Rickenbacker/Free People Heart Strings Exhibition

[sloop_john_b]

Love the mandolin! Wow. 381 is very cool too.

Higains on the 650C?

[egosheep]

I'd like to see them have strings on.....they seem naked.

And I noticed the 381 has no jack plate! Most others seem to have one.

I wonder if these guitars have serial numbers, or if they were donated as "blank canvases" for Free People, not production instruments per say? Some of them seem to be unfinished or with a much more matte finish than usual(maybe to help the paint/markers stick?). Some of the fretboards are glossed out, though, so who knows. The auction descriptions are very light on actual guitar details, they mainly describe the artwork/artist.

It's a very cool thing for RIC to do, I hope they bring a nice purse at auction.

[r-gordon-7]

Very cool, indeed!!

[T.A.R.]

Very cool indeed!

[psychomatthias]

An ad for this popped up on the sidebar of my FB Wall.

[doctorwho]

Very cool indeed!

+3!

[marc61]

I love the instruments, but really,really dig the cause.

Rickenbacker did themselves proud on this one.

I too found the initial link on my FB wall

[melibreits]

Wow.... those Rics are pretty cool! Great idea....

[admin]

A great idea and a highly creative project. These instruments are very unique and it will be fun to see where they find a home. Ben was the artwork done at the Factory?

[RIC_FACTORY]

No, we sent the instruments as they requested to Free People/URBN in Philadelphia and their in-house artists did the artwork.

[admin]

Thanks Ben, surely one of the coolest things associated with Rickenbackers.

[8mileshigher]

Very cool indeed!

+3!

+4 !

[blueflamerick]

Did any forum members bid on and win any of these auctions?

[jingle_jangle]

I bid on the 650 for Juliana, but somehow got sniped in the last minutes. Bidding process was a bit slow compared to Ebay, it seemed...

[Folkie]

Very cool indeed!

+3!

+4 !

+5!