HA! I've got it back!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:56 am

I've got my old 230 back! I originaly bought it from a Welshman who lived in the US. I loved the gtr, but the volute & screaming feedback at high volumes sort of mellowed my feelings for it, even though it was one of the BEST sounding Rics I have ever owned. I sold it, but did a deal today to bring it back home.

I'm going to do some serious thinking about this gtr & how I can adapt it to be a regular user....first job is to string her with 11's.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:06 am

Very cool, Tony! I remember a long thread about that guitar in the Curmudgeon section about having the volute removed.

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:40 am

Very nice Tony!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27 am

Ah, yes, Tony! Congratulations!

I do remember all the talk of modding the volute back when...

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:55 am

Thanks everyone. I would LOVE to make it JG, with a single layer pearloid Ric shape pick guard & of course, to surgically remove the volute....oh how I wish the curmudge was over here!

Talking of which....wouldn't a pearloid Ric TRC be stunning!

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:13 am

What is a volute? I mean, in relation to that guitar?

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:24 am

It's the extra wood where the neck meets the headstock, designed to strengthen that area. It seems that most manufacturers resorted to this in the '80's (mine's an '85). There were obviously headstock breakage issues in the industry at the time. It's really uncomfortable though!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:46 am

Congrats, Tony! A rootin' tootin' volutin' return for sure!!

I hope you can sort out the problem and make it a regular player. Guess you could always down-tune it and use a capo but that's one hell of a compromise!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:25 pm

Ha, ha....good one Howard.

I'm pretty determined to make this one work for me, so I'll sort it one way or another!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:16 pm

Ha! congrats!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:53 pm

Congrats, Tony! BTW, Gibson resorted to the volute back around 1970 or so on their ES series; my 1967 ES-335TDC does not have a volute.

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:04 am

Gibson had switched to a Volute in the 70's. Gibson solved a problem people were complaining about, easy neck breaks... BUT then people started complaining about the volute, how it isn't "vintage styled" and so and so... So they changed it again...

People will always complain. Selective hearing is the key.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:19 am

I tried....I REALLY tried!!!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:38 am

So you still can't get on, Tony?

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:19 am

I can't Howard. It's not the guitars fault, it sounds & plays superb. But I've gotten too used to a bit of height! The Les Pauls thickness & carved top, along with the Ric thinlines extra thickness has made your slab solid bodies feeling just a little awkward to me now. I just can't get comfortable with it.....oh well, looks like another 330!