W00t! It's here!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:36 pm

I wonder what it weighed, tho, Rob?

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:45 pm

well scholars maintain that it was the approximate weight of a sturdy holdall containing dane's glaucoma medicine requirement for a fortnight.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:21 pm

GO TO BED, ROB!!

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:29 pm

Kinda reminds me of a Three Stoogie's episode.

Hey Moe! Woot? (Don't get "good stuff" like this on other guiar sites)

Scott, is she jetglo? Looks like it in the photo. Love black Ricks.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:43 pm

That heavy, Rob?

G'night.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:58 pm

For the Canadian members....Woot are they talkin aboot?
Let's go Leafs!

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:02 pm

Steve I say we're talking aboot Canada.

Let's go Canada 4 - 0 over the Russian Junior team right now.

scott_s · Post by **scott_s** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:15 pm

Couple more details: It's a 2004 330 JG -- virtually brand-new... the eBay seller runs a music store, so it might well have hung there this long. The OHSC has all the goodies, and the guitar smells new. No fretwear that I can see.

At $860, it was almost 3x what I paid for my last guitar. Sure enough, now I have GAS for a 360/12 AFG...

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:25 pm

The photo is great. In fact, you may have invented a new color -- Flatglo!!! I really like it!

brian_l · Post by **brian_l** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:13 pm

Congrats on your purchase! I just bought a 2005 Jetglo 330/6 shortly after Thanksgiving and I love it. It does a great job keeping my 1998 Fireglo 360/6 company. Trust me, you will find your other guitars spending more time in their cases as you get used to playing your Rick.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:35 am

Scott, the reason I asked is that (going by the photo) I've never seen an unmodified Rickenbacker with such wide flat fret tops. The frets also seem to be very shallow--maybe .020", which would mean that they've been levelled quite radically, since the full-depth frets are around .045" in height.

The action seems a bit high, too, judging from the photo...

Discussing this with Aitch and Brian yesterday afternoon, we supposed that this guitar was used by a person who primarily played rhythm, and wanted the chords to fret especially easily. Brian's seen this sort of thing before, but then he was in "the biz" as a player for a long time.

This is not meant as critique; just the results of some observations and a bit of detective work...

byu · Post by **byu** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:40 pm

This is a Woot:
http://www.woot.com

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:36 pm

I used to have that keyboard it was awesome.Now I have a Microsoft wireless executive with mouse its awful and a hundred bucks more.

scott_s · Post by **scott_s** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:51 pm

Paul, I measured .025"-.030" of usable fret height -- that's why it surprised me so much! (The action is 3/64" on the high E and 1/16" on the low E, fretted at the 1st fret and measured at the 13th. Neck relief is at .005". I think the photo angle and zoom give the impression of high action.)

I imagine this is what playing an early Les Paul Custom was like. I might be able to get used to it, but .030" is where I usually refret, y'know?

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:57 pm

Scott,

My 71 Strat is like that. It was previously owned by a guitarist who had the frets filed down so he could play rhythm with really low action on the neck. It is a bit disconcerting when I play lead on that guitar.

Don't get me wrong I can still do fret board gymnastics, but it feels weird.