Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

djskweeky · Post by **djskweeky** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:34 am

As some of you may know, i'm in the market for a 325, but want to play one before i buy. It's impossible to find a ric where i live, i have seen 1 in my life and it was at a guitar store, and it was a 330. I live in nebraksa, any ideas? Thanks

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:07 am

Move House.

Only joking Matt - sorry. I'm a UK boy and Ricks aren't overwhelmingly common in shops here either. I bought my first without ever having played one and I have nothing even approaching regrets!

Good Luck

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:12 am

If you're lucky there might be a forum member that lives close by that wouldn't mind you testing out their Rickenbacker...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:51 am

Nebraksa...I thought that was a Santana album.

Patrick has a good suggestion.

BTW, your state troopers are puppets of a money-hungry state government, which fleeces out-of-state speeders on I-80, while letting locals get away with murder...Ka-ching!

djskweeky · Post by **djskweeky** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:50 pm

LOL paul, i totally agree with you on the state patrol issue. I used to know one and he said he preferred to pull over out of state people over nebraska residents.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:22 am

Matt, I think you should buy one. If you don't like it after playing one I 'm sure you would be able to unload it for at least what you paid.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:41 pm

Matt, Brian is right.... Living in far northern Minnesota, I have had to buy virtually ALL of my Rics without trying them first, and overall the experience has been positive, and I have been more than happy with them--with the exception of one, in which my husband and I foolishly decided to settle with a seller off eBay after he pulled an aution just minutes before it was supposed to end.... All of my other Rics were legitimate eBay purchases and they are wonderful guitars. I don't plan on selling any of them, but I know that if I wanted to I would be more than able to get my money out of them.

By the way, a 325 is a wonderfully fun little guitar, and it only takes a few minutes to get used to the short scale!

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:37 pm

I finally get the Nebraska quip...LOL and Doh!

Me, Mr. Big hands, had a blast playing 235 in a GC a while back. Melissa's right, you'll get a feel for it quickly.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:49 pm

I love my two shorties (both guitars).

What's a 235?

Well it's what happens to a Mr. Big Hands after he blasts away on a 325 and then tries to type. Things get snarled...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:50 pm

Here you go Matt, it's just waiting for you my friend. It's calling your name.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Rickenbacker-325-Guitar-w-case-EX-John-Lennon_W0QQitemZ7351984165QQcategoryZ41439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem