Best book on all things Rick??

golfo · Post by **golfo** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:21 am

howdy all
could you folks recommend a book(s) on the subject of rickenbacker?

thanks
geoff

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:37 am

Geoff, there are a couple. The Complete History of Rickenbacker and The Rickenbacker Book. The first can be had off Amazon for a better price than Ebay and probably the same can be said for the second book. Both are pretty good.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:14 pm

I'm trying to find them at the right price. My dealer has the former but wants $80 for it!

Time to start surfin'......

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:23 pm

Howard, don't know about overseas shipping, but right now Amazon has The History of Rickenbacker, new, for 23US, which is like 30 to you before shipping.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:30 pm

Thanks, Stan. I've toyed with that idea but was trying to get one locally. Maybe it's time to bite the bullet!

golfo · Post by **golfo** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:36 pm

thanks for the suggestions!
geoff

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:40 pm

Try www.jklutherie.com. They are really great people, and carry every guitar related book you could imagine.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:19 am

Don't over look used at Amazon. The dealers there sometimes list overstocks they buy from publishers. I have gotton new from them at a third of the cost. Also overstock.com has some good deals from time to time. I picked up the latest edition of the Tube Amp Book from them at half price.

ratso · Post by **ratso** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:30 pm

The Rittor book is great if you can read Japanese!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:36 pm

Ah so! Lickenbackel! (no offence meant to our Japanese members).

In Oz it would be 'Rick'nbacka'!!

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:11 am

Actually, the Rittor book is good even if you don't do Nihongo. The various charts can be deciphered fairly well and there's no other source with such great detail.

dr_evil · Post by **dr_evil** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:08 am

Howard, it's the Chinese not being able to speak R, not the Japanese.

What would an L-Tailpiece look like??

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:08 am

Peter, it's both. The Koreans are able to speak R.

(Most of my students are Asian.)

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:44 pm

"even if you don't do Nihongo"

I prefer Nigiri, oh, I thought you were talking about Sushi!

ratso · Post by **ratso** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:40 pm

Why doesn't someone translate the Rittor book? I bet there would be a lot of buyers here in the states and certainly here on the forum!