The Continuing Saga of "Rickenbacker in the Heartland"

freshmattyp · Post by **freshmattyp** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:36 pm

We haven't even had one in KC since Quigley Music went out of business. I see the odd used one here and there, but nothing new for a while now. Hopefully someone will step up to fill in the void.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:20 pm

Hey Matt, you mean to tell me that you can't even find 'em at the MFI in Independence? Weird.

JimK

freshmattyp · Post by **freshmattyp** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:30 pm

I always forget about them, but since the outlet is so hit or miss on stuff I rarely include them in discussion of who carries what. I did get a smokin' deal on a AVRI Jaguar out there once, but I can count on 1 finger the number of Rics I've seen in there.

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:36 pm

I ordered a 4003 MG in Feb. 2007 for $1400 (split into a deposit of $220 and a final of $1180); new 4003s are going for something like $1900-2200*; I will (probably) get loads of new features I didn't anticipate. A thin neck, VTC, and walnut wings sound really good to me. In addition, I'm no sucker for fancy inlays, but FWIs truly are pretty and probably increase the value of the instrument (and I trust RIC makes them out of stuff that doesn't shrink). Even if I hate the bass when I receive it (highly doubtful) I could probably flip it with ease.

So that's my take on my similar situation and I think you'd probably benefit from a like approach.

Oh, OT but... Lawrence, KS is the coolest city in the Midwest, even better than Eureka Springs, AR. So props to you for living there. Hopefully I'll be joining you there in a year if I get into the Ph.D. program I want...

*Or if you go to a certain store in St. Louis, they are probably something like $3000, because a 4003FL JG was going for $2300 there in late 2006.

I didn't get to play it either, they said I needed to put a deposit down before I could touch it! But I was welcome to try any of the several 360s they had...

stringsncords · Post by **stringsncords** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:00 pm

Dear Santa,

If you have an extra Rickenbacker 360/12 FG guitar in your bag at the end of the night, will you please swing by Kansas on your way back to the North Pole, and drop it off at our friend Jim Krause's house ???

Jim would sure appreciate it, as well as all of his friends at the RIC Forum.

Merry Christmas!

Bob

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:39 pm

cassius987 wrote: Oh, OT but... Lawrence, KS is the coolest city in the Midwest, even better than Eureka Springs, AR. So props to you for living there. Hopefully I'll be joining you there in a year if I get into the Ph.D. program I want...

Cool! I hope your plans work out. If they do, look me up and I'll introduce you around to some of my guitar pickin' friends.

JimK

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:23 pm

jimk wrote:
cassius987 wrote: Oh, OT but... Lawrence, KS is the coolest city in the Midwest, even better than Eureka Springs, AR. So props to you for living there. Hopefully I'll be joining you there in a year if I get into the Ph.D. program I want...
Cool! I hope your plans work out. If they do, look me up and I'll introduce you around to some of my guitar pickin' friends.

JimK

Please do! Because I will need new people to play with... when I interned up there the only thing I found to do was play at the Jazzhaus on Mondays during the jazz jam.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:23 pm

Refreshing an old thread here...I just got a call from Jim Rhoads. He was calling his customers up to make sure which ones were cancelling their orders due to the current economic situation.

I told him I was still in. Still no idea when the next batch of 360/12s will ship out. But since there has been a shipment of 4004Cii models, can it be much longer?

(Be still, my heart!)

JimK

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:01 pm

buzfluhart wrote:The backlog appears to be thinning out somewhat.

I wish that were true but it's not. However, dealer inventories may be growing somewhat if they have customers who are backing out of deals but we've had no cancellations and there's many new orders coming in, so, if anything, the backlog has actually grown a bit.

With regard to the instruments discussed here, I can tell you that there are a large number of 360's on the schedule for shipment in March, followed immediately by 360/12's running into April. We have no way to know where anyone stands with their dealer but many older orders for these will be cleared out by then.

stringsncords · Post by **stringsncords** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:29 pm

There ya go, Jim - from THE MAN himself!
I thought I saw one hanging in the NAMM booth - I was hoping it was yours.
As Axl Rose once said....
PATIENCE!

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:57 pm

Everyone's at the RRF waiting for it come Jim.I hope its not too long now Jim.

johneek · Post by **johneek** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:52 pm

johnhall wrote:...I can tell you that there are a large number of 360's on the schedule for shipment in March, followed immediately by 360/12's running into April. We have no way to know where anyone stands with their dealer but many older orders for these will be cleared out by then.

March and April....Jim, you can almost hold your breath that long! It'll be here before you know it!

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:08 pm

Yeah, when I read that note from JH, I was so surprised, I didn't quite know what to do. When it gets here, I'll tell the whole story. I'm sure I won't be as entertaining as Elnjaybass

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JimK

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:18 pm

jimk wrote: When it gets here, I'll tell the whole story. I'm sure I won't be as entertaining as Elnjaybass

You will be if you put up pictures, Jim

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:52 pm

Pix are one thing, but stringing out the whole story the way he did was just a riot!

JimK

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