link to the performance/interview Jason:

http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb960618the_cardigans

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:03 pm

It's been discussed here in the past. Interesting guitar, but definitely not a Rickenbacker (despite the truss rod cover).

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:09 pm

oh really? i couldn't find the thread...

apparently he bought it at "Black Market Music" -maybe that should have been a warning...

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:28 pm

wow - that's it. thanks John.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:19 pm

That's an odd looking guitar.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:42 pm

yeah - seeing that clearly; definitely not a ric

stephena · Post by **stephena** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:18 am

It reminds me a little of the Grimshaw that Pete Townshend used for a while.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:49 am

In the sleeve notes of their debut album, I recall him listing equipment used in the recording process. He definitely stated the use of an F-series. I wonder if he actually had one or only thought he did...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:06 am

Only if "F" stands for "pillow"...or maybe "marshmallow"...

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:14 pm

i actually feel quite bad for him, as during the interview/performance the day after he bought it (i posted the kcrw link earlier), he's extremely excited about his new 'Rickenbacker'.