Rickenwhitefalcon

[weemac]

While whe are on the white "--------" type of guitar stream.. Here is my "White Elephant" (2nd pic by Bruce Thomsen)
It's been passed around a bit before I got it, hence the name
Eden.

[ken_j]

I wonder how many other Gold "R" tailpieces are out there...

A forum member has an "R" tailpiece that has a gold "R" with the rest remaining chrome. It looks great IMO.


Scott Jennings is a forum member who hasn't posted in a long time.

[jsm610]

clearblue wrote:
I wonder how many other Gold "R" tailpieces are out there...

You see them from time to time....

[clearblue]

clearblue wrote:
I wonder how many other Gold "R" tailpieces are out there...

You see them from time to time....

Gold-r.jpg

Nice!

[jingle_jangle]

This late 1980's Rickenbacker 370/12 is a one-of-a-kind. Built to order for a Nashville session player who didn't take delivery, it was offered to us to sell.

The white finish, gold binding, gold plated parts, and uncarved 381 body depth would remind any guitar savvy individual of a Gretsch White Falcon. This resemblance seemed lost on the folks at Rickenbacker until it was pointed out to them after we presented it for sale.

We had the guitar for a couple of months before RIC CEO John Hall requested the guitar back. To my knowledge it is still hanging in his office with the remaining instruments in the company's collection.

This studio shot was taken during the same session as my lefty 1959 Les Paul Special that appears in The Les Paul Book, and a one-off Gibson that will be featured here soon. Jeffrey did not take this image. I am quite certain he wants that known, as he was less than complementary about the way it turned out. Regardless, it is an image of a truly one-of-a-kind Ricky 12.

In fact, the "Nashville session player" (Fred Newell, who played with Waylon Jennings) requested that RIC build him a flashy White Falcon-style instrument, so they pulled out the stops. In fact, if Newell didn't "like" it, it was no doubt because John Hall drew the line at the gold sparkle Gretsch-style binding that a factory employee was going to apply, insisting on black binding instead. Outside of this discrepancy, all the stops were pulled out.

http://www.myspace.com/frednewell

Fred Newell is known for his excessively gaudy instruments. Here's a link to one of his best, a Gibson Howard Roberts with a virtual tour of Nashville appliqued on its top and fretboard:

http://www.guitars.com/features/newell/newell.html

He played this Gibson (among other outrageous instruments) on the 'Nashville Now" TV show, on which he was staff guitarist.

This 370/12 was not "returned to RIC". In fact, its current whereabouts are unknown.

[scotty]

OK so i forgot about this until now and i needed to find this pic so here it is.
Mark Thackers 381
oh and another wee cracker too.MMMnnnnn Suzanna ...

[sloop_john_b]

Interesting back story on that 350...

[scotty]

Interesting back story on that 350...

Do tell and whats with the fretboard?

[wints]

Scrolling down that page, and looking at those guitar shows makes for very interesting reading/viewing to say the least.

Some seriously fabulous gear there...

[2ricks]

I must say, that guitar looks really really awesome. Any other pictures of it?

[paologregorio]

I must say, that guitar looks really really awesome. Any other pictures of it?

Ooh, how cool would that be?! And where is it now?

[jsm610]

Do tell and whats with the fretboard?

its black and made of ebony...

[paologregorio]

Do tell and whats with the fretboard?

its black and made of ebony...

Sounds like firsthand knowledge; this your Rick, John?

[xcoyle]

I thought this guitar had come up for sale within the last 6 months and they were asking something like $5K-$7.5K. There was a thread about it, and it also linked to the same Route 66 page info. I made an offer, which the guy sat on for a few days. He finally got back to me and said it was sold.

[mcarroll1031]

How could anybody not take delivery of such a beautiful guitar is way beyond me.