I Just De-Flowered my 620 FG?

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I Just De-Flowered my 620 FG?

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Well, I got this baby about a year ago
and finally decided to
make it my dayly player so,
I TOOK THE STICKER OFF OF THE PICK GUARD!
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With all of the upgrades what is the model number?
Is it a 625 or a 620 with upgrades?
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mike
that's a beauty!!!
i'm thinking of a 620 for my next rick (either fireglo or jg).
did you special order the tailpiece/trem?
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and i didn't notice the toasters the first time around!!
hi gains for me on that one.
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Wow. Add a set of vintage knobs and that guitar is perfect!
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Good deal on e-bay . . .
I needed something other that my 1997 to play everyday so, since I'm tired of the Strat that I built it's 620 time. Love the smooth phat neck. My only dissapontment is the new FG paint job. The older 1997 has a nice golden center, the new paint jobs go to bare wood color.
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Of course there's nothing wrong with natural wood
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But I still Haven't taken the sticker off of this one . . .
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What could possibly be wrong with playing a Fireglow 1997 every day?

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It became an investment guitar.
Wow, yours is really dark on the edges
Do you know when it was made?
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Post by lawton »

Well, if yours is an ORIGINAL 1997 I can certainly understand why you wouldn't play it daily. Wow. Mine is a re-issue, August 1998.

It does look almost like a Gibson tri-burst, doesn't it?

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"I Just De-Flowered my 620 FG"

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She Screamed
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Post by longhouse »

MY 1997SPC/VB is my all-around main guitar.
Great guitars, Mike!

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Post by tony_carey »

1997's rock. My FG '92 is my pride & joy & I just bought Bob Belloffs MG, via Mike Smith. I love 1997's!!

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BTW, thanks to both Bob & Mike...both are total gentlemen..
'Rickenbacker'...what a name! After all these years, it still thrills me.
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Post by steverok »

Apparently, you get all the killer ones, many of us only can get the regular Ric's! How would you describe the sound of one of these, compared to a regular 330 with hi-gains, for example ? And why it called a 1997, anyway ?
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A 1997 is the export version of the 330 only with the F-hole instead of the cat's eye sound hole. Check out the thread "Swapped out high gains for toaster (360-12)" for insite into toasters . . .

Can anyone tell me the model number of the guitar in the first picture in the thread? Is it a 620 or a 625?
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