1936 RIC Upright with horseshoe

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:44 pm

Pretty funky.

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:07 pm

"Pretty funky"? Wow, downright STRANGE, but kinda cool.

ram · Post by **ram** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:10 pm

Man that is just too cool. The lines look alot like electric uprights you see today. The designers were really forward looking. I wonder what kind of sound it makes? I don’t see any electronics so I guess that was all controlled at the amp??

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:28 pm

Very nice! There was one of those at the MOMM RIC exhibit.

Do you have hi res files of that you can send me?

byu · Post by **byu** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:30 pm

Must be worth a bit I'd say.

xakattack · Post by **xakattack** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:30 pm

$5k to be exact.

morrow · Post by **morrow** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:19 am

Thank you for posting that. I had never seen the back view before .Were they aluminum ?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:11 am

Cast iron. Great for heavy metal.

Schallers or Grovers? No, Electro machine shop.

morrow · Post by **morrow** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:24 am

Cast iron ???

jeez ... they must weigh a ton. Is this the one that sits on top of the amp or does the endpin extend like a traditional upright ?

I had not seen the wooden rest on the back before either. They were ( are ) amazing looking things.

ram · Post by **ram** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:02 am

John, I just love the look. Who designed it? Any pictures of it in use?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:11 pm

Hey... with CNC and hard maple.... Hmmmmmmm

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:19 pm

WAY ahead of their time!
Of course, what would one expect from the inventors of the electric guitar, & everything else for that matter!

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:29 pm

It's listed on Gruhn's site.
1936, VG+, cast aluminum body with lacquer coating (similar to Rickenbacker "frying pan"), horseshoe pickup with two coils, extremely rare model, no case......$5000

http://www.gruhn.com/catalog/b.htm

Jeff, I don't have a high res photo. I captured it from the web site. Scroll down the page, and you will see it.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:49 pm

Thanks for the lead Bob. It is really nice to see some good photos of one of these.

This is the type that sat on the amplifier; the second version, the one built with the aluminum tube, had a circular stand.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:59 pm

I wonder if the 2 coils were wired opposite each other to act as humbuckers?