Please help this man with the 50's Rickenbacker
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Please help this man with the 50's Rickenbacker
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jingle_jangle
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Whatta honey. Wrong tailpiece, obviously. Love that early headstock shape...
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It's beautiful... 
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It looks stripey because the lacquer finish has checked in line with the grain...
Not Monty Brown, AutumnGlo. Early Montezuma Brown was a solid, chocolatey color.
Not Monty Brown, AutumnGlo. Early Montezuma Brown was a solid, chocolatey color.
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.”
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As for the stripes-
That is how the early finishes checked.
This guitar was built before Rick used
their No-Check finish.
Jest yer plain ole Nitro....
Capris from this era are also some of the crudest
Ricks built. You can feel the milling marks on the inside
of the soundhole. Roger himself might have done a large
part of the woodwork.....
Seeing this guitar makes me feel like Granma Edie when
the Eggman finally comes-
Oh God, Oh God! Oh God!!!!
That is how the early finishes checked.
This guitar was built before Rick used
their No-Check finish.
Jest yer plain ole Nitro....
Capris from this era are also some of the crudest
Ricks built. You can feel the milling marks on the inside
of the soundhole. Roger himself might have done a large
part of the woodwork.....
Seeing this guitar makes me feel like Granma Edie when
the Eggman finally comes-
Oh God, Oh God! Oh God!!!!
'68 4001MG, '70 4001 21Fret, '71 4001S MG, '71 4001FG, '72 4001AZ, '73 4001FG, '73 4001resto, '59 365FG, '96 381/12v69FG, '71 4001 21Fret FG
What amazing original condition.
Check the long soundhole, and combo style controls, and plain tailpiece. All the rarest transitional features you could ever want in a capri. The tailpiece is correct. Most capri's were vibrola fitted, but the rare 'T' versions were fitted with this generic tailpiece (until a little later when came up with the nifty trapeze that hooks straight on in place of the vibrola). Not Autumnglo either. These ones are called two-tone brown....
Check the long soundhole, and combo style controls, and plain tailpiece. All the rarest transitional features you could ever want in a capri. The tailpiece is correct. Most capri's were vibrola fitted, but the rare 'T' versions were fitted with this generic tailpiece (until a little later when came up with the nifty trapeze that hooks straight on in place of the vibrola). Not Autumnglo either. These ones are called two-tone brown....