Dear John Hall

[collin]

Aww. He's not jaded yet.

YUP.

[rickenbrother]

Buy a mableglo and go into an antiques store and find yourself a working color wheel to spotlight your Rick. You'll have at least 4 different trans finish colors from at your feet. You could probably be creative and come up with a way to have even more colors from the color wheel.

Nobody is twisting the arms of the jaded crowd into buying a new Rickenbacker. You guys usually buy vintage anyway.

[collin]

Nobody is twisting the arms of the jaded crowd into buying a new Rickenbacker. You guys usually buy vintage anyway.

Indeed, this is very true.

[jimk]

Huh....I guess I ain't in the jaded crowd. And anyway, I ain't got a dawg in thishere hunt.
JimK

[rkbsound]

I thought that white-on-white might make an appearance. I'm glad it didn't, because I'd be out a couple of grand! Not to mention having to explain "what's in the box?" to my wife.

You had your chance with those 5 white 4001C64 basses that POTR had recently.

Those were really nice...now only if I were a bass player!

+1 on the Custom Shop comments. Customers would actually pay more for a factory guitar than a modded stock guitar, which typically is hurt in value anyway. I know it won't happen because the factory can't keep up with regular orders, and I'm going to guess that the profit margin on a custom guitar is less than the ones off the line. That said, it's nice to see the small batches of interesting guitars come out every now and then! Certainly gives us something to talk about!

[rkbsound]

Nobody is twisting the arms of the jaded crowd into buying a new Rickenbacker. You guys usually buy vintage anyway.

Indeed, this is very true.

Right now the vintage market is the way to go, depending on which Rickenbacker model and year. If you are into the vintage thing, you could pick up a mid 60's player for not much more than a new one. Indeed, there are plenty of vintage Ricks that cost less than a new one. I'm not downplaying new Rick's, of course, just commenting on current prices based on today's guitar economy. I'm sure I'll be a buyer of a new one again at some point!

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

i thought paul "blueman" w. was the RIC custom shop !

[jps]

i thought paul "blueman" w. was the RIC custom shop !

[chucksimms]

I guess I'm one of 'those guys who only buys vintage', but to be honest it's as much about the features I want in a model. I wanted a bass like Macca's so I have a 400C64 (and did have a 4001C64S as well). I've always wanted a 365 O.S like Tom Petty's and love the vintage appointments- 21 frets, crush pearl inlay, toasters. I can't get them on a new Rick, period, so it's been vintage the last few years.
I've had many Ricks over the years (around 25), old, new, vintage and used. They were all fine guitars. A custom shop isn't in the cards- I understand why. My point is that it would be welcomed by folks who want something that's not readily available or want that dream instrument that isn't a production item.

[cassius987]

please John hear our prayers. Amen.

Oh my gosh... died laughing.

[electrofaro]

Why was Burgundy left out? And why do "we" don't want Clownglo as standard colour, either?

I know, Mr. Hall has addressed the myriad of reasons why it's not feasible (all of which make perfect sense)

No wanting to start an argument here, but... to me they didn't... anything is possible if you really want it, imo!

[cheyenne]

A little bit of Rickenbacker lore here:

Back in the '70's there was an after hours cleaning woman named Mable. She would go in the RIC factory and empty trash cans, wipe things down, and straighten things up for the next day. One day Mable wandered into the paint room and accidently knocked over some paint cans, paint went everywhere. Fearing for her job, Mable did the best she could straightening out the mess, but unfortunately, some paint did in fact get a little "mixed up". The next day when work resumed at the factory, Mable-glo was born.

[T.A.R.]

And thus the Legend of Mable was born.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

she's probably the one who ended up with macca's horseshoe ,surround and tailpiece/bridge assy after it was "tossed in the garbage" after the pre-wings tour retrofit !

[Casiraghi22]

Some say that Rickenbacker here and there make batches of different colors ,for example, Sea Foam Green or White. But then again if Rickenbacker makes 25 4003 in Sea Foam Green, the price will be $1,000 more than a standard color's original price. We all would need to save alot more and perhaps be disappointed The price is just sky rocket. I would love to have more color options.