Rickenbacker "C" Series Annonunced Online Today

admin · Post by **admin** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 6:33 am

Anonymous: I think it is reasonably safe to say that exceedingly few details, if any, will be overlooked in this series.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 1:27 pm

The Kauffman off of my '58 365 reads
"VIB-ROLA" and then PAT.NO.#######

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 1:40 pm

Before Doc passed away ,he still had boxes of those tailpieces in his garage.I would have to assume that either Dale Fortune,Jim Kelly or John Hall has them or easy access to them.

As I posted earlier this past year ,I did not think that JH/Rickenbacker was just going to sit by and watch the river flow .

It is fairly obvious that JH wants to regain the past and move forward too.

I'm looking forward to ALL the instruments that Rick comes out with .I still have a soft spot in my heart for them .This was where I started after all.

Nick_Thiel · Post by **Nick_Thiel** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 5:46 pm

No worries guys, it's done.

tblair · Post by **tblair** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 8:24 pm

I tried to get some Kauffmans out of Rickenbacker a few years ago and was told they didn't have them & didn't know how to get them.

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:23 am

Now I doubt that many of you guys have ever delt with the Kaufman tailpiece ...but from a personal standpoint ,yes it may be historically correct as far as original equipment went,but and this is a rather large BUT....these taipieces were a major pain to keep in tune .

Why do you think JL had his removed?

Why did no other major manufacturer use these ?

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 4:27 pm

But Mark, the vintage guys gotta have All the vintage details, Even if it compromises the
functional integrity of the guitar.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 4:45 pm

Will removing the Kaufman piece leave unsightly marks on the guitar??? Hmmmmmm. Htins could be a problem. I never saw one up close so I conjured up this worrisome fact while anticipating screwing on my Bigsby on the counter in Chuck Levins shop.

Thoughts????

Mike

anon · Post by **anon** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 10:51 pm

No, removing the VIB-ROLA will NOT leave unsightly screwholes in the top. When I get mine, I will most likely replace the VIB-ROLA with a RIC trapeze. I'm not really a Lennon freak.

Nick_Thiel · Post by **Nick_Thiel** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 7:24 am

Lennon never had the holes from the Kauffman filled, they are still visible on the guitar today. As for the functionality of a Kauffman, as I've said before if they were all garbage they would have all been removed from every vintage Ric that was issued with them. This choice to issue a C58 with a Kauffman is the best way, it is true to the original issue. If you don't like it, you can always put a Ric vibrato or trapeze on it and it's still a Ric with Ric parts, the Bigsby is clearly a Lennon thing only.

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:02 pm

The Kaufman vibrola And the top section of the trapeze tailpiece fit interchageably on the tailpiece/endhook; No problem at all.Maybe Rick should include a trapeze with every one of these so the customer can easily "change out" from one piece to the other.