Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I'm not interested in a single one; not a lefty in sight.

I'm a huge fan of the 1997 and '66 360/12, myself. If I had the money, I'd buy them in a heartbeat!

Im liking the 660 BBR MMMmmm.

wmthor wrote:I'm not interested in a single one; not a lefty in sight.

I'm with you Richard. Right handers don't know what it's like to see those incredible guitars and not be able to do anything about it.

aceonbass wrote:Did anyone see the 4080 last night on Ebay with the BIN price of $3999.00? Olivia's got that one to. Item number: 170178978618

FG w/BT. :drool:

More power to Olivia's...for the rest of us, we snooze we lose.

The 1968 "370" on eBay really caught my eye, naturally. It's my favorite model. It has some of the best birdseye maple I've seen on a Rick in a long time. The pictures do it justice. However, the picture of the inside of the control cavity depicted a hole that's kind of hard to dig your way out of. Clearly marked in black ink was "365". Not too many original 370's from that time period, but I reckon the number of retrofits out there is equal to the original population, which is truly a handful of guitars. Heck, McGuinn's first "370/12" began life as a stock 1964 360/12. If I had five grand to splurge on a 1960's 370, breaking out the screwdriver to look inside the body would be a top priority, before making a deal. For all we know, it might have been a factory upgrade not long after the guitar was built. Some of the ex-factory people might have a better perspective than I do, but that's my theory. Perhaps the folks at Olivia should do a little more research, to avoid awkward situations, like control cavity searches.

37012mgvp wrote:The 1968 "370" on eBay really caught my eye, naturally. It's my favorite model. It has some of the best birdseye maple I've seen on a Rick in a long time. The pictures do it justice. However, the picture of the inside of the control cavity depicted a hole that's kind of hard to dig your way out of. Clearly marked in black ink was "365". Not too many original 370's from that time period, but I reckon the number of retrofits out there is equal to the original population, which is truly a handful of guitars. Heck, McGuinn's first "370/12" began life as a stock 1964 360/12. If I had five grand to splurge on a 1960's 370, breaking out the screwdriver to look inside the body would be a top priority, before making a deal. For all we know, it might have been a factory upgrade not long after the guitar was built. Some of the ex-factory people might have a better perspective than I do, but that's my theory. Perhaps the folks at Olivia should do a little more research, to avoid awkward situations, like control cavity searches.

Cavity-scrawl is far from gospel truth. Don't let it mislead you.

They seem to want to raise the profile of the vintage Ric market, and, increase values as well.

How gosh-darned self-serving is that?

aceonbass wrote:Did anyone see the 4080 last night on Ebay with the BIN price of $3999.00? Olivia's got that one to. Item number: 170178978618

I just missed the BIN

I tried to contact that seller a few times about one or two of their basses, they NEVER RESPONDED and that was THROUGH the Ebay system.

NOTHING turns me off of a seller faster than not responding to a question.

ajish4 wrote:I tried to contact that seller a few times about one or two of their basses, they NEVER RESPONDED and that was THROUGH the Ebay system.

NOTHING turns me off of a seller faster than not responding to a question.

Same here, Tony.

Unless I go to the "My eBay" section, I never have any idea that I have messages waiting as I don't get emails sent to me letting me know. I'm sure it's just a setting I need to change, but I imagine that many people are set the same way.