Putting Robot guts in a Rick?

gellkeller · Post by **gellkeller** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:03 pm

winston wrote:I know it's a mess but is that neck made of Mahogany Paul?

Add in a headstock pitch of 17-18 degrees (can't remember the exact value) and it's a recipe for disaster. Another one of those design flaws that will most likely never be fixed.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:25 pm

Les Paul and SG are both 17 degrees. Snap. See ya. The price of "sustain", pursued at any expense.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:44 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Les Paul and SG are both 17 degrees. Snap. See ya. The price of "sustain", pursued at any expense.

This is something that was fixed back around 1970 with the valoute (sp?). The Gibson purists didn't like it so Gibson yeilded to the presure and removed it. I have owned a number of Gibsons without a valoute and never had a neck snap.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:00 pm

Volute...spells like it sounds.

The volute strengthens that thin area. The neck joint is at fault here, and porous mahogany coupled with a vertical grain pattern at that point means that a drop that will make other guitars--Ricks and Fenders among them--go "twaannnngggg!!!" will make a Gibby go, CRA-A-ACK...

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:04 pm

Paul, did you just type Gibby??? We need a pic for that now, to go with Ricky!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:11 pm

Just for you, Jdog!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:00 pm

When Gibson develops the guitar that can stop itself from falling over, then they'll have a true robot guitar!

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:19 pm

rickenbrother wrote:When Gibson develops the guitar that can stop itself from falling over, then they'll have a true robot guitar!

Good one Joey!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:14 pm

Yeah, Dawg. I been sayin' Gibby for years. It's in a bunch of old posts. I guess I can't respect everybody...

collin · Post by **collin** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:51 pm

hmmmmm. I have to say, that would be VERY cool, Jdog.

I tend to think there is nothing that "can't be done," though it would be tons of work.

Heck, I even thought of taking one of these old MCI Guitorgan PCB/guts/fretboard and retrofitting them into a Rickenbacker, to make a "Rickenorgan." That's even more complicated that the Robot Ric, but it's just my weird dream, I guess.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:43 am

Collin - cool idea. Follow that dream.

"Dawg"??? Paul you are really killing me!!!

ricardo_vicente · Post by **ricardo_vicente** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:03 am

jdogric12aolcom wrote:Paul, did you just type Gibby??? We need a pic for that now, to go with Ricky!

Here you go ...

Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:36 am

Awesome, Richard. I can't believe I didn't think of that first!!!

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:58 am

jdogric12aolcom wrote:Paul, did you just type Gibby??? We need a pic for that now, to go with Ricky!

How about this one:

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