Vintage pickups to be discontinued?

mr_gravy · Post by **mr_gravy** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:58 am

I read a post selling a Ric 350 on Harmony Central that stated the seller heard that Ric Vintage pickups will be discontinued. Seems like a pretty wild rumor, or a misleading sales tactic. Any truth to this?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:21 am

Nothing mentioned by RIC. If anything, the "vintage" horseshoe bass pickup is supposed to be available again as a separately purchased item. Toasters are still available as far as I know. Sounds like the seller is telling more than he knows.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:17 am

Always check the RIC Corp. website in cases such as this. Rumors abound, but nothing beats The Official Word.

steve_hershberger · Post by **steve_hershberger** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:50 am

Sounds like ad hype to me. Then again, there are a LOT of sellers who just plain don't know enough to write a misleading ad on purpose.

mr_gravy · Post by **mr_gravy** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:55 am

I figured it was hype. I did check the Ric site and no news on that. Then again, isn't there something about the Ric-O-Sound being discontinued?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:26 am

They are going to sell out the existing stock of the Ric-O-Sound boxes and not offer more, but the Ric-O-Sound feature will still be on the deluxe model guitars and basses.