RIC Website Question...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:54 pm

Elys, I've got pic of the finished product as well, which Paul had posted a while back....

It remains the most beautiful acoustic guitar I have ever seen.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:32 pm

Oh Melibee, my gosh awmighty, THAT is "so close to" Peacock Blue !!!!! THANK you for posting that, I am gonna get a letter off to PW right now and get one on my dance card with him for September

Unless, of course, there is a similar one with more classy goodie details (in that color of course)from a bygone age in the books?

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:42 pm

That one is my favorite, of all the acoustic pics Paul has posted.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:56 pm

I know I keep harping on this, but the "in progress" photos to which the above links lead, show the guitar after spraying, but before flatting and buffing. Following these final two steps, the guitar is assembled, strung, and detailed. It leaves my shop as smooth as glass. I use a non-yellowing varnish, so if a customer wants a slightly "aged" look, I add ambering to the varnish coats, which looks comfortable on the earth-toned colors but is not recommended for colors like blue and violet.

Elys, I, too have used a Fountain pen since 1956, when I got my first one (a moss green Parker) from a now-deceased uncle. My current faves are an old (1940s) Schaeffer and my old standby Meisterstuck Mont Blanc, which I've had since '83.

Melissa, thanks for the Eternal Sunshine.

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:05 pm

More photos:

I had assumed from the original posts on this that the color was a one-off ("...colors which will make each one unique.", etc.), so I'd be surprised if another in this finish was made?

Regardless, its a great finish and Paul's work is wonderful.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:11 pm

I am looking at my main pen right now, a Model 149 Anniversary edition with the silly little diamond chip in the upper ring of the cap. I must have eleven others, all sized to my big clumsy hands with Squire-like long fingers (I am six-four in bare feet). Only MB permanent black goes in this one, but the MB blue-black and MB blue goes in two others.

And of course, Sheaffer Peacock Blue in no less than three to five of the other Model 149s

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:13 pm

OH JOHN, I WANT ONE JUST LIKE THIS!!!

Paul, can it be done ??? Is it POSSIBLE to make one any better or more beautiful than this?

Yum, Peacock Blue

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:27 pm

Paul: I am not sure what more can be said about the gorgeous acoustics that you are building.

Years from now, when someone takes one of these beauties out of their case, not only will the novice say "I didn't know that Rickenbacker made acoustics" but the initiated will exclaim "yes, and there is no other like this one on the planet."

Like a rare gem that has no equal, what a thrill it is to behold such uniqueness. With the introduction of the Wilczynski, a new chapter has begun and I, for one, cannot wait to see the story unfold.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:40 pm

Oh, John, those photos are absolutely heartbreakingly gorgeous! So are you the lucky owner? WOW!!!!!

If that picture is the last thing I see before I turn in for the night, my dreams will be sweet indeed.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:42 pm

That TRC is truly exquisite!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:02 pm

John and Elys, I don't think the color will be an issue. Elys is responding to the photos of your Aquaglo, and I recall that the Peacock ink is different enough that we won't be splitting color-shade hairs.

Both of you will have one of a kind guitars, rest assured. (Fact is, Elys' will be from a different color batch that will be tinted a bit darker and have a touch more cobalt in it.)

Elys, it'll be Peacockglo.

Elys, Peter and Melissa, thank you very much for your kind and enthusiastic words. I can only do my best to uphold the Rickenbacker tradition and continue the high standards set in 75 years of great, American-built instruments!

John, obviously your camera has been busy. Could I trouble you for some original-sized .jpg files of a half-dozen shots like the ones above, for my own use? I would be pleased to credit you as owner/photographer.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:32 pm

Thank you Paul, and especially thank you that you can both match the color of my dreams and also preserve the uniqueness of John's guitar

I humbly bow to your expertise...

Thank you John, for your unintentioned inspiration to me, by posting your photos of what will always be a unique and gloriously beautiful guitar work of art.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:59 pm

And as I ponder this leap of faith, I lean toward a deep, dark brown, chocolate-tobacco look, the guitar I'll be playing into old age, and everyone will marvel at grandfather's wondrous, beautiful, thunderous Prickenbacker.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:56 am

Ouch.

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:14 am

... And then suddenly Mark awakes from his sweet Prickenbacker daydream just in the nick of time to read the latest post from the Curmudgeon.