76 450 TRC

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:19 pm

Hi gang. I just picked up a 76 450 MG. It has a black pickguard and a nearly paper-thin black TRC with white letters (not raised). Is this real? I'll post pics when I get home if I can remember. It does have the correct "melting" letters, that is, it's not a Rirkenbarker.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:21 pm

That is just about the tail-end of the plexi TRC's, I don't see why it wouldn't be real!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:28 pm

Really? It's practically paper thin, maybe even some kind of metal, it doesn't have the thickness of regular TRC's I have seen. That's normal?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:34 pm

jdogric12aolcom wrote:Really? It's practically paper thin, maybe even some kind of metal, it doesn't have the thickness of regular TRC's I have seen. That's normal?

Oh, perhaps not. Color me curious.

JakeK · Post by **JakeK** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:39 pm

I don't think I can find "Curious" in the crayon box, but I'll keep looking.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:51 pm

RRF search engine scores again... this is the one. Question answered.

http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... &sk=t&sd=a

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:41 pm

I'm not aware of any black TRCs with white non-raised letters. The plexi ones were all 1/8" thick. Suspect this is a convenience counterfeit.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:59 am

Black vintage style plexi (with non raised white lettering) were used thru-out the '70s. I've seen basses and 480 models instruments with them.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:08 am

Jwilli, the only black plexi TRCs I've seen had silver lettering. Do you have any photos of white lettering on these?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:08 pm

I'll find one somewhere and post it. Stay tuned...

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:32 pm

jwilli wrote:Black vintage style plexi (with non raised white lettering) were used thru-out the '70s. I've seen basses and 480 models instruments with them.

+1, especially lefties, correct?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:06 pm

I've got two BT guitars and one BT bass. Both have black back-painted plexi TRCs with silver lettering. I've got one BT bass with a black, injection-molded, raised letter TRC with white lettering.

But I've never seen a plexi one with white. My experience is obviously limited in this regard.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:30 pm

Paul, what year are your BT from? I definitely remember seeing (in person) a '75 480 Walnut with a plexi TRC. It was black with white lettering. I am pretty sure that no RIC from the '70s had an injected black TRC with silver lettering at that time.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:42 am

Sounds like a good time for pics!

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