Chandler 555

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:59 pm

Has anyone here had any experience with a Chandler 555? I made my first non-RIC purchase in over 10 years...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7390097492

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:06 pm

See what happens when you let a strat and a Ric alone together for just one minute?

No experience with the Chandler....but congrats on the acquisition! It looks very cool.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:18 pm

Once I get it, I may replace the p/ups with RIC p/ups. Of course, it may sound great with the stock ones. These 555s are licensed by RIC. Or they were.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:12 pm

Interesting. I'll bet the Rick did all the seducing of the Strat...or is that too anthropomorphic?

Jwilli, do you know if the same licensing agreement applied to the old Charvel Surfcasters?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:03 am

Paul, I've never asked JH about the Surfcaster deal but I'm sure that Charvel had some type of licensing agreement with RIC.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:07 pm

Well, it arrived today. A very cool guitar. It feels like a 660 to me with a wide/thin neck. JUMBO frets. I mean JUMBO, unlike a RIC. The mini humbuckers are pretty hot and i still may replace them with RIC toasters. I'll have to post a pic. Hey, its licensed by RIC......

jcreasy · Post by **jcreasy** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:09 pm

What ever happened with this?

Thanks,

JKC

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:54 pm

I've still got it right here. I never changed the p/ups, they sound great as they are. Will put a pic or two up later.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:27 pm

jwilli wrote: Hey, its licensed by RIC......

Begrudgingly. It's a long story that I'm not going to tell.

LenMinNJ · Post by **LenMinNJ** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:57 pm

They used to have slotted headstocks - now they're solid.

antipodean · Post by **antipodean** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:44 am

The 555 is a great guitar - looks somewhat 350ish (which I suspect is behind the licencing) but is more like a Les Paul Special/Firebird/Strat hybrid. The slab body and moderately chunky neck profile hark back to the LPS, the triple minihumbuckers to the three-pickup 'bird, and the string spacing and pickup switching are Stratesque. I've seen a few go on ebay at around $1k, which is cheap given the build quality, playability and sonic versatility. Doesn't do the Rickenbacker jangle brilliantly, which is ironic given the cosmetics, but does a good job of covering most other bases.

weemac · Post by **weemac** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:03 am

antipodean wrote: but does a good job of covering most other bases.

Not bad considering its a guitar....

Eden.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:25 pm

johnhall wrote:
jwilli wrote: Hey, its licensed by RIC......
Begrudgingly. It's a long story that I'm not going to tell.

Well, alrighty then! That clarifies things.

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