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Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:23 pm
by jingle_jangle
Yep.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:03 pm
by gellkeller
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.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:25 pm
by jingle_jangle
Les Paul and SG are both 17 degrees. Snap. See ya. The price of "sustain", pursued at any expense.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:44 pm
by ken_j
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.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:00 pm
by jingle_jangle
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...
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:04 pm
by jdogric12
Paul, did you just type Gibby??? We need a pic for that now, to go with Ricky!
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:11 pm
by jps
Just for you, Jdog!
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:00 pm
by rickenbrother
When Gibson develops the guitar that can stop itself from falling over, then they'll have a true robot guitar!
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:19 pm
by winston
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:14 pm
by jingle_jangle
Yeah, Dawg. I been sayin' Gibby for years. It's in a bunch of old posts. I guess I can't respect everybody...
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:51 pm
by collin
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.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:43 am
by jdogric12
Collin - cool idea. Follow that dream.
"Dawg"??? Paul you are really killing me!!!
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:03 am
by ricardo_vicente
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.
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:36 am
by jdogric12
Awesome, Richard. I can't believe I didn't think of that first!!!
Re: Putting Robot guts in a Rick?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:58 am
by cjj
jdogric12aolcom wrote:Paul, did you just type Gibby??? We need a pic for that now, to go with Ricky!
How about this one: