Why are Mapleglo guitars cheaper?

[Pumpkinhead]

I'm researching the purchase of, probably, a 330 or a 360 6-string and I've noticed that, here in the UK at least, Mapleglo guitars are often cheaper than Fireglo or Jetglo from the same retailer. I've looked at the US pricelist and there doesn't seem to be any mention of price differences between the various finishes.

I was just wondering, are Mapleglo guitars cheaper to finish, or is it simply that the other finishes are more popular?

[wim]

It's just that there are far more mapleglo forrests.
Fireglo and jetglo guitars are built from burnt (to a specific degree) mapleglotrees.
Alle the other colours are just painted wood.





Or it could just be the demand for fireglo's is bigger.
Any reason is good to show why off course.
Here's my 360

[Pumpkinhead]

It's just that there are far more mapleglo forrests.

Lovely guitar Wim. I love the 330 body with the double binding and triangular inlays.
Am I right in assuming that it is a "360 WB"? (Sorry, I'm fairly new to Rics.)

Oddly enough, I've never really liked red sunbursts on guitars but for some reason the Fireglo finish always looks great to me. T
o be honest, I really like all the Ric finishes on the 330/360s and I would be perfectly happy with any of them.

(That said, I think the one I like best is the discontinued "Montezuma Brown" sunburst.)

[wim]

Thanks, it's a 360V64 in fact.
Since this is a discontinued model, you would have to search the secondhand market or chose one from the C series for a guitar with the above mentioned features .

[Pumpkinhead]

Thanks, it's a 360V64 in fact.

Sorry Wim. I said I didn't know anything about Rics. It's only in the last few months that I've taken notice of the difference between a 330 and a 360. Then I keep seeing all these amazing guitars that look like edge-bound 330s, but are in fact some kind of 360s

Since this is a discontinued model, you would have to search the secondhand market or chose one from the C series for a guitar with the above mentioned features .

I doubt that I'll ever have enough cash for something like this. Even recent "Vintage" stuff is rare and expensive here (UK). There's a 1992 360 WB on ebay at the moment for £3000, which is about double the cost of a new 360.

[BobKat]

Man, that is a nice guitar.

[jfine]

Interesting that Mapleglo guitars are cheaper in your part of the world. There's no difference here in the US--in fact, other manufacturers often charge extra for a natural finish. Maybe it's a supply-and-demand issue, as Jetglo and Fireglo seem to be more popular.
I like those double-bound 360's too. At different times they've had the suffix "OS" (for "Old Style"), "WB" ("White Binding"), or "WBBS" ("White Binding Both Sides"). As far as I know, they're not offering that as an option anymore, but it's standard on the 360V64 (and the 381V69).

[electrofaro]

It really seems to be that way for the UK, whereas I think in Germany MGs are slightly more expensive (under 100 EUR difference, but still a tiny bit more expensive).

[sleepingtiger]

I'm shopping now & I haven't noticed it.

Tony

[r-gordon-7]

M experience has been that for models which are generally produced in JG and other finishes, the JG versions seem to command a bit less $$$ on the used market as compared with comparable guitars in say MG or FG, very possibly due to what I believe is the factory practice of selecting some of the more interesting grain pattern bodies for the less opaque/more transparent finishes... Another possible reason for what I've found to be the slightly lower price of JG is that MG seems to be more forgiving than JG in terms of not showing small scratches and swirls, so a used MG may "show better" than a comparable condition JG ("show better" as in "not dispay" its finish imperfections), resulting in a slightly lower price for the JG than the comparable MG...

[paologregorio]

I'm researching the purchase of, probably, a 330 or a 360 6-string and I've noticed that, here in the UK at least, Mapleglo guitars are often cheaper than Fireglo or Jetglo from the same retailer. I've looked at the US pricelist and there doesn't seem to be any mention of price differences between the various finishes.

I was just wondering, are Mapleglo guitars cheaper to finish, or is it simply that the other finishes are more popular?

The 360 V64 is a reissue of a `64 era, 21 fret, 360 OS (Old Style), or "WB," which is the abbreviated form of "WBBS," which means, "white binding, both sides." RIC used to use the same body style for both standard and deluxe models: Standard models had dot inlays, mono inputs only, and no body binding. Deluxe models had body and neck binding, and neck binding.

RIC introduced the 360 "New Style" (NS) or less flatteringly among the RIC staff at the time "TS" for "Toilet Seat" in late 1964. For a long time both types of 360 were available, before the double bound style with the same shape as a 330 was discontinued in 1997.

[weemac]

I love ambered MG (yer know, when an instrument ages a bit) It's my favorite for a Rickenbacker...

emac.

[electrofaro]

With the new photo-sensitive shrink laquer I think the current MGs don't amber over much or at all, Eden.

I for one love fresh maple look - I don't mind MGs are cheaper. Once me 340's gone and I saved some more, I'm getting a new 330 MG (and if I win the lottery I can have PW convert it to double bound!).

[Tommy]

(and if I win the lottery I can have PW convert it to double bound!).

So PW can double bind a 330? Hmmm, I have a Ric 330 and maybe years from now I might want to go down that route. Who is this PW that you speak of?
(And I'll be floored if you say Paul Weller. I know he loves Rics but I really don't think he modifies them for some side cash.)

[electrofaro]

(And I'll be floored if you say Paul Weller. I know he loves Rics but I really don't think he modifies them for some side cash.)

PW as in Paul "Jingle Jangle" Wilczynski - he's done some really nice restaurations and conversions... plus Ric acoustics. This thread has enough examples:
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