75th Anniversary

wim · Post by **wim** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:32 am

Other than that, a new model would be great.
No reissue, no limited series, just a new model.
the 75 series

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:32 am

I'm open to everything except something that resembles a Gretsch White Falcon - wedding cake!!

But then again, it would have "Rickenbacker" on it.......

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:28 pm

Six billion people. And barely a market for 38 pans. Amazing.

This illustrates the blinders that we wear when we enjoy an obsession, the law of supply and demand, and how prices float in a free market.

38 OS 360s in a special color or with special trim, would sell out in a heartbeat. Frying pans do have limited curiosity value, which translates to limited market value.

Just because something's old, it is not necessarily of market value (sadly).

wim · Post by **wim** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:43 pm

Paul, if they shouldn't sell I'll buy them all out of mercy.
Maybe I can make a deal including a pallet load of old 4002 basses, which no one would buy too.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:50 pm

I would jump at the chance of buying a re-issue frying pan....fireglo. You may be right Paul, but I bet they would sell easily in a limited number & let's be honest, Ric has plenty of models that clearly are not aimed at 'mass market'.

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:17 pm

Or, you could wait a couple of years for Ed Roman to get the remaining frying pans and then watch him sell them for an enormous sum... or wait for them to show up on ebay with dinosaurs all over them!

wim · Post by **wim** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:22 pm

Who wouldn't want a 100 year old brand new Frying Pan with the Hawaian music revival which is schemed for 2029

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:27 pm

We're talking about 38 frying pans made with original parts. This is something you could put out at anytime and likely have sold in short order. But from a practicality standpoint it wouldn't make good sense to release them as your major marketing item or be able to sell in mass. It would be good I suppose to reissue them but they aren't a big interest item, and even if they were only those 38 made from the real deal would be available. Just my 2 cents.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:17 pm

I'll take one each of these:

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:07 am

38 of anything (except Lemmy basses) would not make a big enough splash among Rickenbacker collectors and players, to warrant declaring them to be the 75th Anniversary product special.

The pans are not a players item, anyway, by and large. They are a curiosity, for collectors.

Jeff, I've got one of those (the one on the right) and it plays like a dream.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:15 am

THe first one is a 2 man pan, used mainly for heavily loaded omelettes & crepes

mac · Post by **mac** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:21 am

I've seen some talk of a 21 fret model on this thread but what's the advantage of 21? Why not 24? I know that I might be asking the obvious but did the original Capri only have 21 frets?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:27 am

Neil, the 21-fret 330 and 360 is just the classic Rick design; it does much for the guitar aesthetically as well as changing the tone of the nekc pickup.

mac · Post by **mac** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:16 am

Thanks for the info. I'm trying to imagine what a brand new design from JH would look like. It would still look like a Rick but completely new. 06' isn't TOO far away.

wim · Post by **wim** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:24 am

What about a new series headless frying pan basses and guitars? (eat your heart out, Ned Steinberger) All off course with horseshoes
That would be cool, no?
Or maybe a reissue series lightshow guitars but then completely in plexiglass with a nice fireglo in the plexi itself

Or why not breaking into Les Paul territory with a solidbody 320 style, quilted or fiddleback maple arched top, a nice checkered binding and two humbuckers in it.