Rickenbaker Inspired Guitar

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:44 pm

Not sure if this has been discussed before, but I just saw one of these in a local shop:

http://www.richmondguitarscanada.com/dorchester.html

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:47 pm

Did you have a play Steve? On the black guitar is that the wires i can see under the pickup.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:48 pm

Looks quite Moserite-ish as well, if not more so. I didn't see this at NAMM, but then again, there are at least four massive floors of exhibits at the show.

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:55 pm

My first thought also was it's more Mosrite than Rickenbacker. A Rickenrite? Mosbacker?

arbiter · Post by **arbiter** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:03 pm

Yeah my first thought was mosrite. Has there been any discussion about how these duesenbergs look rick enspired

http://www.themusiczoo.com/duesenberg/D ... 74877.html

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:03 pm

Blechhhh...

Aside from the "German" carve detail along the edges, and possibly the colors, nothing Rickish about them.

Man, that is what I call clumsy design. If guitars were designed by the same folks that do the verification codes

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for websites, they would look like these...

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:00 pm

There's a write up on the Dorchester and the Richmond in the May '09 Guitar Player. The head stocks have a Rickish vibe to them. Not a fan of the Dorchester pick guard at all. Or the bridge and tail stop. Not my cup o tea.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:07 pm

I pulled it off the wall and had a brief strum, but it didn't seem remarkable, (especially for a $1000 CDN guitar). Supposedly this line is connected to Godin in some way.

IHeartRics · Post by **IHeartRics** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:35 pm

Besides Ric and Mosrite inspriation, I'd say that pickguard has a bit of Danelectro/Silvertone to it also.

And the bridge design is something I toyed with doing a long time ago to a Ric but never did - basically take the base plate and weld threaded bolts to it and put the nuts under the bridge to adjust height. Instead of a table setting on the floor (current Ric bridge design) it would be like attaching the legs of a table to the floor and letting the top rest on it!

I thought it might increase sustain and stability without losing the Ric sound and appearance.

Now my idea has been taken....

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:49 pm

The headstock is kind of Rick shaped.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:13 am

It's kind of shaped like a hand clutching at straws.

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:30 pm

Methinks this Kramer has one or two 'Ric-isms'.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:03 pm

Yeah--the Floyd Rose, the headstock, the...

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:06 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Yeah--the Floyd Rose, the headstock, the...

...knob playing it.

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:17 pm

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