Warning, intruder from the bass section alert!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:14 pm

Very nice Dave! Did this one come from Mr. Clayton?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:24 pm

Thank you guitar people for your kind words

I walked into The POTR with a 68 “P” bass and walked out with a 330BBR/12.

It just played so nice that I had to have it. I have been looking for a nice 12 string for a while now. It gets a bit old and uncomfortable playing half of a 4080/12 or a 362/12.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:36 pm

It gets a bit old and uncomfortable playing half of a 4080/12 or a 362/12.

Just send them to me and save yourself all that discomfort, Dave!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:00 pm

WTF! You walked into POTR with MY '68 Fender P Bass and walked out with YOUR 330-12 BBR!! Explain yourself Pascoe!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:52 pm

Even more worrisome, Dave, please tell me that you did NOT include a certain spare 4080 in the deal with Chris that may or may not have been a little bluish? I'm coming up to see you next weekend, y'know!!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:02 pm

It seems like it's been the week for purchasing new toys...Biscuti, Pascoe, Aitch have all done some deals. All I've managed to find so far is a roadcase!

Perhaps we should have a new forum section headed "New Arrivals" or "Look What The UPS Man Delivered"

teb · Post by **teb** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:21 pm

I just got another twelve this afternoon. I hunted for weeks for the nicest wood I could find on a 330/12 for a project to send out to Dale for some fancy dress-up stuff and ended up buying this '85. It came with black hardware, which I'm not fond of on MG, so I'm slowly switching over to chrome with backpainted white guards, but what a nice hunk of wood!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:26 pm

Very nice Todd!

Here's my new pretty hunk of wood, which arrived this evening:

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:53 pm

Very nice John. I am not particularly a fan of MG but that's a real beauty.

Congrats Todd I look forward to seeing the finished product.

gregga41 · Post by **gregga41** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:09 am

Aitch, out with it!!! What have you bought??

Darren, youve got mail!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:11 am

Check out the 'Others' section, Greg. Not one of my more extravagant purchases but it should be a bit of fun.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:52 am

Wow.... Nice new guitars, guys! Congrats!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:42 am

It's beautiful, Todd. Congrats and enjoy. You guys are giving me RAS for a 6 string!

Perhaps we should have a new forum section headed "New Arrivals" or "Look What The UPS Man Delivered"

I like that idea, Darren!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:48 pm

I like that idea, Darren!

Me too!

Todd, what's going to be done to the new 330/12? A deluxe treatment, perhaps?

teb · Post by **teb** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:34 pm

Mapleglow and double binding with the big shark-fin fingerboard inlays. Worse case scenario (worst???) checkerboard and crushed pearl (always a nice fall-back option) but I'm thinking of something different for this one if we can get it to work. I've got some sample materials ordered and I'll start playing with them and sending test chunks out to Dale to see what he thinks over the next few weeks. If we do it, some folks will like the look and some probably won't, but it just might turn out pretty cool.

It will also get a toaster neck pickup and a high-gain bridge pickup converted to a toaster cover. I may also add a third pickup. I'm so accustomed to seeing three on my other twelve that this one almost looks like something's missing in the middle. Twelve-saddle bridge, wider nut spacing, a big, carefully-fit aluminum block on the top end of the truss rods instead of a thin steel plate that bites into the wood. I'll probably set this one up for compressed round-wounds. My other twelve has the TI flats and though I love the sound and feel of them, they are pretty dead by comparison. This one has a really resonant body and the rounds on it feel really lively and fun to play.

Anyway, big plans for this one, but step #1 was to find one with really great looking wood and that part's been done. Check back in about six months and ask me if I like it? Chances are, my answer will be the same as George's:

"Of course..... it's a Rickenbacker."