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Sweet!

Hi, Kira! That thing is cool--I believe that's the first one I've seen in Jetglo.

Thanks, Jon. I think it's unusual, too.

It's just loads of fun to play, and I'm amazed at how truly it sounds like an acoustic.

Gotta love those little baby Ricks! Belated congrats Kira!

So you've played mandolin before? You're one up on me! Some years ago I bought a Fender electric mandolin, one of the Korean-made chambered 8-string ones (they also made a 5-string version) with the same silhouette as the old solidbody 4-string and an 8-string version of the old "hockey stick" Electric XII headstock. Cool-looking thing--didn't sound much like a mandolin, though; real tinkly and trebly. Plus, I found that I couldn't get used to tuning in fifths. I could find stuff by ear, but I'd pick up the mando the next day and couldn't find it again! If it doesn't tune like a guitar, I'll get lost in a hurry. I wound up putting lighter strings on and tuned it like the top four strings of a guitar an octave up--kind of cool, but I missed that bottom range--my low string pair was D, a fifth above the G fourth-string pair in standard mandolin tuning, so I got rid of it. One day I may try it again, if I can find a Ric!

Neat!

Tell us more!!! where did you get it? new or used? what year? I sold a JG to a guy in Minnesota a couple of years ago, wonder if this is it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RICKENBACKER-RI ... 35b4e48527

Congrats Kira!

Kira, that is one beautiful little axe (hachet?) you've got there! This is definitely the mando to have. Just think how far Jethro Burns would have gone if he'd played one of these!

Thanks, guys! I've been having a ball and getting my mando chops back up. It's been a long time!

Jdog, that seller is dreaming! That's more than full retail he's asking for that, and with scratches, too. I've seen some of them go for around $1200 in recent times. Maybe he thinks the rare finish is worth a premium. Well, it ain't that rare if I've got one, too.

fabandgear wrote:Kira, that is one beautiful little axe (hachet?) you've got there! This is definitely the mando to have. Just think how far Jethro Burns would have gone if he'd played one of these!

Or Jethro Tull.

jingle_jangle wrote:

fabandgear wrote:Kira, that is one beautiful little axe (hachet?) you've got there! This is definitely the mando to have. Just think how far Jethro Burns would have gone if he'd played one of these!

Or Jethro Tull.

Or Jethro Bodine!

antipodean wrote:Gotta love those little baby Ricks! Belated congrats Kira!

It says it wants to be a 4003S/8 when it grows up.

jingle_jangle wrote:

fabandgear wrote:Kira, that is one beautiful little axe (hachet?) you've got there! This is definitely the mando to have. Just think how far Jethro Burns would have gone if he'd played one of these!

Or Jethro Tull.

Or Jackson & Tull!

http://www.jnt.com/

kiramdear wrote:Cool! Marking up my set list now ...

How about some Led Zeppelin?

Congrats on your baby Rick!
I bought one in MG from Jason a few years back that we use in our retro-rock band. Always a conversation starter.

Can I request "The Battle of Evermore"?