Rickies from the Forrest White years

sir_andrew_of_left_coast · Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:30 am

"I just bought a nice 260 and..."

Elys: What color is your 260?

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:19 am

So what you are saying is Terry Deason may have told me a fib when he was making the patterns and routing templates for those Fender style Basses and Guitars claiming to have a hand in the design.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:31 am

It is JG. Actually, it is a 1980s 250 I am told, not a post-92 260, since it has four knobs and not two. It used to be Todd Bradshaw's, then Alisha's, and now UPS has it on its way to me. Black is my least-favorite color for any Rickenbacker. I only have a 4001, a 381JK, and now this 250 in black:

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:23 am

Dale, nothing that Terry said is contradictory, although he probably didn't have much to do with the actual design.

Forrest came up with the instrument design, made some prototypes which we showed at at least one Chicago NAMM show, and then was gone. Someone had to make production templates and fixturing; there's nothing to rule Terry out for that contribution.

The original protos had decidedly more Fenderesque pickguards and pickup covers; perhaps Terry help to fit our more standard accoutrements to these.

sir_andrew_of_left_coast · Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:30 am

Ahh... it's that 250.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:59 am

My two cents: 430's ain't got nothin'. No mojo, ugly, etc. Paul's price was about right. If I got one I'd make it an open-tuning guitar.

I like mahogany though. A lot. Played a '50s Martin 00-17 for years. But like John says, the stuff used on those wasn't so hot. I'd like a 330 in a nice lighter reddish Mahogany, please.

The 200 series guitars are superior, both in appearance and playability. Not traditionally "Rick-ey," * go to a 600 series for that.

I went to see my friend's band play the other night, and the bass player was holding down the bottom on a 3001 AG with flats! HUGE sound. Thumpy.

* "Rick-ey" = Rickenbacker-like, as opposed to Lucy's husband.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:40 am

I've got my 1989 230 that I've had since 1991, and recently refinished it in Blue Boy. It still isn't together yet, so no pics for those who want one yet. Hopefully I'll have it together soon, but I just moved and have more pressing things to take care of at the moment! Anyway, I love the sound and playability of my 230, and since it was my first guitar, I'm very used to it. It doesn't sound or play like the semi-hollow RICS, but who says a Rickenbacker has to be only one thing? A Rickenbacker can be whatever the company releases.

sir_andrew_of_left_coast · Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:52 am

The "RIC" monogrammed pickups are COOL!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:12 pm

Thanks for that info John, I knew Terry quite well..he trained me in a lot of the basic steps when I 1st worked at Electro String. I kinda miss the place. When i drove by when I was down in June, it still looked much the same.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:59 pm

Black is my least-favorite color for any Rickenbacker

I couldn't imagine this any other color!

How's that for post #9000?

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:33 pm

Yippee! Congratulations on Post 9000. You are closing in fast on Ten K

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:45 pm

Congratulations, Jeff....... seems appropriate that your 9000th is a pic of that beautiful bass.

Now get a life!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:14 am

Life?

Where do you get those? At a hardware store, grocery store, sex shop?

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:24 am

All of the above........... if you look hard enough. So I'm told, anyway..... I'm still trying to find a suitable one for myself!!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:28 am

Happy 9000th JPS!