McGuinn's Rickenbacker Banjo

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:13 pm

Does anybody have any information on this? I saw a picture of him from the Sweetheart Of The Rodeo era, and he was holding it. I've heard about these, but only that they existed. Does anybody know much about them?

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:18 pm

They're fun, but I'm not a very good banjo player. If you are, and you want to sound like you're playing a toaster-driven Ric even though you're playing a banjo, then seek one out. Although, come to think of it, I've seen maybe ONE for sale...

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:29 pm

Yeah, I've never seen one for sale before. I play banjo, in addition to everything else, and thought a Rick banjo would be amazing. I assume they're a high-end purchase?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:25 am

The last one I saw for sale a couple of months ago (apparently sold now) was priced at $2400. The name of the instrument is "Bantar".

242_foxtrot · Post by **242_foxtrot** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:48 pm

Hey Dusty.I talked to Roger about this very subject about a year ago. The Bantar that Roger was playing was Doug Dillard's. He played with the Byrds on that 1968 European tour. What was really interesting, Roger told me that he originally owned Doug's Bantar. There is a few pictures of Doug playing with The Byrds from that tour. Some with the Bantar and some with a standard Gibson banjo.

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:51 pm

Bantars are out there; I bought one this year. As KH said, they're fun. Keep looking and you'll find one.

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:28 am

Maybe it was this one:

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Museum/Banjo/Rickenbacker/rickenbanjo.html

Then again, maybe not!

RutleDirk · Post by **RutleDirk** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:09 pm

Hey! That's kinda...gross...

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:55 am

Gross is NOT the word!

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:02 am

Gross!

varmint · Post by **varmint** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:36 am

COOL! I like the checkerboard binding!

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:51 pm

terrific custom artwork

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Horrific maybe

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:36 am

If you damage that TRC, could you return it to Rickenbacker for a replacement one?