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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:17 pm
by firstbassman
I notice that the Ric acoustics don't seem to have a pickguard. Or it is a transparent one. My Tacoma has a clear pickguard and to be frank about it, it's the one thing I don't like about an otherwise great guitar. To me, for an acoustic to look like a guitar, it has to have a black or tortoise shell pickguard. Know what I mean? Thoughts?
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:18 pm
by melibreits
No, Mark, they don't have a pickguard.... I kind of like that look myself--there's nothing to detract from the clean lines and gorgeous checkered soundhole binding.... However, I sometimes wish my Comstock had a transparent pickguard, because I am afraid that one day my vigorous strumming with the pick will do some kind of damage to the face of my lovely guitar!
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:07 am
by loverickbass
You don't want to cover up that pretty wood do 'ya?
I would like to have one of those cool retro lookin' pickguards you see on the 60s acoustic guitars.
Cole
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:18 am
by jwilli
I like this one....its somewhere in Australia.
hubba hubba
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:13 am
by longhouse
Off with its head!
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:57 am
by loverickbass
OHH, I likey! How old is it John?
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:26 am
by jwilli
Probably a 2000 or 2001 model.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:41 am
by loverickbass
OK, what's the story behind it?
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:14 am
by jwilli
I believe that the former Japanese distributor for RIC ordered a few that way. Maybe three were made. I thought I might get one but it never happened.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:03 am
by leftybass
Wow, I was unaware they did some with the fishtail peghead. Damn that is cool.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:36 am
by firstbassman
Agree with "off with its head." Looks kind of goth.
I'm like you Melissa, I tend to strum very hard and am grateful for pickguards. You can buy one you know and stick it on yourself. Stewart-MacDonald is a great parts company (
www.stewmac.com) and they have some.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:58 pm
by jwilli
Check out these old fishtail acoustics......
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:53 pm
by melibreits
Cool.... the fishtail is certainly a different look!
Can't say I like those pickguards very much on those old guitars; a bit too showy for my taste.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:56 pm
by loverickbass
Wonder where one could get a pickguard like that made?
Cole
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:38 pm
by rick36
Regarding those "fishtails", this design probably went away because they were too scary for the Western market. No offence, but they look like the Devil - literally! I'll take one though...