RIC Factory Tour

muppetprince · Post by **muppetprince** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:34 pm

I stumbled upon these photos of the RIC factory, they may be 'known' to the board already.

LOTS of 4001C64's in various states of undress!!

And pics of JH's personal stash...supposedly one of EVERY model...can't see a 350SH...I'll take the 4004cii though!!

Go here http://community.webshots.com/album/99294967oioFXx/0

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:01 am

Great pics... oh my... THE ACOUSTICS!!!! feel like, "oh please let me in, let me try 'em... or just touch 'em... oh pleeease..."

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:55 am

Here are some more:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v385/ekutzler/Rickenbacker%20Factory/

muppetprince · Post by **muppetprince** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:05 am

Wow, more great shots, thanks Erik.

I now know what John and Ben Hall look like...they look kinda normal...that is to say I didn't realise just how 'hands on' they are!!

I wonder if Lemmy's bass has stereo ric-o-sound! lol

arbiter · Post by **arbiter** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:28 pm

I love thrice!

Nice pics

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:40 am

Ben looks like Matthew Perry from Friends. And the band that played the opening theme for friends, the Rembrandts, used Rickenbackers. Maybe Ben is actually Matthew Perry too and maybe I need more sleep...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:11 am

Hey Barry, those are totally fascinating pictures to be sure - Rickenbacker magic at its formidable strongest.
May I be so bold as to say that you certainly have a famous name?...

rocknrollchemist · Post by **rocknrollchemist** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:23 am

These pics are great. Question for you, all, though, I've seen multiple people talk about touring the Ric factory, yet on the website it states they don't give factory tours...what gives?

admin · Post by **admin** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:53 am

Drew: Welcome. Occasionally people do get to see the factory through special arrangement, however, their policy for some time has been to refuse factory tours to the general public. You can certainly see from the fine work portrayed in the photos why such a policy is in place. I am sure John Hall has some interesting factory stories to tell.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:33 am

Hey! Thrice is one of my bands! I'll hafta ask them about that next time they're in town....

rocknrollchemist · Post by **rocknrollchemist** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:16 am

Gotcha. Man, I'd love to tour the factory just to see it firsthand.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:08 pm

It was a very cool experience.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:56 am

Excellent excellent links! that MG 381 on the table of the museum has me checking my bank balance...