Rickenbacker Guards - construction?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:26 am

Dale, as you've told me, you've been up there in Aloha country for awhile.

I used to shop at the Main Street Std. Brands regularly, and then they just sorta disappeared. Must have been about 11 years ago. Haven't seen one anywhere in LA since. A pity, because they were a good source.

Another specialty chain done in by bog box retailers, I'm afraid...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:27 am

Er, BIG box.

Bog box is what water closets come packaged in...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:07 am

No correction necessary, Paul...it all has a lot to do with why our economy is 'bogged down'...

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:54 pm

"...up comes a calendar porno site with lots of naked girls posing on various months"

I bet you didn't close out of that right away, though!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:38 pm

Or the 20 others that popped up as well!!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:38 pm

To be honest, I didn't click on to it, if you do then it will link you to alot of things you don't want, so I deleted it. To bad cause I really wanted some info on Std. Brds. Paint.

larry_mondello · Post by **larry_mondello** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:40 pm

AS to what happened to that chain ..it was a law suit by a former employee that shut them down .

They filed bankrupcy several years ago .

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:47 pm

Larry What's Up? How about that secret item used on Ricks, any idea what it might be?

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:41 pm

So does all this mean Fabgear or Pickguardian as the best source for a set of Gold Pickguards for and 03 Montezuma Ric 360/6?
I assume you'd just have to paint the TRS gold and brush in the raised Rickenbacker letters with a small black brush.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:04 pm

The T.R. covers were silk screened on the back in reverse, then lacquered over with Gold,Black, or White then clear coated.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:45 am

Thats the old ones right? Mine being and 03 the letters are raised.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:11 pm

That's correct Dan. I misunderstood what you were refering to.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:33 pm

Too bad that Ric is not doing anything constructive to end this TRS problem. Then they could be making some money on pickguards too.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:03 pm

Hmmmm .... using Yahoo search, I found a link to an NLRB action against the Standard Brands Paint company:

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/decisions/324/32429.pdf#search='Standard%20Brands%20Paint'

and a 1995 news item on the company's attempt to come out of bankruptcy:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n34_v17/ai_17416383

but no porn sites.

Dale, it sounds like you may have a "search-engine hijacker" on your system. Do you use anti-spyware programs like Ad-Aware SE and Spybot Search & Destroy? If not, you should.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:50 pm

Any other TRS ideas to match our TRS's to the gold pickguards?