New here and just bought lefty 330 blue boy

[joshcamp]

actually, in person, mine is more a mint green also. that is more accurate than turquoise.

[doctorwho]

Welcome and congrats, Joe!

As others have stated, Blue Boy can have a greenish cast to it (it's caused by yellowing of clear coat, IIRC). At one of our Southernb California Confluences, we had two 4003 basses in BB and one had a distinctly green cast to it compared to the other one when they were placed side-by-side. Yours looks great!

[Hotzenplotz]

Yummy!

Once again congratulations, lucky guy!!!


Enjoy it!

[ssbeeb]

Sweet looking guitar, congrats! I actually had a thread up about it while it was up for auction but I can't seem to find it anymore. I had never seen one and was curious about lefty Rick prices.

Was this thread removed for some reason??

[admin]

Edd: It may have been removed in error. Do you recall the title of the thread?

[ssbeeb]

Hmmm, it might have been simply the name of the auction, "2004 Rickenbacker 330 Left-hand, Light Blue". I'm not sure. Not a whole lot was said. There were welcomings to the forum and opinions of going prices for various models as lefties that was helpful.

[collin]

Edd: It may have been removed in error. Do you recall the title of the thread?

I thought you guys removed it because the guy was essentially asking for an appraisal, with less than 30 posts.

[admin]

Yes, a post was removed for that reason, but I wanted to make sure that it was the post to which Edd was referring.
Thanks Edd that was the post in question.

[ssbeeb]

Ah, I see. My bad. I shall give the forum rules a read. I did find the Rick Resource Register and that is still helpful for getting an idea.

[8mileshigher]

Congrats on your acquisition Joe and welcome to the RRF....
I think that Lefty Blue Boy is pretty sharp looking and very glad you got a good price!

[joshcamp]

thanks again to all the congratulatory wishes !

I love the guitar and have been glued to it despite being a devout tele guy. This being my first ric. i'd always wanted one, but somehow passed on it for a long time. this one spoke to me.

That being said, the only thing i would like to have had on it is the accent vibrato. I love vibratos. i'm thinking of buying one to try. any thoughts on this ? I figure it would be a simple, non-destructive addition . however, my guitar being lefty poses a challenge - are these available in lefty version ? or, would i have to settle on a right handed model and use it in reverse ?

any thoughts on that ?

[Hotzenplotz]

this one spoke to me.

Exact my feeling I had (and have!) with my actual...

And that is just the beginning. Or as the Beatles said: "...You don't know how lucky you are, boy..." - Or You will be in future.

That You keep it right, there is no doubt to me. I love every well treated instrument. And I love to see pictures of them.

The tremolo:
There is the original way (european page), the LH version:
http://rosetti.co.uk/Product/Rickenback ... rem-System

Whatever You decide: all holes for screws will stay. A Bigsby is nice, but a similar decision like a tattoo.
You should be totally sure...

I think I have seen a Us company that offers tailpieces and tremolos without further holes for installing. The Users from there will know more.

[ubdrum]

Congratulations! That is a beauty!

[joshcamp]

many thanks !

it looks like the lefty vibrato is out of stock in that link. also out of stock at rickenbacker site too. difficult to find though i'll keep my eye out for one.

[Folkie]

Congratulations, Joe, and welcome to the Forum!