"Rare Options"
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"Rare Options"
Now featuring a crooked tremolo, poorly fitted humbuckers, a Gibson ABR bridge, and Les Paul knobs. Maybe you had to special order these "rare options" from the factory?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Rickenback ... 2eb9b58360
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Rickenback ... 2eb9b58360
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I love it. For a little bit less then the starting bid I would rock the **** out of it.
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Knock a zero off the price, and I might be interested....if it could be restored to original, that is.
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Don't like humbuckers Jim? My Les Paul does a real good Clarence White impression!
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Find some 481 HBs and make it a non-slant fret 481. Not sure what to do about the rest of the Bridge and whammy bar bits; I'm a whammy bar nut, but surely something more cosmetically appealing could be found.
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Before or after finding the Lost City of Gold?paologregorio wrote:Find some 481 HBs
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After, of course; the p/ups will be more affordable. . .Grey wrote:Before or after finding the Lost City of Gold?paologregorio wrote:Find some 481 HBs
Failing that, I'd prolly install something that fit the existing footprint and looked similar.
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...why yes, I suppose I do have a double bound guitar fetish...
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Don't like slant frets, Paulabbadabba?paologregorio wrote:Find some 481 HBs and make it a non-slant fret 481. Not sure what to do about the rest of the Bridge and whammy bar bits; I'm a whammy bar nut, but surely something more cosmetically appealing could be found.
Seems like there a lot to like/not like about this.
JB, you're giving me a clue about why you commented that you don't like these in another Forum. I thought it might be the body shape and balance that you had issues with. Apparently, however, if a 480 had hummers, you would rock the socks off it. So it's the single-coil Hi-Gains?
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Paul, the last one I tried really sticks out in my mind. It was a beautiful Burgundy '74 and I really would have liked to have it. The flat fingerboard is a little odd to me, but I could probably live with it (my favorite guitar has a 12" radius). What I really couldn't get past was a serious imbalance with the pickups. The bridge Higain, for whatever reason, was just silly low in volume compared to the neck. I think I posted about on this forum afterward and Peter mentioned that he had the same issue with his. Could be anomalous, sure, but first impressions are everything.
To me, there is something very "punk" about these guitars. I can't imagine playing anything but straight up rock 'n roll on one and a pair of uncovered humbuckers just somehow seems appropriate to me! We've seen a number of them come down the pike with this sort of "mod" and I have to think there's a good reason why.
That vibrato though...no thanks.
To me, there is something very "punk" about these guitars. I can't imagine playing anything but straight up rock 'n roll on one and a pair of uncovered humbuckers just somehow seems appropriate to me! We've seen a number of them come down the pike with this sort of "mod" and I have to think there's a good reason why.
That vibrato though...no thanks.
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If someone here buys this and wants to buy my last remaining pair of 481 pickups they can.
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My own 480, a beautiful BG, does have this problem. I simply turn down the neck hi-gain and turn up the amp. Silly, but I LOVE the guitar. BTW, the 481 has a flat board; the 480 has a broad radius, like 18" or so. Nearly flat.sloop_john_b wrote:Paul, the last one I tried really sticks out in my mind. It was a beautiful Burgundy '74 and I really would have liked to have it. The flat fingerboard is a little odd to me, but I could probably live with it (my favorite guitar has a 12" radius). What I really couldn't get past was a serious imbalance with the pickups. The bridge Higain, for whatever reason, was just silly low in volume compared to the neck. I think I posted about on this forum afterward and Peter mentioned that he had the same issue with his. Could be anomalous, sure, but first impressions are everything.
To me, there is something very "punk" about these guitars. I can't imagine playing anything but straight up rock 'n roll on one and a pair of uncovered humbuckers just somehow seems appropriate to me! We've seen a number of them come down the pike with this sort of "mod" and I have to think there's a good reason why.
That vibrato though...no thanks.
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I wonder why that is? I remember leaving with the impression that it had to have something to do with the construction or something. This was way beyond the imbalance caused by the .0047 cap.
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I don't mind slant frets; they can get a bit weird to play higher up on the fretboard. I was just recalling JH's comment that not all 481s were slant fret models. might be cool to have a non-slant fret version-ish. Would just seem like less work to mount 481 HBs rather than block and fill the HB routs. . . and it would make the guitar more Rickunique, of course.jingle_jangle wrote:Don't like slant frets, Paulabbadabba?paologregorio wrote:Find some 481 HBs and make it a non-slant fret 481. Not sure what to do about the rest of the Bridge and whammy bar bits; I'm a whammy bar nut, but surely something more cosmetically appealing could be found.
Seems like there a lot to like/not like about this.
JB, you're giving me a clue about why you commented that you don't like these in another Forum. I thought it might be the body shape and balance that you had issues with. Apparently, however, if a 480 had hummers, you would rock the socks off it. So it's the single-coil Hi-Gains?
There is no reason to ever be bored.
...why yes, I suppose I do have a double bound guitar fetish...
"Uh, I like the double bounds. . . ."
...why yes, I suppose I do have a double bound guitar fetish...
"Uh, I like the double bounds. . . ."
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I've heard you mention this before, but i've placed a level on my fretboard and it's dead flat. It seems unlikely that they would make such a minor difference between the 480/481.jingle_jangle wrote:My own 480, a beautiful BG, does have this problem. I simply turn down the neck hi-gain and turn up the amp. Silly, but I LOVE the guitar. BTW, the 481 has a flat board; the 480 has a broad radius, like 18" or so. Nearly flat.
There's atleast a couple that I know about.paologregorio wrote: I was just recalling JH's comment that not all 481s were slant fret models. might be cool to have a non-slant fret version-ish.
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Interesting. I'm gonna re-check. Maybe I'm having a senior moment...