Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Very cool! Thanks for sharing John...

Cool vid.

I like your glasses John.

Cool vid.

I like your glasses John.

+1

Exactly my thoughts already before reading this.

Thank You for posting. Hmmm, feels - and looks, now - like I play the right instruments for me.

Great, love the hands on approach, confirms I'm playing a guitar with soul, can't wait for the next gig . Saw Marty Wilson Piper not long ago at my local pub, had a long chat about Rickenbacker's, he recalled every time he came to the factory, ''John was always somewhere in the factory mixing paint or tweaking and not behind a desk''.

John, thanks for sharing.

Great video.
And I learned from it the proper way to restring my 12 string. The guys at the Ric factory actually do masking tape all the strings to the R-tailpiece when putting on new strings!

Thanks, John.

Rickenbacker is especially interesting in that it's not a committee-run corporation like Gibson and Fender seem to be these days. RIC, Martin, Taylor and Paul Reed Smith seem to be similar companies, all having the vision of a single person guiding things along. Rickenbacker and Martin also have the added benefits of many years of history and the continuity of a single family in control.

I have lots of respect for what you've accomplished.

ken_j wrote:John, thanks for sharing.

+1!

cheyenne wrote:Cool vid.

I like your glasses John.

Funny you should mention those! I used to really like the Tag Hauer glasses but hated the price tag . . . my optician suggested Gunnar Optiks as an alternative and they're pretty indestructible as well as cheap.

I hate that YouTube "cover shot"; it looks like I'm having a Henry Juszkiewicz moment.

johnhall wrote:
I hate that YouTube "cover shot"; it looks like I'm having a Henry Juszkiewicz moment.

Too funny. I never noticed that until you pointed it out.

johnhall wrote:I hate that YouTube "cover shot"; it looks like I'm having a Henry Juszkiewicz moment.

lol

Nice sleevework John. I assume that was you playing the guitar near the end?

Thanks for sharing, nice fireglo!

It is always nice (and important) to see the face behind the products we all love! Well done.